Salzburg – Several lockdowns, home offices and closed restaurants and canteens have resulted in people shopping significantly more in the supermarket in the corona year. While toy and electrical goods stores or stationery dealers had to lock up for weeks, the lockdown never applied to the grocery store. This brought a strong increase in sales and market leadership to the domestic retail group Spar. For the first time in history, Spar overtook arch-rival Rewe.