Yekaterinburg: locals spend up to 70% of family income on food items
1 July 2015 (13:38)
UrBC, Moscow, July 1, 2015. Residents of Yekaterinburg spend between 39% and 69% of their income at grocery stores, Nielsen analysts found out after surveying people in six Russian cities with the population of over 1m people, Izvestiya refers to their Nielsen Shopper Trends research as stating.
In the six months of 2015, Russians found themselves having to spend more on food and to go grocery shopping more often. On average, 39% of Russian citizens spend a better part of their income of grocery items and everyday commodity goods. They tend to do grocery shopping at least ten times a month. A year earlier, 33% of respondents said they had to direct nearly all of their funds to buying food items, while the average number of supermarket visits came to eight times a month.
People living in Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, and Moscow spend 39% to 69% of their family income at supermarkets. In Rostov-on-Don, Nizhniy Novgorod, and Saint Petersburg, the figure fluctuates between 17% and 34%.
As it happens, residents of Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Rostov-on-Don actually spend 31% to 47% of their incomes at hypermarkets, while those of Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk direct 15% to 19% of their income there.
As for discounter supermarkets, people living in Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, and Rostov-on-Don spend 29% to 30% of their income there, while those living in Moscow, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg spend 5% to 21% of their income at discounters.
In the six months of 2015, Russians found themselves having to spend more on food and to go grocery shopping more often. On average, 39% of Russian citizens spend a better part of their income of grocery items and everyday commodity goods. They tend to do grocery shopping at least ten times a month. A year earlier, 33% of respondents said they had to direct nearly all of their funds to buying food items, while the average number of supermarket visits came to eight times a month.
People living in Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, and Moscow spend 39% to 69% of their family income at supermarkets. In Rostov-on-Don, Nizhniy Novgorod, and Saint Petersburg, the figure fluctuates between 17% and 34%.
As it happens, residents of Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Rostov-on-Don actually spend 31% to 47% of their incomes at hypermarkets, while those of Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk direct 15% to 19% of their income there.
As for discounter supermarkets, people living in Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, and Rostov-on-Don spend 29% to 30% of their income there, while those living in Moscow, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg spend 5% to 21% of their income at discounters.
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