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Coop Switzerland sees slight decline in sales in 2020
At a group level, Coop Switzerland reported sales fell by 0.2% to CHF30.2bln (US$34.4bln), with its performance held back by its specialist formats. Its grocery formats, though, saw strong growth, as shoppers changed where they bought food and cooked more at home due to the pandemic. Coop reported record sales growth at its supermarkets, at 14.4%, in 2020. This saw it generate sales of CHF12.0bln (US$13.7bln) through the channel. It noted how its grocery formats had offset the challenges it faced ‘in its own gastronomy and in the wholesale / production division’. Online grew sales strongly as well, with sales through Coop.ch up by 42.6%.