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Food Retailing - Europe - December 2006

EUROPEAN INSIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
MARKET IN BRIEF
The European food drink and tobacco market
Germany, the largest food market, UK only fourth
Norwegians spend the most per head
Lowest levels of spending in central Europe
Specialists continue to lose share as grocers dominate
Leading retailers – Tesco to overtake Carrefour?
European food retail market still highly fragmented
Forecasts
Trends and issues
EUROPEAN SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK
 REPORT SCOPE
Report structure and content
Food retailing sector
Store definitions
Buying groups, voluntary groups and co-operatives
 TECHNICAL NOTES
Definitions
Currencies
Figure 1: Exchange rates: National currencies against the Euro, 2002-05
Country codes
VAT
Figure 2: Europe: Standard VAT rates, 2005
Other abbreviations
 THE EUROPEAN FOOD MARKET
Figure 3: Europe: Estimated total spending on food, alcohol and tobacco by country, 2005
Figure 4: Europe: Per capita spending on food, alcohol and tobacco, 2005
Figure 5: Europe: Consumer spending on food, alcohol and tobacco, 2001-05
Figure 6: Europe: Total consumer spending on food, alcohol and tobacco, 2005
Does wealth make food relatively less important?
Figure 7: Europe: GDP per capita compared to food, alcohol and tobacco’s share of all consumer spending
Markets with growth potential
Figure 8: Europe: Growth potential, selected countries
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Food retail sales by country
Figure 9: Europe: All food retailers’ sales by country, 2001-06
Leading European markets
Figure 10: Europe: All food retailers sales by country, 2005
European food retail forecasts
Figure 11: Europe: All food retailers sales, 2001-11
Food to decline as share of all retail sales
Figure 12: Europe: All food retailers’ sales as share of total retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 13: Europe: Percentage point change in food retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2001-05 and 2001-11
Growth by country
Figure 14: Europe: All food retailers’ sales growth by country, 2006-11
Areas for development
Central and Eastern Europe
Southern Europe
 SECTOR CONCENTRATION
Figure 15: Europe: Top 5 food retailers share of all food retailers’ sales, 2005
 THE EUROPEAN CONSUMER
Consumer food shopping habits
Figure 16: Europe: Factors most important when choosing where to buy food, August 2006
Figure 17: Europe: Factors most important when choosing where to buy food, August 2006
Figure 18: Europe: Factors most important when choosing where to buy food, August 2006
 EUROPEAN CONSUMER TRENDS
How often do they shop?
Figure 19: Frequency of major and other grocery shopping, 2006
When do they shop
Figure 20: Day for major and other grocery shopping and transport used, 2006
Where do they shop?
Figure 21: Type of shop used for major and other grocery shopping and level of spending, 2006
Shopping at out of town locations is generally rising…
Figure 22: Out of town supermarket and hypermarket usage for major grocery shopping, 2002-06
…while local independent grocers are losing out…
Figure 23: Local independents usage for major grocery shopping, 2002-06
…even for other shopping trips.
Figure 24: Local independents usage for other grocery shopping, 2002-06
Consumer attitudes
Shopping
Figure 25: Agreement with attitudes towards shopping and food in Germany, Spain, France and Great Britain, 2002-06
Figure 26: Agreement with attitudes towards shopping and food in Germany, Spain, France and Great Britain, 2002-2006
Figure 27: Agreement with attitudes towards shopping and food in Germany, Spain, France and Great Britain, 2006
Food
British are getting time richer…
…but are least healthy
Figure 28: Agreement with attitudes towards food in Germany, Spain, France and Great Britain, 2006
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Sales performance
Figure 29: Europe: Leading food retailers, estimated sales performance, 2001-05
European market shares
Market shares 2005
Figure 30: Europe: Leading retailers’ share of all food retailers’ sales, 2005
Market share changes
Figure 31: Europe: Percentage point change in market share 2004-05
 TRENDS AND ISSUES
Corporate activity
Deals
Figure 32: Europe: Food retail – major corporate activity, 2006
Rumours
Other activity
Company prospects in home markets
Figure 33: Leading European food retailers’ domestic market share trends, 2001-11
E-commerce activities
Figure 34: E-commerce activities of leading players, 2006
The rise of the discounter…
What has driven the rise in discount outlets?
