Dutch retailer Sligro has booked an increase in sales for 2013, despite witnessing lower revenues in the fourth quarter of the year.

The company said today (2 January) full-year sales rose to almost EUR2.5bn (US$3.4bn), up from EUR2.46 in 2012. Food retail sales totalled EUR840m in the period, up from EUR833m last year.

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However, Sligro said its fourth quarter result was hit by “lower than expected” December sales. Total forth-quarter sales stood at EUR649m, down from EUR653m last year.

The group’s food retail business weighed on the fourth-quarter result, with the slowdown more pronounced here than Sligro’s foodservice arm. Food retail fourth-quarter sales fell to EUR205m from EUR210m.

Sligro will publish its complete full-year numbers on 23 January.

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