Retail food sales improving

Updated: 03/07/2008

By James Ferre

ABS Retail Trade figures for May 2008 showed that retail Food sales improved in May with a 3.7 per cent rise in sales.

More importantly, the seasonally adjusted figure rose by 1 per cent which paints a much brighter picture than some expected.

With food inflation being so high in the past year some food retailers are still struggling.

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