Figure 35: European outlet numbers: selected discount retailers, 2001/02 and 2005/06
Small is beautiful in the hypermarket sector
Eastern Europe
The future
Internationalisation
Central and Eastern Europe
Southern Europe
UK
Loyalty schemes
French consumers love loyalty
Figure 36: Europe: Percentage of consumers that cited loyalty cards as one of the three most important factors when choosing where to do their grocery shop, 2006
Figure 37: Major supermarket loyalty schemes in top 5 European economies, 2005
Planet organic?
Price and own-label
AUSTRIA
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Inflation causes spending increases
Grocers prosper, specialists falter
Popularity of the discounters
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Figure 38: Austria: Consumer price level, 2000-05
Figure 39: Austria: GDP growth 2001-05
Figure 40: Austria: Population, 2001-05
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Figure 41: Austria: Consumer spending on food, alcohol and tobacco, 2001-05
Figure 42: Austria: Per-capita consumer spending on food, 2001-05
Figure 43: Austria: Consumer spending relative performance, 2001-05
Figure 44: Austria: Spending on food, alchohol and tobacco as percentage of total consumer spending, 2001-05
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 45: Austria: Food retailers' sales, 2001-11
Figure 46: Austria: Relative sales growth, 2001-05
Figure 47: Austria: Estimated food specialists’ share of all food specialist retailers sales by type, 2005
Outlet data
Figure 48: Austria: Food and daily goods market, 1998 and 2001-04
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Figure 49: Austria: Leading players, 2005
Market shares
Figure 50: Austria: Leading retailers share of all food retailers’ sales, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 51: Austria - Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
BELGIUM
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Spending on food declining as a percentage of total
Specialists losing market share
Carrefour is the market leader
Mintel forecasts 28.5% to 2011
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Inflation rising
Figure 52: Belgium: Consumer price inflation, 2001-05
Prices for food
Figure 53: Belgium: Consumer price inflation, 2001-05
Consumer spending
Figure 54: Belgium: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 55: Belgium: Detailed breakdown of household expenditure, 2000-04
GDP growth
Figure 56: Belgium: Annual real GDP growth rate, 2001-05
Figure 57: Belgium: Gross Domestic Product, 1995-2005
Population
Figure 58: Belgium: Total population, 2001-2006
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Spending on food reached its relative high point?
Figure 59: Belgium: Spending on food, drink and tobacco as percentage of total spending, 2000-04
Retail competition?
2004 data and 2005 market size estimate
Figure 60: Belgium: Spending on food, drink and tobacco, 2000-04
Product breakdown
Figure 61: Belgium: Consumer expenditure on food, alcohol and tobacco, Index 2000-04
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 62: Belgium: Retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 63: Belgium - Food as percenage of total retail sales, 2001-11
Specialists losing share
Figure 64: Belgium: Food specialists sales as percentage of all food sales, 2002-05
Grocers gaining share of all retail sales
Figure 65: Belgium: Grocers’ sales as percentage of all retail sales, forecast, 2006-11
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Carrefour recovers
Figure 66: Belgium: Leading players, 2005
Colruyt home grown success story
Market shares
Figure 67: Belgium: Top five food retailers' market share, 2005
Figure 68: Belgium: Top six food retailers' market share, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 69: Belgium - Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
CZECH REPUBLIC
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Very consolidated market
Food retailers lose share
Consumer spending buoyant
Strong presence of Western European players
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Figure 70: Czech Republic: Population data, 2001-05
Figure 71: Czech Republic: Percentage GDP growth 2001-05
Figure 72: Czech Republic: Year on year inflation 2001-05
Figure 73: Czech Republic: Relative consumer price increases, 2001-05
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Spending on food, drink and tobacco
Figure 74: Czech Republic: Consumer spending on food, alcohol and tobacco, 2001-05
Figure 75: Czech Republic: Relative growth in consumer spending, 2000-05
Figure 76: Czech Republic: Consumer spending, 2000-05
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 77: Czech Republic: All food sales and grocers sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 78: Czech Republic: Food specialists sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 79: Czech Republic: Retail sales, 2001-11
Distribution networks
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Specialists
Figure 80: Czech Republic: Major food, drink and tobacco retailers, 2005
Market shares
Figure 81: Czech Republic: Top five food retailers' market share, 2005
Figure 82: Czech Republic: Top five food retailers' market share, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 83: Czech Republic – Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
DENMARK
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Food loses share of spending
But grows ahead of tobacco and alcohol
Food retailers underperform sector
A handful of players
Grocers forecast to lose share
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Ageing population needs easy access
Figure 84: Denmark: Population trends, 2001-06
Figure 85: Denmark: Population, by age group, 2006
Smaller households mean smaller portions?
