Table of Contents
Executive Summary
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- Spending and inflation
- Sector size and forecast
- Leading retailers – Financials and outlets
- Leading retailers – Market shares
- Online
- The consumer – Where they shop
- Consumers and the discounters
- What we think
Spending and Inflation
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- Key points
- Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco
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- Figure 1: France: Consumer spending on food drink and tobacco (incl VAT), 2009-14
- Inflation
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- Figure 2: France: Consumer prices: Annual change, Jan 2013-Oct 2014
- Figure 3: France: Consumer prices: Annual change, 2009-14
Distribution of Spending
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- Figure 4: France: Estimated distribution of spending on food and drink, 2013
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Sector Size and Forecast
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- Key points
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- Figure 5: France: Food retailers’ sales (excl VAT), 2009-14
- Figure 6: France: Food retailers sales (excl VAT), 2014-19
Leading Retailers – Financials and Outlets
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- Key points
- Sales
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- Figure 7: France: Leading grocers, sales, 2011-13
- Outlets
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- Figure 8: France: Leading grocers outlet numbers, 2011-13
- Sales per outlet
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- Figure 9: France: Leading grocers, sales per outlet, 2011-13
The Retailers – Market Shares
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- Figure 10: France: Leading grocers shares of all food retailers sales, 2011-13
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Online
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- Key points
- Still a small share of the market
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- Figure 11: France: Online shoppers in the last 12 months, 2009-13
- But should they be doing it?
The Consumer – Where They Shop
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- Key points
- Who does the grocery shopping?
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- Figure 12: France: Who does the main grocery shop, October 2014
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- Figure 13: France: Profile of main shoppers, October 2014
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- Figure 14: France: Store used for any shopping, October 2014
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- Figure 15: France: Profile of shoppers at leading food retailers, October 2014
- Main shop
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- Figure 16: France: Store used for any shopping, October 2014
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- Figure 17: France: Profile of main shoppers at leading food retailers, October 2014
- Top-up shopping
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- Figure 18: France: Store used for top-up shopping, October 2014
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- Figure 19: France: Store used for top-up shopping, October 2014
The Consumer – Attitudes Towards Discount Supermarkets
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- Key points
- Why people don’t shop at the discounters.
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- Figure 20: France: Reasons for not shopping at discounters, October 2014
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- Figure 21: Attitudes to Discounters by shops used, October 2014
- How have discounters changed?
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- Figure 22: France: How have discounters changed in the last two years, October 2014
Aldi
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- What we think
- Germany
- Elsewhere
- Where next?
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 23: Aldi: Group financial performance, 2009-2013
- Figure 24: Aldi: Outlet data, 2009-2013
- Figure 25: Aldi: Outlet data, 2009-2013 (continued)
- Retail offering
Groupe Auchan
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- What we think
- Exposed in weak eurozone and under threat from trend away from hypermarkets
- Looking for growth
- Defensive purchasing alliances
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 26: Auchan: Group financial performance, 2009-13
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- Figure 27: Auchan: Revenue by region, 2009-13
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- Figure 28: Auchan: Retail sales estimates by country (Europe only), 2009-13
- Stores
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- Figure 29: Auchan: Outlet data (Consolidated stores only), 2009-13
- Groupe Auchan – Non retail activities
- Retail offering
Carrefour
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- What we think
- Where next?
