# Germany Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco, volume of sales (index, 2021=100, seasonally & calendar adjusted)

Germany Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco, volume of sales (index, 2021=100, seasonally & calendar adjusted) was down 1.1% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 93.30 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −9.7% (Mar 2023) to 11.3% (Mar 2020), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `DE.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-FOOD`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (309 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/germany/retail-sale-of-food-beverages-and-tobacco-volume-of-sales-index-2021

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 93.30 | −1.1 |
| August 2026 | 94.60 | 0.4 |
| July 2026 | 93.70 | −0.6 |
| June 2026 | 94.70 | −0.5 |
| May 2026 | 95.90 | 0.8 |
| April 2026 | 94.90 | −1.1 |
| March 2026 | 93.50 | −2.5 |
| February 2026 | 95.00 | −0.5 |
| January 2026 | 96.00 | 1.6 |
| December 2025 | 95.50 | 3.4 |
| November 2025 | 94.40 | −0.5 |
| October 2025 | 95.80 | 2.1 |
| September 2025 | 94.30 | 0.5 |
| August 2025 | 94.20 | −0.5 |
| July 2025 | 94.30 | 1.0 |
| June 2025 | 95.20 | 1.4 |
| May 2025 | 95.10 | 1.9 |
| April 2025 | 96.00 | 2.8 |
| March 2025 | 95.90 | 2.2 |
| February 2025 | 95.50 | 2.9 |
| January 2025 | 94.50 | 1.8 |
| December 2024 | 92.40 | 0.7 |
| November 2024 | 94.90 | 2.6 |
| October 2024 | 93.80 | 1.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-FOOD"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-FOOD",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```