Upgrade in upswing?
Figure 86: Denmark: Gross domestic product and consumer spending growth, 1995-2005
Low prices curb spend growth
Figure 87: Denmark: Consumer price index, 2000-05
Hypermarkets hampered by law
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Figure 88: Denmark: Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco, 2001-05
Figure 89: Denmark: Relative spending growth, 2001-05
Figure 90: Denmark: Spending on food and alcoholic beverages/tobacco as share of all consumer spending, 2001-05
Figure 91: Denmark: Consumer spending on food as share of all spending by income group, 1997-2003
Figure 92: Denmark: Consumer spending on food by type of food, 2003
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 93: Denmark: Food retailers' sales, 2001-11
Figure 94: Denmark: Food retailers' sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 95: Denmark: Relative growth of food retailers' sales by type , 2000-05
Figure 96: Denmark: Food retailers' sales by type of retailer, 2001-05
Figure 97: Denmark: Turnover of organic foods in retail stores, 2003-05
Enterprise and outlet data
Figure 98: Denmark: Retail businesses by sector, 2000-04
Figure 99: Denmark: Food retail outlets (places of work), 1994, 1998 and 2001
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Share of the market
Specialists
Figure 100: Denmark: Leading food retailers, 2005/06
Market shares
Figure 101: Denmark: Top six food retailers' market shares, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 102: Denmark: Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
FINLAND
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Food maintains spending share
But grocers lose in retail
A duopoly?
Food forecast to underperform
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Figure 103: Finland: Population trends, 2000-05
Figure 104: Finland: Population by age group, 2005
Figure 105: Finland: Households by size (number of persons), December 2000-04
Figure 106: Finland: Gross domestic product and consumer spending growth, 1995-2005
Food prices
Figure 107: Finland: Consumer price index, 2000-05
Figure 108: Finland: Selected mean prices of food and drink items, 1980-2005
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Figure 109: Finland: Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco, 2000-04
Food
Alcoholic beverages
Figure 110: Finland: Relative spending growth, 2000-04
Figure 111: Finland: Spending on food as percentage of all spending, 2000-04
A nation eating healthier?
Figure 112: Per capita consumption of selected commodities, 1970-2004
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 113: Finland: Food retailers' sales, 2001-11
Figure 114: Finland: Food retailers' sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 115: Finland: Food, beverages and tobacco retailers' sales by type of retailer, 2001-05
Figure 116: Finland: Food specialists’ sales by type of retailer, 2000 and 2004
Enterprises and outlets
Figure 117: Finland: Retail enterprise numbers, 2000-04
Figure 118: Finland: Retail outlet numbers, 2000-04
Figure 119: Finland: Change in enterprise and outlet numbers (%), 2000-04
Figure 120: Finland: Number of outlets per enterprise, 2000 and 2004
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Share of the market
Specialists
Figure 121: Finland: Major food, beverages and tobacco retailers, 2005
Market shares
Figure 122: Finland: Top six food retailers' market shares, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 123: Finland: Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
FRANCE
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Food spending holds up well
Hypermarkets hold back food sector’s performance
‘Small’ grocers do well
French consumers become more price aware
Carrefour dominates
Hypermarkets most popular format
Strategic alliances
Mature market
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Population ages
Figure 124: France: Population trends, 2002-06
Figure 125: France: Population, by age group and sex, 2006
Economy in trouble
Figure 126: France: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Inflation
Figure 127: France: Consumer price inflation, 1998-2005
Food prices
Figure 128: France: Food and drink inflation, 2001-05
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Spending on food, drink and tobacco
Figure 129: France: Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco, 2001-05
Figure 130: France: Spending on food and drink as percentage of all consumer spending, 2000-04
