In the HY1 2010 food retail turnover in Russia, including drinks and tobacco, were up 5.3% from the same period in 2009; whereas non-food retail turnover only gained 2.6%. In July 2010 the share of non-food items in total retail turnover increased and amounted to 51,3% (July 2009: 51.1%). The share of food products, including drinks and tobacco, was 48.7% (July 2009: 48.9%).
In July 2010 the prices for food items (excl. fruit and vegetables) showed an increase of 0.4%, prices for fruit and vegetables lost 0.6%. In the HY1 2010 food items grew in price by 5.7%, non-food items – by 2.2%.
Source: www.rian.ru