Casino Group: first-quarter 2023

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FIRST-QUARTER 2023

Consolidated net sales of €5.4bn1, up +1.0% on a same-store basis:

  • France Retail down -0.4% on a same-store basis, reflecting a sequential acceleration for the Parisian and convenience banners (+4.6% after +2.8% in Q4 2022) and hypermarket and supermarket net sales still down significantly pending the impact of price adjustments

  • Continued strong growth in Latin America (+9.5% on a same-store basis), with good performances at GPA and Grupo Éxito

Significant events of first-quarter 2023:

  • Consolidated net debt at €5.1bn, down by €1.3bn vs. end-2022 and by €2.4bn over the last 12 months

  • Net debt in France at €4.5bn, stable vs. end-2022 and down by €0.8bn over 12 months

  • Disposal of an 18.8% stake in Assaí for €723m1 and of several assets in France (Sudeco, stake in GreenYellow, real estate assets), bringing the total disposal plan completed in France to €4.2bn

France

France Retail
The Parisian and convenience banners reported a sequential acceleration in the first quarter, with same-store sales growth of +4.6% (after +2.8% in Q4 2022):

  • Franprix's performance (+6% vs. +5.5% in Q4) was driven by good momentum in customer traffic, the development of the Leader Price product offer and double-digit growth in e-commerce;

  • Monoprix showed a clear sequential improvement in sales (+4.2% vs. +1.8% in Q4), mainly driven by strong momentum in Monoprix City (+5.2%) and Monop' (+10%) stores, while business has been recovering at Naturalia for several weeks;

  • Convenience recorded like-for-like sales growth of +4.9% (vs. +4.4% in Q4) while the expansion strategy continues.

The situation remained more difficult for Casino supermarkets and hypermarkets, which have seen significant price adjustments since the beginning of the year.
Same-store sales in the France Retail segment were down -0.4%.

Change in same-store sales2

 

Q3 2022

Q4 2022

Q1 2023

Franprix

+8.4%

+5.5%

+6.0%

Monoprix

+4.1%

+1.8%

+4.2%

Monoprix City

+4.5%

+2.5%

+5.2%

Monop’

+12.4%

+9.4%

+10.0%

Convenience

+6.3%

+4.4%

+4.9%

Parisian and convenience banners

+5.2%

+2.8%

+4.6%

Supermarkets

+1.6%

-4.0%

-7.8%

Hypermarkets

+2.2%

-6.2%

-12.4%

Supermarkets/Hypermarkets

+1.9%

-5.1%

-9.9%

FRANCE RETAIL

+3.9%

+0.1%

-0.4%

Strategic priorities:

  • Progress on the €190m inventory reduction plan in the first half of the year and the €250 million cost savings plan for the full year is on track.

  • The Group opened 198 stores in convenience formats during the quarter, mainly under franchise. Newly opened stores and new affiliates in the convenience format over the quarter represented around €75m in full-year gross sales under banner.


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