Figure 131: France: Spending on food and drink as percentage of consumer goods spending, 2000-04
Figure 132: France: Relative spending changes, 2000-04
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Food retailers prospects
Figure 133: France: Retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 134: France: Food retailers’ sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Historic sector performance
Food sector trends
Grocers outperform food specialists
Large grocers struggle
Bakers brighten up the food specialists sector
Figure 135: France: Food retailers sales by sub-sector, 2001-05
Hypermarket restrictions result in supermarket extensions
Figure 136: France: Food, drink and tobacco retail enterprises and outlets, 1996, 1998 and 2002
Discount stores expanding fast
Figure 137: France: Outlet numbers – hypermarkets, supermarkets and discounters, 1998-2005
Figure 138: France: Space – hypermarkets, supermarkets and discounters, 1998-2005
 THE CONSUMER – WHERE FOOD IS BOUGHT
Carrefour most popular store for main grocery shop
Figure 139: France: Store used for main grocery shop, August 2006
Market positioning – primary shoppers
Figure 140: France: Market positioning of supermarkets’ primary shoppers by age and income, August 2006
Consumer demographics – primary shoppers
Hypermarkets
Figure 141: France: Store used for main grocery shop by gender, age, income and occupation, August 2006
Other retailers
Figure 142: France: Store used for main grocery shop by gender, age, income and occupation, August 2006
Hard discounters and markets appeal most to secondary shoppers
Figure 143: France: Other outlets used for grocery shopping in the last three months, August 2006
Consumer demographics – secondary shoppers
Figure 144: France: Other grocery shops used in last three months by gender, age, income and occupation, August 2006
Figure 145: France - Other grocery shops used in last three months by gender, age, income and occupation, August 2006
Number of outlets used
Figure 146: France - Number of stores used for grocery shop, August 2006
Number of outlets used by where consumers shopped
Figure 147: France - Where consumers did their shop by number of stores used, August 2006
 THE CONSUMER – FACTORS IMPORTANT IN DECIDING WHERE TO SHOP
Good stock availability tops the list
Figure 148: France: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, August 2006
Figure 149: France: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, August 2006
Figure 150: France: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, August 2006
Figure 151: France: Consumer motivators by income and age, August 2006
Figure 152: France - Consumer motivators by where people shop, August 2006
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Share of the market
Specialists
Figure 153: France: Leading players, 2005
Market shares
Figure 154: France: Leading players’ market shares, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 155: France : Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
GERMANY
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
A market still struggling
Retail sales subdued
Discounters increase their grip on Germany
Consolidation still occurring
The future…
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Sales taxes to rise
Inflation under control
Figure 156: Germany: Consumer price inflation, 2001-05
The root of the problem?
Figure 157: Germany: GDP growth, 2001-05
Population has peaked
Figure 158: Germany: Population level, 2001-05
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Consumer spending falls in real terms
Figure 159: Germany: Consumer spending, 2001-05
Figure 160: Germany: Consumer spending on food, alcohol and tobacco as percentage of all consumer spending, 2001-05
Figure 161: Germany: Relative growth in consumer spending, 2001-05
Figure 162: Germany: Relative increases in consumer prices, 2000-05
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 163: Germany: Retail sales, 2001-05
Figure 164: Germany: Retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 165: Germany: All food retailers’ sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 166: Germany: Food, drink and tobacco specialists’ retail sales, 2001-05
Sales tax to rise
Sales and outlet data
Figure 167: Germany: Food retailing, store numbers and sales, 2002-05
Figure 168: Germany: Food retailing, store numbers and sales, 2002-05
Hard discounters set the agenda
Large stores on the way out?
End of the road for specialists?
