Table of Contents
Executive Summary – France
Executive Summary – Europe
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- Polarisation in Food Retailing
- Further consolidation
- Acquisition or organic expansion?
- European consumer expenditure on food reaches €950bn
- Modest upturn in European economies forecast
European Summary and Outlook
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- Report scope
- Definitions
- Stores
- Buying groups, voluntary groups and co-operatives
- Countries and companies covered
- The European food retail market
- Spending on food, drink and tobacco
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- Figure 1: Europe: Spending on food, drink and tobacco, 2002
- Food retailers
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- Figure 2: Europe: All food retailers' sales, 1998-2002
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- Figure 3: Europe: Food retailers’ share of all retail sales, 1998-2002
- Figure 4: Europe: Sales by food retailers, 1998-2002
- Figure 5: Europe: Food retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2002
- Figure 6: Europe: Retail sales per capita, by country, 2002
- Leading retailers
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- Figure 7: Europe: Leading food retailers, 2002
- Figure 8: European food retailers: Pan-European concentration, 2002
- Concentration levels
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- Figure 9: Europe: Share of top five retail groups, by country, 2002
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- Figure 10: Europe: Market shares of leading players, 2002
- Corporate activity
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- Figure 11: Europe: Corporate activity by European food retailers, 2002
- Figure 12: Europe: Corporate activity by European food retailers, 2003
- Figure 13: European retailers: Corporate deals, 2002-03
- Outlook
- Diversity
- Larger stores vs discounters
- Growth potential
- Ready-meals
- Non-foods
- Expansion – Internationalisation and consolidation
- Two models
- The Ahold saga
- Expansion through acquisition
- Safeway and consolidation
- Multiples vs voluntary groups
- Consolidation
- E-commerce
- European food retailing
- Prospects and forecasts
- Forecast basis
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- Figure 14: Europe: Food retailers’ sales, share of all retail sales, 1996-2007
- Figure 15: Europe: Food retailers sales growth, 1997-2002 and 2002-07
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- Figure 16: Europe: Food retailers and growth, 1997-2007f
European Consumer Trends
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- Introduction
- Comparison of grocery shopping patterns across Europe
- Major grocery shopping
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- Figure 17: Percentage of respondents that grocery shop on a daily basis, GB, Germany, France, Spain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, 2001-02
- Figure 18: Summary of major grocery shopping, GB, Germany, France, Spain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, 2001-02
- Other grocery shopping
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- Figure 19: Use of local independent grocers for other grocery shopping, GB, Germany, France, Spain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, 2001-02
- Figure 20: Other grocery shopping, GB, Germany, France, Spain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, 2001-02
- Weekly spending on all groceries
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- Figure 21: Percentage of heavy weekly spenders* on all groceries, GB, Germany, France, Spain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, 2001-02
- Figure 22: Weekly spending on all groceries, GB, Germany, France, Spain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, 2001-02
- Lifestyle statements
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- Figure 23: Agreement with statements relating to food and shopping in GB, Germany, France, Spain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, 2001-02
Background Data – France
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- Population
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- Figure 24: France: Population trends, 1998-2003
- Figure 25: France: Population, by age group and sex, 2003
- Figure 26: France: Households, 2000
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- Figure 27: France: Regions and major cities, 1999
- Economy
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- Figure 28: France: Gross domestic product, 1995-2002
- Figure 29: France: Consumer prices, 1995-2003
- Figure 30: France: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2002
- Figure 31: France: Detailed breakdown of spending on consumer goods, 1997-2002
The French Food Retail Sector
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- Introduction
- Market size
- Top players
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- Figure 32: France: Leading grocery retailers, 2002/03
- Outlet trends
- Outlook
- The French food, drink & tobacco market
- Market value and trends
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- Figure 33: France: Consumer spending on food, drink & tobacco, by category, 1998-2002
- Retail prices
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- Figure 34: France: food and drink inflation, 1998-2002
- Food retailers
- Sales values and trends
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- Figure 35: France: Food retailers' sales, 1998-2002
- Figure 36: France: Food retailers' sales as a percentage of all french retail sales, 1997-2002
