Food miles on the shelves: the share of local food products in the Hungarian retail sector

Kasza, Gyula; Oláh, Judit; Popp, József; Lakner, Zoltán; Fekete, László; Pósa, Enikő; Nugraha, Widya Satya; Szakos, Dávid

doi:10.1186/s40100-024-00297-8

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 6 Proportion of domestic food products in the Hungarian retail companies

From: Food miles on the shelves: the share of local food products in the Hungarian retail sector

Product category	2020													2014			Difference 2020–2014 (%)
Product category	Aldi (%)	Auchan (%)	CBA	Coop	Lidl (%)	Metro (%)	Penny (%)	Reál	Spar (%)	Tesco (%)	MEAN (%)	International retailers (%)	Domestic retailers (%)	MEAN 2014 (%)	International retailers (%)	Domestic retailers (%)	Difference 2020–2014 (%)
Packaged fresh pork	100.00	100.00	Not found	Not found	100.00	79.90	92.98	Not found	100.00	0.00	81.84	81.84		88.45	86.80	100.00	− 6.61
Packaged fresh chicken meat	100.00	100.00	Not found	Not found	100.00	83.13	100.00	Not found	73.83	100.00	93.85	93.85		99.59	99.53	100.00	− 5.74
Meat products 1: hams	15.28	35.98	45.45%	74.51%	7.02	35.87	18.03	70.83%	35.50	44.16	38.26	27.41	63.60	51.14	44.49	66.67	− 12.88
Meat products 2: salamis, dry sausages	56.86	74.51	79.00%	79.08%	65.49	77.64	60.00	75.00%	86.39	82.01	73.60	71.84	77.70	76.97	74.59	82.53	− 3.37
Meat products 3: parizer (Bologna sausage), wiener and frankfurter sausages	90.83	73.80	94.08%	93.94%	47.83	89.89	72.32	97.30%	92.76	82.17	83.49	78.51	95.11	87.83	83.57	97.77	− 4.34
Milk: fresh milk, ESL milk, UHT milk	93.75	95.05	96.97%	100.00%	93.42	81.82	100.00	95.08%	100.00	100.00	95.61	94.86	97.35	90.58	90.23	91.40	5.03
Dairy products 1: yoghurts (including fruit flavoured types)	34.70	21.48	18.95%	19.64%	13.67	10.94	19.33	24.23%	14.53	16.58	19.41	18.75	20.94	42.13	36.34	55.63	− 22.72
Dairy products 2: cottage cheese, kefir, sour cream	76.27	86.33	92.38%	92.63%	88.07	90.61	92.16	97.06%	90.03	88.39	89.39	87.41	94.02	90.87	88.89	95.50	− 1.48
Dairy products 3: cheeses (extra hard, hard, semi-hard and soft cheeses)	25.43	47.80	59.65%	65.82%	24.42	47.03	35.71	62.29%	50.08	48.55	46.68	39.86	62.59	57.64	47.99	80.17	− 10.96
Dairy products 4: butter	38.30	46.89	74.67%	75.76%	25.00	28.95	55.00	69.77%	46.94	46.36	50.76	41.06	73.40
Eggs (chicken egg)	84.85	87.42	96.88%	90.91%	100.00	91.59	100.00	100.00%	82.08	100.00	93.37	92.28	95.93	92.46	91.01	95.83	0.91
Honey	100.00	82.86	100.00%	100.00%	100.00	96.73	100.00	100.00%	92.25	100.00	97.18	95.98	100.00	92.09	89.19	98.87	5.09
Seasonal fruits, vegetables (apples, grapes, peach, apricot, nectarines, tomatoes, green peppers, carrots, cucumbers, onions, potatoes, garlic)	71.37	73.76	86.51%	84.04%	64.58	75.69	87.26	81.48%	76.08	69.04	76.98	73.97	84.01	65.47	63.51	70.03	11.51
Fruit jams (apricots, plums, strawberries, sour cherry, and raspberry)	100.00	56.14	56.36%	77.08%	16.67	52.04	0.00	84.71%	56.92	47.66	54.76	47.06	72.72	72.98	68.69	83.00	− 18.22
Dry pasta	41.84	62.40	81.84%	83.48%	51.24	73.11	48.48	87.88%	55.12	59.92	64.53	56.02	84.40
Canned food: cherry compote, sweet corn	68.42	93.41	94.57%	85.53%	0.00	83.23	100.00	83.54%	58.65	72.22	73.96	67.99	87.88
MEAN 2020	68.62	71.11	76.95%	80.17%	56.09	68.64	67.58	80.65%	69.45	66.07	70.53	66.79	79.26
MEAN 2014	67.77	77.83	86.01%	86.23%	67.79	78.21	80.73	82.29%	77.72	77.47	78.21	75.36	84.84
MEAN 2010	58.68	73.58	84.86%	84.95%	62.25	79.56	66.04	78.54%	74.77	72.00	73.52	69.55	82.78
Difference (2010–2020)	9.94	− 2.47	− 7.91%	− 4.78%	− 6.16	− 10.92	1.54	2.11%	− 5.32	− 5.93	− 2.99	− 2.76	− 3.52
Difference (2014–2020)	0.85	− 6.72	− 9.06%	− 6.06%	− 11.70	− 9.57	− 13.15	− 1.64%	− 8.27	− 11.40	− 7.67	− 8.57	− 5.58
Difference (2010–2014)	9.09	4.25	1.15%	1.28%	5.54	− 1.35	14.69	3.75%	2.95	5.47	4.68	5.81	2.06

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