Organic and healthy increasingly popular
 THE CONSUMER – WHERE THEY SHOP
Figure 169: Germany: Store used for main grocery shop, August 2006
Figure 170: Germany: Store used for main grocery shop, by gender, age and socio-economic group, August 2006
Figure 171: Germany: Store used for Main grocery shop, by gender, age and socio-economic group, August 2006
Figure 172: Germany: Market positioning of supermarkets’ primary shoppers by age and income, August 2006
Other shops used
Figure 173: Germany: Other shops used for grocery shopping in the last three months, August 2006
Figure 174: Germany: Other grocery shops used, August 2006
Figure 175: Germany: Other grocery shops used, August 2006
Figure 176: Germany: Market positioning of supermarkets’ secondary shoppers by age and income, August 2006
Number of outlets used
Figure 177: Germany: Number of stores used for grocery shop, August 2006
Figure 178: Germany: Where consumers did their shop by number of stores used, august 2006
 THE CONSUMER – FACTORS IMPORTANT IN DECIDING WHERE TO SHOP
Figure 179: Germany: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, August 2006
Figure 180: Germany: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, August 2006
Figure 181: Germany: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, August 2006
Figure 182: Germany: Consumer motivators by where people shop, august 2006
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Wal-Mart leaves Germany
SPAR joins EDEKA
Rewe
Aldi
Lidl
Tengelmann
Specialists
Figure 183: Germany: Major food retailers, 2005
Market shares
Figure 184: Germany: Food retailers’ share of all food retailers’ sales, 2005
Figure 185: Germany: Discount food retailers’ market shares, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 186: Germany: Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
GREECE
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Food specialists losing share
Shift to non-discretionary spending driving non-food expansion
Consolidation?
Carrefour strong market leader
Food retail sales forecast to grow by 40% by 2011
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Inflation remains an issue
Figure 187: Greece: Consumer Price Inflation, 2001-05
Alcohol and tobacco driving price inflation in food market
Figure 188: Greece: Food price inflation index, 1999-2005
Unemployment
Olympics impacts on GDP and consumer spending growth
Figure 189: Greece: GDP, 1995-2005
Low levels of population growth forecast
Figure 190: Greece: Population trends, 2001-05
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Figure 191: Greece: Consumer spending, 2000-04
Figure 192: Greece: Spending on food as percentage of all spending, 2000-04
Figure 193: Greece: Spending on food and restaurants and hotels as percentage of total spending, 2000-04
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 194: Greece: Retail sales, 2001-11
Specialists losing share
Figure 195: Greece: Food specialists’ sales as percentage of all food sales, 2001-05
Figure 196: Greece: Grocers’ sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 197: Greece: Food retail businesses, 2001-03
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Share of the market
Carrefour acquires market lead through purchase of Promodès
Increasing competition in discount sector
Local players
Figure 198: Greece: Leading players, 2005
Market shares
Figure 199: Greece: Top five food retailers' market share, 2005
Figure 200: Greece: Top five food retailers' market share, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 201: Greece: Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
HUNGARY
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Food and drink loses out
Food retailers losing market share
Independents seek refuge through the buying groups
Top groups account for lion’s share of turnover
Tesco closes the gap on CBA
Leader board peppered with foreign players
Shopping centre construction
Food operators will grow retail market share
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Population in decline
Figure 202: Hungary: Population trends, 2002-06
Figure 203: Hungary: Population, by age and gender, 2006
Real GDP growth remains robust
Figure 204: Hungary: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Inflation
Figure 205: Hungary: Consumer price inflation, 1999-2005
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Figure 206: Hungary: Spending on food and drink as percentage of all consumer spending, 2001-05
Figure 207: Hungary: Relative spending changes, 2001-05
Spending on food, drink and tobacco
Figure 208: Hungary: Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco, 2001-05
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Economic outlook
Food retailers’ prospects
Figure 209: Hungary: Retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 210: Hungary: Food retailers sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Food sector drivers and trends
Grocers outperform food specialists
Figure 211: Hungary: Food retailers’ sales by sub-sector, 2001-11
Grocers store numbers fall as sector starts to consolidate
Figure 212: Hungary: Food retail outlet numbers, 2001-05
But hypermarket format grows rapidly
Figure 213: Hungary: Number of drugstores and grocery stores by selling area, 1998-2003
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Share of the market
Specialists
Big domestic players mostly buying groups
Foreign players dominate the hypermarket and discount sector
Figure 214: Hungary: Leading food retailers, 2005
Market shares
Figure 215: Hungary: Leading players’ estimated market shares, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 216: Hungary - Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006
 RETAILER PROFILES
IRELAND
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Food and drink loses out
Food retailers start to lose market share
Supermarkets drive growth
Food price inflation declining
Independents sector still dominates
Top five capture 60% of the sector
