- The share of display of Slovak food in 2026 reached 40.4 percent.
- The value of the share of Slovak food remained the same as in 2025.
- COOP Jednota has long had the highest share of Slovak products among chains.
- The Lidl chain has long had the lowest share of Slovak food.
The share of display of Slovak food on store shelves in 2026 reached a value of 40.4%. It has not changed compared to 2025. However, several networks increased and several decreased the share of Slovak products. NThe largest representation of Slovak products has been in COOP Jednota for a long time. The Tesco, Kaufland, Billa chains achieve values approximately at the level of the Slovak average.
The most significant year-on-year decrease was recorded by the Biedronka chain. The Lidl chain has long had the lowest share of Slovak food. This follows from a survey by the Food Chamber of Slovakia (PKS), which was carried out in 2026 by the agency Go4insight.
“The share of Slovak food at the level of 40% shows that an incorrectly set agricultural policy does not help to improve the country’s food security. If we look at the level of support for primary agricultural production and subsequent processing, we see a significant disparity. So the question arises, why does the state pour one billion euros into primary agricultural production every year, when it does not have a positive effect on Slovakia’s food security. Sufficient food from Slovak production for consumers on store shelves is certainly not the result of these supports. We repeat it over and over again every year, but the agricultural lobby always manages to assert its own interests,” said Daniel Poturnay, president of PKS.
According to the survey, the COOP Jednota chains traditionally have the highest representation of Slovak foods (55%), followed by Fresh (53%) and CBA (47%). The lowest number of Slovak products is traditionally displayed in the Lidl chain (33%). Newly opened stores of the Biedronka network have seen a fairly significant year-on-year decrease, the share in 2026 is 34%, which is the second lowest share after the Lidl chain.
The highest proportion of displayed Slovak products is in small stores, followed by supermarkets, then hypermarkets, and the lowest proportion of displayed Slovak products is in discount stores. The highest share of Slovak products on the shelves is in the categories of milk (70%), water and mineral water (65%), wine (54%), beer and dairy products – other (49%), meat products (48%). The least represented Slovak products are non-chocolate confectionery (9%), oils (13%), canned products (16%) and chocolate confectionery together with non-alcoholic beverages (20%).
The highest share of Slovak food on shop shelves is in the Banskobystry region (47%). followed by Prešovský kraj (44%), Žilina and Nitrian kraj (43%), Trenčínský kraj (38%), Bratislava kraj (36%) and Trnavský kraj (34%) have the lowest share.
The survey has been conducted since 2011, while still using the same methodology for the sake of data relevance. In 2026, the survey was conducted by personal data collection by interviewers in 330 stores of food chains throughout the Slovak Republic. Field data collection was carried out in the months of February to March 2026 in the same business networks as last year, while other newly opened stores of the Biedronka network were also included in the survey.