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 30: Carrefour: Group financial performance, 2009-2013
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- Figure 31: Carrefour: Outlet data, 2009-2013
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- Figure 32: Carrefour (Europe): Outlet numbers (incl franchisees and partners, excluding cash and carry), 2009-13
- Retail offering
Casino
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- What we think
- Warning signs in 2013
- Putting price first
- Casino and Intermarché enter buying agreement
- Online – Strong performance for GM and potential to expand in food
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 33: Casino: Group financial performance, excl. sales tax, 2009-14
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- Figure 34: Casino: Outlet data (excluding franchises), 2009-13
- Retail offering
Dia
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- What we think
- 2013 in review
- Sells French operations
- Aquires El Arbol
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 35: Dia: Group financial performance, 2011-2014
- Figure 36: Dia: Group outlet data, 2011-13
- Retail offering
Intermarché/ITM Entreprises (Groupement des Mousquetaires)
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- What we think
- A tougher French market
- Capital investment
- Investing to drive sales
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 37: Groupement des Mousquetaires (Intermarché/ITM Entreprises): Group financial performance, 2009-13
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- Figure 38: Groupement des Mousquetaires (Intermarché/ITM Entreprises): Outlet data, 2009-13
- Store formats
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- Figure 39: Groupement des Mousquetaires: Food outlet data and range by format type, 2013
- Retail offering
Leclerc
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- What we think
- Price focus key to success
- Driven to succeed
- Collection remains the preferred online delivery method
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 40: E.Leclerc: Group sales performance, excl. VAT, 2009-13
- Figure 41: E. Leclerc: Estimated international sales by country, excl. VAT, 2011-13
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- Figure 42: E. Leclerc: Group outlet data, 2009-13
- Retail offering
Lidl/Kaufland (Schwarz Group)
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- What we think
- Online
- Where next
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 43: Schwarz Group: Group financial performance, 2009/10-2013/14
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- Figure 44: Schwarz Group: Outlet data, 2009/10-2013/14
- Figure 45: Schwarz Group: Outlet data, 2009/10-2013/14 (continued)
- Figure 46: Schwarz Group: Outlet data, 2009/10-2013/14 (continued)
- Figure 47: Schwarz Group: Outlet data, 2009/10-2013/14 (continued)
- Retail offering
Appendix – The Consumer – France
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- Figure 48: Retailers used for main and top-up grocery shopping, France, October 2014
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- Figure 49: Attitudes towards discount supermarkets in France, by most popular retailers used for main and top-up grocery shopping – Any grocery shop, France, October 2014
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- Figure 50: Attitudes towards discount supermarkets in France, by next most popular retailers used for main and top-up grocery shopping – Any grocery shop, France, October 2014
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- Figure 51: Reasons for not shopping/not shopping enough for groceries at discount supermarkets, by most popular retailers used for main and top-up grocery shopping – Any grocery shop, France, October 2014
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- Figure 52: Reasons for not shopping/not shopping enough for groceries at discount supermarkets, by next most popular retailers used for main and top-up grocery shopping – Any grocery shop, France, October 2014
- Responsibility for grocery shopping
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- Figure 53: Those in household responsible for grocery shopping, by demographics, France, October 2014
- Where people shop
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- Figure 54: Most popular retailers used for main and top-up grocery shopping – Any grocery shop, by demographics, France, October 2014
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- Figure 55: Next most popular retailers used for main and top-up grocery shopping – Any grocery shop, by demographics, France, October 2014
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- Figure 56: Other retailers used for main and top-up grocery shopping – Any grocery shop, by demographics, France, October 2014
- Attitude statements
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- Figure 57: Agreement with the statement ‘The quality of fresh meat at discount supermarkets has improved in the last 2 years’, supermarkets in France, by demographics, October 2014
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- Figure 58: Agreement with the statement ‘The quality of fresh fruit and vegetables at discount supermarkets has improved in the last 2 years’, supermarkets in France, by demographics, October 2014
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- Figure 59: Agreement with the statement ‘The quality of fresh bakery products at discount supermarkets has improved in the last 2 years’, supermarkets in France, by demographics, October 2014
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- Figure 60: Agreement with the statement ‘The choice of brands available at discount supermarkets has improved in the last 2 years’, supermarkets in France, by demographics, October 2014
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- Figure 61: Agreement with the statement ‘I can’t buy all the groceries I need at discount supermarkets’, supermarkets in France, by demographics, October 2014
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- Figure 62: Agreement with the statement ‘I’d like to see a bigger choice of non-grocery items at discount supermarkets’, supermarkets in France, by demographics, October 2014
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- Figure 63: Agreement with the statement ‘The choice of items available within certain ranges at discount supermarkets is too limited’, supermarkets in France, by demographics, October 2014
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- Figure 64: Agreement with the statement ‘I would shop less at discount supermarkets if I had more money^’, supermarkets in France, by demographics, October 2014
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- Figure 65: Agreement with the statement ‘I sometimes buy non-grocery items I didn’t plan to buy when shopping at discount supermarkets’, supermarkets in France, by demographics, October 2014
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- Figure 66: Agreement with the statement ‘I sometimes visit discount supermarkets specifically to buy non-grocery items I’ve seen advertised in advance’, supermarkets in France, by demographics, October 2014
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- Figure 67: Agreement with the statement ‘I do more of my grocery shopping at discount supermarkets than I did two years ago’, supermarkets in France, by demographics, October 2014
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- Figure 68: Agreement with the statement ‘I’m less tempted to buy additional grocery items that I don’t really need at discount supermarkets’, supermarkets in France, by demographics, October 2014
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- Figure 69: Most popular reasons for not shopping/not shopping enough for groceries at discount supermarkets, by demographics, France, October 2014
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- Figure 70: Next most popular reasons for not shopping/not shopping enough for groceries at discount supermarkets, by demographics, France, October 2014
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- Figure 71: Other reasons for not shopping/not shopping enough for groceries at discount supermarkets, by demographics, France, October 2014
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