Table of Contents
Report Scope
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- Report structure and content
- Food retailing sector
- Store definitions
- Buying groups, voluntary groups and co-operatives
- Technical notes
- Definitions
- Currencies
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- Figure 1: Exchange rates: National currencies against the Euro, 2002-05
- Country codes
- VAT
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- Figure 2: Europe: Standard VAT rates, 2005
- Other abbreviations
The Market in Brief
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- Spain’s retail sector remains robust…but grocers underperform
- Consumer spending remains robust
- Discount food retailers
- Undeniable power of the supermarkets
- Growing concentration
Broader Market Environment
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- Population growing…
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- Figure 3: Spain: Population trends, 2001-05
- …but ageing
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- Figure 4: Spain: Population, by age group, 2006
- Figure 5: Spain: Population, by age group and sex, 2006
- Fewer marriages and smaller households
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- Figure 6: Spain: Households by size (number of persons), 2001
- An urbanised country
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- Figure 7: Spain: Population by region, 2005
- One of the best performing economies in Europe
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- Figure 8: Spain: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
- High inflation
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- Figure 9: Consumer price inflation 1998-2005
The Market in Context
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- Figure 10: Spain: Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco, 2000-05
- Figure 11: Spain: Spending growth on different product categories, 2000-04
- Figure 12: Spain: Spending on food, drink and tobacco as % of all consumer spending, 2000-04
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The Market – Size and Forecast
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- Figure 13: Spain: Retail sales, 2001-11
- Figure 14: Spain: Food retailers' sales as % of all retail sales, 2001-11
- Specialists remain strong
- Supermarkets still the most important sub-sector
- All food retail sales forecast to grow by nearly 29% by 2011
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- Figure 15: Spain: All Food retailers, grocers and food specialists sales as % of all retailers sales, 2001-05
- Enterprise and outlet data
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- Figure 16: Spain: Retail enterprises, 2001-05
- Figure 17: Spain: Retail outlets (places of work), 2001-05
- Hypermarkets
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- Figure 18: Spain: Hypermarkets, 1973-2005
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- Figure 19: Spain: Hypermarkets – Growth in store numbers and sales area, 1996-2005
- Figure 20: Spain: Hypermarkets, by sales area, 2002-06
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- Figure 21: Spain: Leading hypermarket operators, key figures, 2004 and 2005
- Supermarkets
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- Figure 22: Spain: Leading 30 supermarket operators’ outlet data, 1996-2005
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- Figure 23: Spain: Growth of top 30 supermarket operators, 1996-2005
- Figure 24: Spain: Leading supermarket operators, key figures, 2005
- Discount stores
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- Figure 25: Spain: Leading discount operators, 2005
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The Consumer – Where Food Is Bought
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- Figure 26: Spain: Store used for main grocery shop, August 2006
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- Figure 27: Spain: Store used for main grocery shop, by gender, age and socio-economic group, August 2006
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- Figure 28: Spain: Store used for Main grocery shop, by gender, age and socio-economic group, August 2006
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- Figure 29: Spain: Market positioning of supermarkets’ primary shoppers by age and income, August 2006
- Other shops used
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- Figure 30: Spain: Other shops used for grocery shopping in the last three months, August 2006
- Consumer demographics – secondary shoppers
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- Figure 31: Spain: Other outlets used for grocery shopping in the last three months, August 2006
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- Figure 32: Spain: Other outlets used for grocery shopping in the last three months, August 2006
- Number of outlets used
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- Figure 33: Spain: Number of stores used for grocery shop, August 2006
- Number of outlets used by where consumers shopped
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- Figure 34: Spain: Where consumers did their shop by number of stores used, August 2006
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The Consumer - Factors Important in Deciding Where to Shop
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- Figure 35: Spain: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, August 2006
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- Figure 36: Spain: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, August 2006
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- Figure 37: Spain: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, August 2006
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- Figure 38: Spain: Positioning of consumer preferences by age and income, August 2006
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- Figure 39: Spain: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, by retailer, August 2006
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- Figure 40: Spain: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, by retailer, August 2006
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Retail Competitor Analysis
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- Specialists
- Carrefour to speed up development of new formats
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- Figure 41: Spain: Major food, drink and tobacco retailers, 2005/06
- Market shares
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- Figure 42: Spain: Market shares, 2005
- Evaluation
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- Figure 43: Food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
Retailer Profiles
Aldi (Europe)
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- Figure 44: Aldi exterior: Old Kent Road, London
- Figure 45: Aldi (Europe): Sales as share of all food retailers in Europe, 2001-05
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 46: Aldi (Europe): Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Market shares by country
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- Figure 47: Aldi (Ireland): Sales as share of all food retailers in Ireland, 2001-05
- Figure 48: Aldi (Netherlands): Sales as share of all food retailers in Netherlands, 2001-05
- Figure 49: Aldi (Spain): Sales as share of all food retailers in Spain, 2002-05
- Figure 50: Aldi (Belgium): Sales as share of all food retailers in Belgium, 2001-05
- Figure 51: Aldi (Denmark): Sales as share of all food retailers in Denmark, 2001-05
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- Figure 52: Aldi (France): Sales as share of all food retailers in France, 2001-05
- Figure 53: Aldi (Germany): Sales as share of all food retailers in Germany, 2001-05
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 54: Aldi (Europe): Outlet data, 2001-05
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
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- Figure 55: Aldi store interior, 2006
- Brands
- Product offer
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- Figure 56: Aldi fresh fruit, vegetables and bio products
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- E-commerce and home shopping