Tesco closes the gap on Musgrave
Limited growth potential
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Growing population
Figure 217: Republic of Ireland: Population trends, 2002-06
Figure 218: Republic of Ireland: Population by age group, 2005
Household size in decline
Figure 219: Republic of Ireland: Household data, 1991 and 2002
Strong economy despite a slowdown
Figure 220: Republic of Ireland: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Inflation
Figure 221: Republic of Ireland: Consumer price inflation, 1998-2005
Food retail prices
Figure 222: Ireland: Food and drink price inflation, 2000-05
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Spending on food, drink and tobacco
Figure 223: Republic of Ireland: Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco, 2001-05
Figure 224: Republic of Ireland: Spending on food and drink as percentage of all consumer spending, 2001-05
Figure 225: Republic of Ireland – Relative spending changes, 2001-05
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Food retailers’ prospects
Economic outlook
Figure 226: Republic of Ireland: Retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 227: Republic of Ireland: Food retailers’ sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Historic sector performance
Food sector drivers and trends
Grocers outperform food specialists
Figure 228: Republic of Ireland: Food retailers’ sales by sub-sector, 2001-11
Store numbers fall as sector starts to consolidate
Figure 229: Republic of Ireland: Food retail outlet numbers, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002
But independents sector still dominates
Figure 230: Republic of Ireland: Food retail outlet numbers by type, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Share of the market
Specialists
Figure 231: Republic of Ireland: Leading players, 2005
Market shares
Figure 232: Republic of Ireland: Leading players’ market shares, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 233: Republic of Ireland - Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
ITALY
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Although inflation is stable, the economy has been struggling
Consumption on food has slowed along with overall food retailers’ sales
Cooperatives dominate in highly concentrated market…
…however, local markets are still important
Hypermarkets still have room to grow
Food retailers’ sales forecast to improve
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Economy needs a kickstart
Figure 234: Italy: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Relatively stable inflation
Figure 235: Italy: Consumer price inflation, 2001-05
Figure 236: Italy: Consumer price index, September 2006
Ageing population
Figure 237: Italy: Total population, 2001-05
Figure 238: Italy: Population by age 2005
Shrinking household sizes
Figure 239: Italy: Households, by number of members, 1998-2003
Youth and regional unemployment are problematic
Figure 240: Italy: Labour force indicators by age and sex, 2004
Unemployment in the South is still pervasive
Figure 241: Italy: Unemployment rates, by geographical region, 2004
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Figure 242: Italy: Consumer spending, current and constant (2001) prices, 1995-2005
Figure 243: Italy: Consumer spending, 2001-05
Figure 244: Italy: Spending on food as percentage of all spending, 2001-05
Figure 245: Italy: Spending on food as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-05
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 246: Italy: Retail sales, 2001-11
Specialists struggle in the face of convenience
Figure 247: Italy: Food specialists’ sales as percentage of all food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 248: Italy: Grocers’ sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 249: Italy: Supermarket and hypermarket development, 1999-2003
Figure 250: Italy: Hypermarkets and supermarkets, average sales area, 1999-2003
 THE CONSUMER – WHERE FOOD IS BOUGHT
Figure 251: Italy: Store used for main grocery shop, August 2006
Figure 252: Italy: Store used for main grocery shop, by gender, age, income and occupation, August 2006
Figure 253: Italy: Store used for main grocery shop, by gender, age, income and occupation, August 2006
Figure 254: Italy: Market positioning of supermarkets’ primary shoppers, August 2006
Other shops used
Figure 255: Italy: Other shops used for grocery shopping in the last three months, August 2006
Figure 256: Italy: Other grocery shops used, by gender, age, income and occupation, August 2006
Figure 257: Italy: Other grocery shops used, by gender, age, income and occupation, August 2006
Figure 258: Italy: Market positioning of supermarkets’ secondary shoppers, August 2006
Number of outlets used
Number of outlets used by where consumers shopped
Figure 259: Italy: Number of stores used, August 2006
Figure 260: Italy: Where consumers did their shop by number of stores used, august 2006
 THE CONSUMER – FACTORS IMPORTANT IN DECIDING WHERE TO SHOP
Figure 261: Italy: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, by gender, age, income and occupation, August 2006
Figure 262: Italy: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, by gender, age, income and occupation, August 2006
Figure 263: Italy: Consumer motivators by income and age, August 2006
Figure 264: Italy: Consumer motivators by where people shop, August 2006
Figure 265: Italy: Consumer motivators by where people shop, August 2006
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Figure 266: Italy: Major food retailers, 2005/06
Market shares
Figure 267: Italy: Top ten food retailers' market share, 2005
Figure 268: Italy: Top ten food retailers' market share, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 269: Italy: Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
THE NETHERLANDS
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
2005 a turning point
Food retailers gain market share
Supermarket territory
But will this change?
