UK Supermarkets Market Report 2020
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Providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date information and analysis of the UK Supermarket industry including the behaviors, preferences and habits of the consumer plus an in depth grocery industry analysis.
In a period where basket sizes have grown and frequency of shop has fallen, it would be logical to assume that the physical shopping format which best serves big-basket demand, supermarkets, will have seen a significant uptick in sales. However, whilst the supermarket sector has seen its strongest growth (+4.3%) in almost a decade, this growth figure lags that of the overall grocery market (+7.6%) and means that large-format grocery stores have once more lost share of all grocery sales – falling to under half (47.5%) for the first time.
The big four grocery multiples saw only marginal positive or negative shifts in their market share in 2019, stemming recent market share losses to the discounters. Tesco, including Booker, remains the clear market leader with 25.8%. Sainsbury’s saw its share drop 0.2 percentage points in 2019 to 12.3%.
There were only a small number of leading players which showed increases. The two discounters, Aldi and Lidl, grew their share of the market by 0.6 and 0.4 percentage points respectively driven in part by continued store-openings. The other retailer to gain was the Co-op which saw its share increase 0.4 percentage points, helped by the full integration of Nisa.
Brands featured: Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons Waitrose, M&S, Co-op, Iceland, Aldi, Lidl, Ocado, Amazon and other specialist retailers.
Consumer spend on food broken down by: Meat, Vegetables, Bread and Cereals, Oils and Fats, Sugar, Confectionery and Ice Cream, Fish, Fruit, Milk, Cheese & Eggs plus other food.
Written by Nick Carroll, a leading analyst in the Retail sector, his extensive knowledge delivers in-depth commentary and analysis to highlight current trends and add expert context to the numbers.
COVID-19 will bring a record year for the grocery sector in terms of sales and 2020 will also be the year to mark a rebalancing of the sector. A legacy boost to online will naturally take more demand away from large-format stores and will mean a further rethink about how super and hypermarkets in the UK are utilised by the leading grocery retailers.
Nick Carroll
Associate Director – Retail
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