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Auchan
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- Figure 57: Auchan: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Europe, 2001-05
- Figure 58: Auchan: French sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in France, 2001-05
- Figure 59: Auchan: Spanish sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Spain, 2001-05
- Strategic evaluation
- France
- Other Europe
- Asia
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 60: Auchan: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Figure 61: Auchan: Sales by geographical area, 2002-05
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- Figure 62: Auchan: European sales by country, 2001-05
- Store portfolio
- European operations
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- Figure 63: Auchan: European outlet data, 2001-05
- Figure 64: Auchan: Percentage change in sales and store numbers in Europe by country, 2001-05
- Sales densities
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- Figure 65: Auchan: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Figure 66: Auchan: Sales densities in France and Spain, 2001 and 2005
- Hypermarkets
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- Figure 67: Auchan: Hypermarkets’ store size and product offer, by country, 2005
- Supermarkets
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- Figure 68: Auchan: Supermarkets’ store size and product offer, by country, 2005
- Non-European operations
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- Figure 69: Auchan: Non-European retail outlets, 2001-05
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Core own-brand
- Discount range
- Specialised/premium ranges
- Product offer
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- Financial services
- E-commerce and home shopping
- Home delivery
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Carrefour
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- Figure 70: Carrefour: Sales as share of All European food retailers, 2001-05
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 71: Carrefour: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- First half 2006
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 72: Carrefour: Outlet data, 2001-05
- France
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- Figure 73: Carrefour France: sales as share of all food retailers in France, 2001-05
- Figure 74: Carrefour France: Group financial performance, 2001-05
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- Figure 75: Carrefour France: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Belgium
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- Figure 76: Carrefour Belgium: Sales as share of all food retailers in Belgium, 2001-05
- Figure 77: Carrefour Belgium: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Figure 78: Carrefour Belgium: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Italy
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- Figure 79: Carrefour Italy: sales as share of all food retailers in Italy, 2001-05
- Figure 80: Carrefour Italy: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Figure 81: Carrefour Italy: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Poland
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- Figure 82: Carrefour Poland: Sales as share of all food retailers in Poland, 2001-05
- Figure 83: Carrefour Poland: Group financial performance, 2001-05
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- Figure 84: Carrefour Poland: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Portugal
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- Figure 85: Carrefour Portugal: Sales as share of all food retailers in Portugal, 2001-05
- Figure 86: Carrefour Portugal: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Figure 87: Carrefour Portugal: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Greece
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- Figure 88: Carrefour Greece: Sales as share of all food retailers in Greece, 2001-05
- Figure 89: Carrefour Greece: Group financial performance, 2001-05
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- Figure 90: Carrefour Greece: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Spain
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- Figure 91: Carrefour Spain: Sales as share of all food retailers in Spain, 2001-05
- Figure 92: Carrefour Spain: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Figure 93: Carrefour Spain: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Switzerland
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- Figure 94: Carrefour Switzerland: Sales as share of all food retailers in Switzerland, 2001-05
- Figure 95: Carrefour Switzerland: Group financial performance, 2001-2005
- Figure 96: Carrefour Switzerland: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Czech and Slovak Republics
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- Figure 97: Carrefour Czech and Slovak Republics: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Figure 98: Carrefour Czech and Slovak Republics: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Loyalty cards
- E-commerce and home shopping
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E Leclerc
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- Figure 99: Leclerc: Exterior store view
- Figure 100: E Leclerc: France - sales as share of All food retailers, 2001-05
- Figure 101: E Leclerc: Europe - sales as share of All food retailers, 2001-05
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 102: E Leclerc: Estimated sales performance, 2001-05
- Estimated international sales by country
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- Figure 103: E Leclerc: Estimated international sales by country, 2004 and 2005
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 104: E Leclerc: Outlet data, 2001-05
- International stores
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- Figure 105: E Leclerc: international outlet numbers, 2001-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
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- Figure 106: Leclerc: Interior store view
- Figure 107: Leclerc: Interior store view
- Non-food specialists
- Pricing
- Brands
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- Figure 108: E.Leclerc: Own-brands, 2006
- E-commerce and home shopping
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Intermarché/ITM Entreprises
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- Figure 109: Intermarché/ITM Entreprises: Sales as share of All food retailers in Europe, 2001-2005
- Strategic evaluation
- France
- Other markets
- Background
- Exit from Germany
- Financial performance
- France
- Other markets
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- Figure 110: Intermarché: Estimated sales performance, 2001-05
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 111: Intermarché/ITM Entreprises: Food outlet data, 2001-05
- Figure 112: Intermarché/ITM Entreprises: Non-food outlet data, 2001-05
- Intermarché
- Ecomarché
- Netto
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Operational issues
- Strategic alliances
- Advertising and marketing
- Loyalty card
- Marketing
- E-commerce and home shopping
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Schwarz Group
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- Figure 113: Schwarz Group: Lidl store, 2006
- Figure 114: Schwarz Group: Estimated sales as share of all food retailers in Germany, 2001-05
- Figure 115: Schwarz Group: Sales as share of all food retailers in Europe, 2001-05
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 116: Schwarz Group: Estimated turnover by segment, 2005/06
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- Figure 117: Schwarz Group: Lidl, Estimated turnover by region, 2005/06
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- Figure 118: Schwarz Group: Kaufland/Kaufmarkt/Handelshof estimated turnover 2005/06
- Figure 119: Schwarz Group: Estimated group financial performance, 2001/02-2005/06
- Store portfolio
- Lidl and Kaufland – the two formats in brief
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- Figure 120: Schwarz Group: Store network development, 2002-06
- Where to now?