Top five capture 60% of sector sales
Leader board largely a domestic affair
Food operators will lose retail market share
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Population figures nudge up
Figure 270: The Netherlands: Population trends, 2002-06
Slightly younger profile than other major European markets
Figure 271: The Netherlands: Population, by age group, 2002, 2004-06
Household size in decline
Figure 272: The Netherlands: Households, January 2005
Real GDP growth remains robust
Figure 273: The Netherlands: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Inflation
Figure 274: The Netherlands: Consumer price inflation, 2001-05
Food price inflation
Figure 275: The Netherlands: Consumer price index and its subsidiaries, 2001-05
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Spending on food, drink and tobacco
Figure 276: The Netherlands: Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco, 2001-05
Figure 277: The Netherlands: Spending on food and drink as percentage of all consumer spending, 2001-04
Figure 278: The Netherlands: Relative spending changes, 2001-04
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Economic outlook
Food retailers prospects
Figure 279: The Netherlands: Retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 280: The Netherlands: Food retailers’ sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Historic trends in food sector
Grocers outperform food specialists
Figure 281: The Netherlands: Food retailers’ sales by sub-sector, 2001-11
Figure 282: The Netherlands: Food, beverages and tobacco retailers' sales, by type of retailer, 2001-05
Hypermarkets not important part of the food scene
Enterprise and shop numbers in decline
Figure 283: The Netherlands: All retail businesses and outlets, by type, 2003-05
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Share of the market
Specialists
Figure 284: The Netherlands: Major food retailers, 2005
Market shares
Figure 285: Netherlands: Leading players’ estimated market shares,2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 286: The Netherlands: Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006
 RETAILER PROFILES
NORWAY
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Economy remains strong
Demographic changes affect food needs
Low-price segment continues to dominate…
…however, quality is just as important
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Norway’s economy recovers
Figure 287: Norway: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Inflation erratic
Figure 288: Norway: Consumer prices, 2001-05
Figure 289: Norway: Consumer price index and food inflation, 2003
Ageing population
Figure 290: Norway: Population trends, 2002-06
Figure 291: Norway: Population, by age group, 2006
Single-person households increase
Figure 292: Norway: Households, 2001
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Figure 293: Norway: Consumer expenditure, current and constant (2000) prices, 1995-2005
Figure 294: Norway: Consumer spending, 2001-05
Figure 295: Norway: Spending on food as percentage of all spending, 2001-05
Figure 296: Norway: Spending on food as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-05
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 297: Norway: Retail sales, 2001-11
Specialists fight back, slightly and temporarily
Figure 298: Norway: Food specialists’ sales as percentage of all food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 299: Norway: All food retailers’ sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Figure 300: Norway: Major food and daily goods retailers, 2005/06
Market shares
Figure 301: Norway: Top five food and alcoholic beverage retailers market share, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 302: Norway - Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
POLAND
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Non-food driving growth
Retail sales strong
Rapid store development
Fragmented market ripe for consolidation
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Figure 303: Poland: Population growth, 2001-05
Figure 304: Poland: Consumer price inflation, 2001-05
Food prices
Figure 305: Poland: Prices, relative inflation 2005
Figure 306: Poland: percentage price increase 2005
Political instabilities
Figure 307: Poland: Annual real GDP growth rate, 2001-05
Figure 308: Poland: Total population, 2001-05
Figure 309: Poland: Population by age 2005
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Spending on food, drink and tobacco
Figure 310: Poland: Consumer spending, 2001-05e
Figure 311: Poland: Spending on food as percentage of all spending, 2000-05
Figure 312: Poland: Spending on food as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-05
Figure 313: Poland: Relative spending increases, 2001-05
