Independents Report 17% Sales Increase The Last Week of Q2
For an increasing number of independent grocers, business is beginning to return to “normal.” Store hours are resetting after months of reduced hours, and sales continue to come back positive. According to our independent retailers, same-store sales were up 17.02 percent during the 5th week of June and 15.73 percent compared to last June.
However, most customers are still concerned about the COVID-19 and try to minimize the time spent walking through the store aisles. Therefore, we keep seeing a decline, week over week, in foot traffic. The consumer count was down 4.58 percent for the last week of June and almost 7 percent for the overall month, compared to the previous year.