Table of Contents
Executive summary
-
- The market
- Consumer spending
-
- Figure 1: France: Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco by category, 2018
- Sector size and forecast
- Channels of distribution
-
- Figure 2: France: estimated channels of distribution of food and drink (excluding tobacco) spending, 2018
- Companies and brands
- Key metrics
- Market shares
-
- Figure 3: France: Leading grocers’ shares of all food retailers’ sales, 2018
- Online
- The consumer
- Who shops for groceries
-
- Figure 4: France: responsibility for grocery shopping, by gender, June 2019
- How they shop for groceries
-
- Figure 5: France: how they shop for groceries, June 2019 and September 2018
- Where they shop for groceries
-
- Figure 6: France: Grocery retailers used for primary and secondary shops, June 2019
-
- Figure 7: France: Attributes associated with types of grocery retailer, June 2019
- What we think
Issues and insights
-
- Change in France’s discount sector
- The facts
- The implications
- ‘Le vrac’ or packaging-free stores
- The facts
- The implications
The market – What you need to know
-
- Economy growing despite social unrest
- Grocery spending robust but behind growth in overall consumer spend
- Food retailers remain steady
- Hypermarkets declining as non-store and small stores grow
Consumer spending
-
- The economy
- Spending on food and drink growing slower than all spending
-
- Figure 8: France: Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco (incl. VAT), 2014-19
- Meat spending dropping
-
- Figure 9: France: Composition of consumer spending on food, categories as % of total spending, 2018
Sector size and forecast
-
-
- Figure 10: France: Food retailers, sales (excl. VAT), 2014-19
-
- Figure 11: France: Food retailers, forecast sales (excl. VAT), 2019-24
-
Inflation
-
-
- Figure 12: France: Consumer prices* of food and drink, Annual % change, 2014-18
- Figure 13: France: Consumer prices* of food and drink, Annual % change, January 2018-August 2019
-
Channels of distribution
-
-
- Figure 14: France: channels of distribution of food and drink products (excluding tobacco), 2016-18
-
Companies and brands – What you need to know
-
- Leclerc leads
- Discounters and organics are thriving
- Rethinking the hypermarket
- Leading groups’ market shares in decline
- Leclerc leads growing online sector
Leading players
-
- Key metrics
- Leclerc leads
- Discount continues to thrive
- Organic stores continue to expand
- Rethinking the hypermarket
-
- Figure 15: France: Leading grocers, sales (excl. VAT), 2014-18
-
- Figure 16: France: Leading grocers, outlets, 2014-18
- Sales per outlet
-
- Figure 17: France: Leading grocers, Sales per outlet, 2014-18
Market shares
-
-
- Figure 18: France: Leading grocers’ shares of all food retailers’ sales, 2014-18
-
Online
-
- Online activity
-
- Figure 19: France: Broadband connections (percentage of households), 2011-18
- Shopping online for food
-
- Figure 20: France: Online purchasing in the last 12 months, 2009-18
-
- Figure 21: France: Preference for shopping online for groceries rather than in-store, 2018
- Online grocery market size
- Leading online players
-
- Figure 22: France: leading online grocery retailers, sales, 2014-18
The consumer – What you need to know
-
- Women are the primary shoppers
- Shopping online is growing
- Leclerc leads
- Lidl top for top-up shops
- Specialists outrank supermarkets on quality and service
Who shops for groceries
-
-
- Figure 23: France: responsibility for grocery shopping, by gender, June 2019
-
- Figure 24: France: how they shop for groceries, June 2019 and September 2018
-
- Figure 25: France: how they shop for groceries, parents of under 16s, June 2019
-
Where they shop for groceries
-
- Leclerc leads
- Lidl the leading discounter
-
- Figure 26: France: grocery retailers ever used (net main or secondary grocery shopping), June 2019
