Last Week of October Turns the Month Into Positive
Independent grocers report same-store sales for the last week of October were up 1.49 percent. The month’s overall sales were up 0.05 percent compared to 2018; we continue to see a decrease when compared to the previous months.
In spite of the positive sales, we saw 4 weeks of less people visiting the stores. The overall consumer count was down 3.42 percent during compared to the October last year.