Supermarket sales increase 17.9% in September

Supermarket sales rose 17.9 percent in September compared to the volume reported during the same month last year, according to the Indec national statistics bureau.

The sector registered a 0.5 percent decrease against August 2011. Meanwhile, supermarket prices climbed 0.8 percent during the ninth month of the year.

On the other hand, the invoice reached to 6.769 billion pesos in September, which means a 29.7 percent increase year-on-year.

Source: Buenos Aires Herald