Dutch supermarket operator and wholesaler Sligro has survived a fourth-quarter slowdown to report a 2% lift in full-year sales.
For the 12 months to the end of December, Sligro said today (2 January) that net sales increased by 1.9% on 2011, to EUR2.47bn (US$3.28bn). Both the foodservice business and the firm’s smaller food retail arm drove sales.
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However, while like-for-like sales also rose by 1.9%, this represented a slowdown from a growth rate of 3.7% in the previous year.
For the fourth quarter, like-for-like sales were flat against the same period of 2011, with overall net sales up by just 0.2% for the three-month period.
Sligro said it will publish full results figures on 24 January. It also announced that “all formalities” have been completed in its acquisition of Van Oers, which will be integrated into the Sligro delivery-service infrastructure in the first half of 2013.
