MOSCOW, April 8 Russians are actively buying food in supermarkets on weekends, where 70% of all card payments are made, at the same time, the average purchase receipt for the year decreased by 6.7%, to 776 rubles, according to a study by Russian Standard Bank, which is available.
«Traditionally, the most popular bank card spending on Saturdays and Sundays includes «supermarkets», «cafes and fast food», «clothing and footwear stores», «cosmetics stores», «hairdressers and beauty salons». Supermarkets are the absolute leaders in this the top five in terms of the number of weekend purchases. Thus, 70% of all payments in the first quarter of 2023 with bank cards in the above categories of spending are made here,» the statement said.
One trip to the supermarket on average costs 776 rubles using cards, which is lower than a year earlier, when the average purchase receipt here was 832 rubles. The decline can be explained by the popularity of courier delivery of products and goods, experts point out.
Spending in cafes in 2023 accounts for 24% of card payments, the bank found out. At the same time, for one visit there on the weekend, Russians began to spend more. Thus, the average check here amounted to 974 rubles against 710 rubles a year earlier.
The largest increase in the average purchase price on Saturday and Sunday in a year was in clothing and footwear stores, which account for 4% of weekend payments. The average check in the first quarter of this year increased by 42% over the year, to 7,585 rubles from 5,339 rubles.
As the researchers found out, cosmetics purchases and trips to beauty salons account for 1-2%, respectively. In the first quarter, in perfumery and cosmetics stores, the average check on bank cards over the weekend amounted to 3,086 rubles, a year earlier it was higher — 3,355 rubles. And the average check for services of hairdressers and beauty salons on the weekend of 2023 amounted to 2,540 rubles, it also grew — a year ago it was 2,433 rubles.