Growing at home is fuelling volume garden centre sales at the start of April according to analysis of the GTN Bestsellers EPOS data. The volume of the Top 50 Veg 2 Gro lines was up by 45% on the same week in 2019 and even up 12% on 2021.
All other GTN Bestsellers indicators were down on 2021 levels but with the exception of Wild Bird Care were significantly up on 2019 volumes. Comparison with last year is clouded due to the peaks experienced at the end of Lockdown #3 and some panic buying due to the shipping problems caused by the Evergiven being stuck in the Suez Canal. And comparison with 2020 are now set against the weeks of closure during Lockdown #1.
Overall year to date sales are still ahead of last year, up by 7.5% currently and 21% ahead of 2019. Veg 2 Gro sales year to date see growth of 51% on 2019 and Growing Media sales are running 25% up.
GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week in 2021: week 14.
- Garden Products Top 50 – down 42%
- Growing Media Top 50 – down 44%
- Veg 2 Gro Top 50 –up 12%
- Wild Bird & Wildlife Care Top 50 – down 18%
GTN Bestsellers All Sales volumes compared to the same week in 2021: week 14
• All Plants with Barcode index – down 43%
• All Items with Barcode index – down 31%
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