Food sales lead the way in latest GCA figures
The food hall/farm shop category topped the figures with an improvement of 5.37%, followed by catering on 3.89%.
Apr 22, 2026
The Garden Centre Association (GCA) released its Barometer of Trade figures for March recently – and the great news is that eating and dining led the way. The food hall/farm shop category topped the figures with an improvement of 5.37%, followed by catering on 3.89%, when compared with the same month in 2025.
'Non-gardening categories were all positive'
Peter Burks, chief executive officer of the GCA, said: “A very robust sales result was recorded overall at down 3.77% for the month, given that March 2025 was an amazing 26.9% up on March 2024. This year’s very variable weather could have resulted in much poorer sales. As expected, it is gardening that took the hit, but our non-gardening categories were all positive helping to reduce the shortfall.”
Clothing came third at 1.62% %, followed by gifts on 1.58%.
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