- Lidl most popular for top-up shops
-
- Figure 27: France: Grocery retailers used for primary and secondary shops, June 2019
- Customer profiles
-
- Figure 28: France: grocery retailer they spend the most with, by average age and income, une 2019
-
- Figure 29: France: Where leading retailers’ primary shoppers also shop, June 2019
- Retailers used and channel used to shop
-
- Figure 30: France: how they shop for groceries by main grocery retailer used, June 2019
- Most people shop with multiple retailers
-
- Figure 31: France: repertoire of grocery retailers used, June 2019
Attributes associated with different types of grocery retailer
-
-
- Figure 32: France: Attributes associated with types of grocery retailer, June 2019
-
Appendix –Data sources, abbreviations and supporting information
-
- Abbreviations
- Data sources
Aldi
-
- What we think
- Aldi to buy ‘Leader Price’ discounter from Casino
- Increasing transparency with a focus on sustainability
- Nord and Süd collaborate on own-brand sourcing
- Meeting individual market needs
- Aldi Nord evolving faster than ever
- Company background
- Company performance
-
- Figure 33: Aldi: estimated group sales performance, 2014-18
-
- Figure 34: Aldi: outlet data: 2014-18
- Retail offering
Auchan
-
- What we think
- Single brand transformation
- Auchan eyes €1.1 billion in savings by 2022
- New strategy involves concessions in hypermarkets
- Partnership with OMV for MyAuchan banner in Romania
- Where next?
- Company background
- Company performance
-
- Figure 35: Auchan: Group financial performance, 2014-18
-
- Figure 36: Auchan: Group outlet data, 2014-18
- Retail offering
Carrefour
-
- What we think
- Investing in the ‘Next’ concept to improve consumer experience
- Omnichannel strategy
- Local focus
- Sustainability is a focus
- Greater transparency from suppliers
- What next?
- Company background
- Company performance
-
- Figure 37: Carrefour: Group financial performance, 2014-18
-
- Figure 38: Carrefour: Group outlet data, 2014-18
- Figure 39: Carrefour: Number of stores by country, December 2018
- Figure 40: Carrefour (Europe): Outlet data, by format, 2014-18
- Retail offering
Casino
-
- What we think
- Potential sale of Leader Price to Aldi
- Moving over to digital
- Creating synergies across physical and digital spheres
- Improved shopping experience with new store concept
- Casino trials ‘click and collect’ service for IKEA at hypermarkets…
- …and works with Hema to broaden its product range
- What next?
- Company background
- Company performance
-
- Figure 41: Casino: Group financial performance, 2014-18
-
- Figure 42: Casino (France): Outlet data, 2014-18
- Retail offering
E. Leclerc
-
- What we think
- Urban pick up points enable E. Leclerc to expand its catchment area
- Widening the appeal of ‘drives’ through third party partnerships
- Responding to growing demand for organic food
- Company background
- Company performance
-
- Figure 43: E. Leclerc (France): Estimated group sales performance, 2014-18
-
- Figure 44: E Leclerc: outlets and estimated sales per outlet, 2014-18
- Retail offering
Les Mousquetaires (Intermarché)
-
- What we think
- New supermarket concept store in France
- Attracting urban shoppers with food-to-go
- Stronger focus on clean eating with reformulation
- Company background
- Company performance
-
- Figure 45: Les Mousquetaires: grocery operations – Estimated sales performance, 2014-18
-
- Figure 46: Les Mousquetaires: grocery outlet data, 2014-18
- Retail offering
Schwarz Group (Lidl)
-
- What we think
- Lidl pushing online growth in more markets
- UK anticipates online launch
- Kaufland seeking a road to recovery
- Lidl opens smallest store
- Adapting to shopper trends
- Company background
- Company performance
-
- Figure 47: Schwarz Group: Group sales performance, 2014/15-2018/19
-
- Figure 48: Schwarz Group: Outlet data, 2014/15-2018/19
- Retail offering
Back to top