Turnover of grocery stores in Belgium 2006-2016 

The source adds the following information:

The grocery sector includes the following:
• Retail stores in Belgium selling at least four of the following food categories: edible fats, canned goods; bottled drinks; drinks in the form of solid substances (e.g. coffee and tea); pasta; confectionery
• ‘Food’ sales have to represent at least 40% of total turnover

The following are excluded:
• Stores that are part of petrol stations
• Stores that generate more than 50% of their turnover through the sale of meat products or fish and shellfish.
• Stores specializing in diet foods.


Turnover
The source adds the following information: "We take into account the total turnover generated during the course of the past year. For stores that only opened during the course of the year, sales are extrapolated for a full year. For stores that closed during the course of the year, Nielsen assumes that no sales at all were made in that year. For hypermarkets, only the turnover for the food and paper products"