ICA Gruppen : Swedish ICA stores - February sales figures

Sales in ICA stores increased by 1.9% in February 2021 compared with the corresponding month last year. Also, sales in like-for-like stores increased by 1.9% compared to last year.

	February 2021				January - February 2021
Store sales excl. VAT		MSEK	Change all stores	Change like-for-like		MSEK	Change all stores	Change like-for-like
Maxi ICA Stormarknad		3,160	5.2%	4.3%		6,496	7.1%	6.2%
ICA Kvantum		2,407	1.4%	1.5%		4,956	2.8%	3.1%
ICA Supermarket		2,784	-1.0%	-1.1%		5,728	0.6%	0.6%
ICA Nära		1,432	1.5%	3.2%		2,937	3.7%	5.3%
Total		9,784	1.9%	1.9%		20,117	3.6%	3.6%

In February 2021, sales in ICA stores totalled SEK 9,784 million excluding VAT, which is an increase of 1.9% compared with the same month in the previous year. Sales in January-February 2021 amounted to SEK 20,117 million, an increase of 3.6% compared with the previous year.

Starting in 2021 monthly sales also include online fees, mainly related to home deliveries. This corresponds to approximately MSEK 30 or 0.3% of sales in January-February. Figures for 2020 have been adjusted for the sake of comparison.

ICA Gruppen estimates the calendar effect for February to be -3.6%. The negative calendar effect is explained by the leap day last year.

On 28 February 2021 the number of ICA stores was 1,266. Store sales for March will be published on 12 April at 08:45 CET.

To see all publication dates in 2021, please visit ICA Gruppen's website http://www.icagruppen.se/en/investors/calendar

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