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- Figure 121: Schwarz Group: Lidl, outlets by region, 2006
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- Figure 122: Schwarz Group: Kaufland, outlets by region, 2006
- Format trial – Mega Cent
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- Figure 123: Schwarz Group: Outlet data, 2001/02-2005/06
- Figure 124: Schwarz Group: Outlet data, 2001/02-2005/06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
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- Figure 125: Schwarz Group: Lidl, fresh produce, 2006
- Figure 126: Schwarz Group: Lidl, own brands, 2006
- Figure 127: Schwarz Group: Lidl, non-food, 2006
- Quantity? Yes. Quality? Maybe…
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- E-commerce and home shopping
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Tengelmann
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- Figure 128: Tengelmann: Plus store, Germany 2006
- Figure 129: Tengelmann: Sales as share of Grocers in Europe, 2001/02-2005/06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 130: Tengelmann: Group financial performance, 2002-06
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- Figure 131: tengelmann: Retail sales by business, 2005/06
- Market shares by country
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- Figure 132: Plus: Czech Republic: Sales as % of all retail sales, 2001/02-2005/06
- Figure 133: Plus: Germany: Sales as % of all food retailers sales, 2001/02-2005/06
- Figure 134: Plus: Hungary: Sales as % of all food retailers sales, 2001/02-2005/06
- Figure 135: Plus: Poland: Sales as % of all food retailers sales, 2001/02-2005/06
- Figure 136: Plus: Portugal: Sales as % of all food retailers sales, 2001/02-2005/06
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- Figure 137: Plus: Spain: Sales as % of all food retailers sales, 2001/02-2005/06
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 138: Tengelmann: Outlet data, 2001/02-2005/06
- Figure 139: Tengelmann: Outlets by region, 2005/06
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- Figure 140: Tengelmann: Outlet data, 2001/02-2005/06
- Figure 141: Tengelmann: Sales/m2, 2006
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- Figure 142: Tengelmann: Plus average store size, 2006
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
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- Figure 143: Tengelmann: Inside a Plus store, 2006
- Figure 144: Tengelmann: Inside a Kaiser’s supermarket
- Pricing
- E-commerce and home shopping
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Mini Company Profiles
El Corte Inglés
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- Figure 145: El Corte Inglés: Sales as share of all food retailers in Spain by fascia, 2001-05
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 146: El Corte Inglés: Group’s sales with estimated food breakdown, 2000/01-2004/05
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 147: El Corte Inglés: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Figure 148: El Corte Inglés: Outlet growth by food fascia , 2001-05
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- E-commerce and home shopping
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Grupo Eroski
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- Figure 149: Grupo Eroski: Sales as share of All food retailers in Spain, 2001-05
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 150: Grupo Eroski: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Store portfolio
- Food operations
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- Figure 151: Grupo Eroski: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Non-food operations
- Expansion plans
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- Figure 152: Eroski: Spanish outlet growth by format 2003-05
- Figure 153: Eroski: Spanish outlet data, 2003-05
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Brands
- E-commerce and home shopping
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Mercadona
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- Figure 154: Mercadona: Sales as share of All food retailers in Spain, 2001-05
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 155: Mercadona: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 156: Mercadona: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Retail offering
- Brands
- Product offer
- E-commerce and home shopping
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Musgrave
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- Figure 157: Musgrave Republic of Ireland: SuperValu and Centra as share of all food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
- Background
- Strategic evaluation
- Financial performance
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- Figure 158: Musgrave: Group financial performance, 2001-05
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- Figure 159: Musgrave: Selected retail sales, 2001-05
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 160: Musgrave: Outlet numbers, 2001-05
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- Figure 161: Musgrave Republic of Ireland: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Brands and pricing
- Operations
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