The image shows the ten fruits and vegetables that were most widely distributed in the 2016 retail trade.
Avocado-sales rapidly increased
With the ten highest-selling fruits, retail sales in 2016 totaled CHF 1.07 billion. This is 4.8% more than last year. This represents around 64% of the total fruit sales in the retail trade. Especially for avocados, consumers have spend more (+29%). Additionally, lemons (+23%) and raspberries (+13%) rose significantly. In the case of blueberries, consumer spending (+21%) also rose sharply. They follow the raspberries as 11th highest-selling fruit with their sales totaling around 60 million francs.
Vegetable prices have risen
Consumption expenditures for the ten top-selling vegetables amounted to a total of 0.96 billion francs in 2016 (about 54% of the total expenditure on vegetables in the retail trade). Compared with 2015, this is an increase of 3.6%. This is primarily due to higher prices. As a result, there was a price increase of 5.5% on average in the case of asparagus, cucumbers and the lettuces shown in the image, while the purchasing volume declined by 2.8%.