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- Figure 37: France: Food, drink & tobacco retailers' sales, by type of retailer, 1998-2002
- Figure 38: French food retailers’ percentage shares of selected product categories, by format, 1997-2001
- Figure 39: France: Hypermarket sales, by type of goods, 1997 and 2001
- Enterprise and outlet data
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- Figure 40: France: Food, drink and tobacco retail enterprises, 1996, 1998 and 2000
- Figure 41: France: Food, drink and tobacco outlets, excl. supermarkets and hypermarkets, 1996 and 2000
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- Figure 42: Hypermarket development in France, 1998-2002
- Figure 43: France: Hypermarket development, 1996-2001
- Figure 44: France: Supermarkets, 1994-2002
- Figure 45: France: Hard-discount food stores, 1994-2002
- Leading players
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- Figure 46: France: Leading players, 2002/03
- Market shares
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- Figure 47: France: Market share of leading players, 2002/03
- Prospects and forecasts
- Prospects
- Forecasts
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- Figure 48: France: Food retailing prospects, 2002-07
- Figure 49: France: Food retailers' sales as % all retail sales, 2002-07f
Major Company Profiles
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- Figure 50: Aldi: Share of all German food retailers’ sales, 1998-2002
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- Figure 51: Aldi: Share of all European food retailers’ sales, 1998-2002
- Background
- History
- North-South divide
- Competition at home
- Expansion abroad
- Financial data
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- Figure 52: Aldi Gruppe: Estimated European sales data, 1998-2002
- Outlets
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- Figure 53: Aldi Gruppe: European outlet data, 1999-2002
- Non-European activities
- Products
- E-commerce
- SWOT
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- Figure 54: Auchan: Share of all French food retailers’ sales, 1998-2002
- Background
- Rinascente
- Growth strategy
- Systems and distribution
- Store cards
- Financial services
- Financial data
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- Figure 55: Auchan: Group financial performance, 1998-2002
- Figure 56: Auchan: Group sales, by country, 2001-02
- Future growth prospects
- Outlets
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- Figure 57: Auchan: European food outlet data, 1998-2002
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- Figure 58: Auchan: Detailed outlet performance data for selected fascia, 1999-2002
- Figure 59: Auchan: Comparison of hypermarket densities by country, 2001 and 2002
- Products
- Non-European activities
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- Figure 60: Auchan: Non-European retail outlets, 2001-02
- E-commerce
- SWOT
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- Figure 61: Carrefour: Share of all France food retailers sales, 1998-2002
- Background
- The merger
- Store cards
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- Figure 62: Carrefour store card activities, 2002
- Financial data
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- Figure 63: Carrefour: Group financial performance, 1998-2002
- Figure 64: Carrefour: Integrated European sales, 2000-2002
- Future growth prospects
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- Figure 65: Carrefour: European sales performance, Q1-Q3 2003 vs Q1-Q3 2002
- Total banner sales
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- Figure 66: Carrefour: Total network sales in Europe, 2000-02
- Franchisees/Joint ventures
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- Figure 67: Carrerfour: franchisee sales performance, 2000-02
- Outlets
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- Figure 68: Carrefour: Consolidated outlet data for Europe, 1999-2002
- Fascias
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- Figure 69: Carrefour: European activities by fascia, 2002
- Sales densities
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- Figure 70: Carrefour: Outlet data for European banner stores, 1999-2002
- Formats
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- Figure 71: Carrefour: group sales by format, 2000 and 2002
- Figure 72: Carrefour: Comparison of sales by format in France and the rest of europe, 2002
- Future expansion
- Products
- Own brand
- Systems
- E-commerce
- SWOT
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- Figure 73: Casino: Share of all French food retailers’ sales, 1998-2002
- Background
- History
- Control passes to Rallye
- Changes in purchasing processes
- International
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- Figure 74: Groupe Casino: International expansion, 1998-2002
- Financial data
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- Figure 75: Groupe Casino: Financial performance, 1998-2002
- France
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- Figure 76: Groupe Casino: French operations’ trading performance, 1998-2002
- International
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- Figure 77: Groupe Casino: International trading performance, 1998-2002
- Laurus
- Outlets
- France
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- Figure 78: Casino: French outlet details, 1998-2002
- Poland
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- Figure 79: Casino: Polish outlet details, 1998-2002
- Non-European operations
