Number of delivery days in 2024 compared with 2023
|
Month |
Grocery trade, |
Kespro, |
Building and technical trade, Finland |
Building and technical trade, Sweden |
Building and technical trade, Norway |
Building and technical trade, Denmark |
|
January |
0 |
1 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
February |
1 |
1 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
March |
-2 |
-3 |
-3 | -3 | -4 | -4 |
|
April |
2 |
3 |
3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
|
May |
0 |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
June |
-1 |
-2 |
-2 | -2 | -2 | -2 |
|
July |
1 |
2 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
|
August |
0 |
-1 |
-1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
|
September |
-1 |
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
October |
1 |
1 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
November |
0 |
-1 |
-1 | -1 | -1 | -1 |
|
December |
0 |
0 |
0 | -1 | 1 | -1 |
Saturdays are wholesale delivery days in grocery trade but not in Kespro or in building and technical trade. Under normal circumstances, one delivery day has an approximately 2-4 percentage point impact on Kesko’s wholesale, depending on the division. In the car trade service business, one delivery day has an approximately 2-4 percentage point impact on sales; delivery days do not have a marked impact on new and used car sales.