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- Figure 80: Casino: Non-European activities outlet data, 1998-2002
- Products
- E-commerce
- SWOT
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- Figure 81: Cora: Estimated share of all France food retailers sales, 1999-2002
- Background
- Store cards
- Financial data
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- Figure 82: Cora France: top-line sales breakdown, 1999-2002
- Figure 83: Cora/Louis delhaize estimated breakdown of sales, 2002
- Outlets
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- Figure 84: Cora: Outlet data, 2000 and 2002
- Match/Profi
- E-commerce
- SWOT
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- Figure 85: E.Leclerc: Share of all French food retailers sales, 1998-2002
- Background
- Organisational structure
- Campaigning
- Co-operation with Système U
- International alliances
- Financial data
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- Figure 86: E.Leclerc: Sales performance, 1998-2002
- Outlets
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- Figure 87: E.Leclerc: Outlet data, 1999-2002
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- Figure 88: E.Leclerc: Specialist store portfolio, 1998-2002
- Products
- E-commerce
- SWOT
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- Figure 89: ITM Entreprises: Share of all French food retailers’ sales, 1998-2002
- Figure 90: Intermarché: Breakdown of group sales, 1998 vs 2002
- Background
- International activity
- Spar Handels
- Reward Card
- Financial data
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- Figure 91: Intermarché: Sales data, 1998-2002
- Spar Handels
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- Figure 92: Spar Handels: Financial performance, 1998-2002
- Outlets
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- Figure 93: ITM Entreprises: Outlet data, 1998 and 2000-02
- Figure 94: ITM: Formats in France by type, average size and number, 2002
- Spar Handels
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- Figure 95: Spar Handels, Outlet data, 1998-2002
- Products
- E-commerce
- SWOT
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- Figure 96: Schwarz: Share of all German food retailers’ sales, 1998-2002
- Figure 97: Schwarz: Share of all European food retailers’ sales, 1998-2002
- Background
- Financial data
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- Figure 98: Schwarz: European food sales data, 1998/99-2002/03
- Outlets
- Lidl
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- Figure 99: Lidl: European outlet data, 1999-2003
- Kaufland
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- Figure 100: Kaufland/other fascias: Estimated European outlet data, 1999-2002
- Products
- E-commerce
- SWOT
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- Figure 101: Spar (Europe): Sales as share of all European food retailers sales, 2000-02
- Background
- Financial data
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- Figure 102: Spar International: Sales, 2000-02
- Outlets
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- Figure 103: Spar International: Outlet data, 2000-02
- Products
- E-commerce
- SWOT
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Mini Company Profiles
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- Système U
- Background
- Financial data
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- Figure 104: Systeme U: Financial performance, 2001-02
- Outlets
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- Figure 105: Systeme U: Outlet data, 2000-02a
France Consumer Trends
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- Introduction
- Frequency of major grocery shopping
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- Figure 106: Frequency of major and other grocery shopping, France, 2002
- Day of the week for major grocery shopping
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- Figure 107: Particular day for major and other grocery shopping, France, 2002
- Type of shop used for major and other grocery shopping
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- Figure 108: Type of shop used for major and other grocery shopping, France, 2002
- Type of shop used by demographics
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- Figure 109: type of shop used for regular major grocery shopping, by demographic sub-groups, France, 2002
- Weekly spending on groceries
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- Figure 110: weekly spending on groceries, by gender, France, 2002
- Figure 111: weekly spending on groceries, by demographic sub-groups, France, 2002
- Distance travelled to make regular grocery purchases
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- Figure 112: Distance travelled to make regular major grocery purchases, France, 2002
- Transport used to make regular grocery purchases
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- Figure 113: Transport used to make regular major grocery purchases, France, 2002
- Lifestyle statements by demographics
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- Figure 114: Top five lifestyle statements, France, 2002
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- Figure 115: Lifestyle statements by gender and presence of children, France, 2002
- Figure 116: Lifestyle statements, by age, France, 2002
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- Figure 117: Lifestyle statements by income, France, 2002
- Figure 118: Lifestyle statements by geographical location, France, 2002
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