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 314: Poland: Retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 315: Poland: All food retail sales, 2001-11
Specialists stand their ground
Figure 316: Poland: Food specialists sales as percentage of all food sales, 2001-05
Figure 317: Poland: Grocers’ sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 318: Poland: Supermarket and hypermarket development, 2002-05
Figure 319: Poland: Hypermarkets and supermarkets average sales area, 2002-05
Figure 320: Poland: number of discount outlets, 2001-05
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Share of the market
Small fish in a big pond
Figure 321: Poland: Leading players, 2005
Market shares
Figure 322: Poland: Top six food retailers' market share, 2005
Figure 323: Poland: Top six food retailers' market share, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 324: Poland: Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
PORTUGAL
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Food market still relatively underdeveloped
Food retail sales forecast to grow by nearly 51% by 2011
Food spending holds up well
Food specialists losing share
Local markets still very popular
Retail development remains difficult
Food retailers will continue to gain market share
Optimistic prospects for food retailers
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Declining birth rate
Figure 325: Portugal: Population trends, 2001-05
Ageing population
Figure 326: Portugal: Population, by age group, 2001-05
Figure 327: Portugal: Households by size (number of persons), 2001
Figure 328: Portugal: Regions and major cities, 2003
Economy in trouble
Figure 329: Portugal: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Inflation
Figure 330: Consumer price inflation 1998-2005
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Consumer expenditure
Figure 331: Portugal: Food consumer spending breakdown, 1999-2003
Figure 332: Portugal: Spending on food and drink as percentage of all consumer goods spending, 1999-2003
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 333: Portugal: Retail sales, 2001-11
Food specialists losing share
Figure 334: Portugal: Food specialists and grocers’ sales as percentage of all food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 335: Portugal: Grocers’ sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 336: Portugal: Food specialist’s sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Enterprise and outlet data
Figure 337: Portugal: growth of food retail enterprises by type, 1999-2003
Figure 338: Portugal: Retail outlets by sector, 2004 and 2005
Figure 339: Portugal: Sales of food and daily goods retailers by type of store, 1999, 2001-03
Figure 340: Portugal: Sales of food products, by type of store, 2000-03
Figure 341: Portugal: Sales of food products, by type of store, 2000-03
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Carrefour
Increasing competition in discount sector
Figure 342: Portugal: Major food retailers, 2005
Market shares
Food sector among the most fragmented in Europe
Figure 343: Portugal: Top five food retailers' market share, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 344: Portugal: Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
SPAIN
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
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
Population growing…
Figure 345: Spain: Population trends, 2001-05
…but ageing
Figure 346: Spain: Population, by age group, 2006
Figure 347: Spain: Population, by age group and sex, 2006
Fewer marriages and smaller households
Figure 348: Spain: Households by size (number of persons), 2001
An urbanised country
Figure 349: Spain: Population by region, 2005
One of the best performing economies in Europe
Figure 350: Spain: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
High inflation
Figure 351: Consumer price inflation 1998-2005
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Figure 352: Spain: Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco, 2000-05
Figure 353: Spain: Spending growth on different product categories, 2000-04
Figure 354: Spain: Spending on food, drink and tobacco as percentage of all consumer spending, 2000-04
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 355: Spain: Retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 356: Spain: Food retailers' sales as percentage 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
Figure 357: Spain: All food retailers, grocers and food specialists sales as percentage of all retailers sales, 2001-05
Enterprise and outlet data
Figure 358: Spain: Retail enterprises, 2001-05
Figure 359: Spain: Retail outlets (places of work), 2001-05
Hypermarkets
Figure 360: Spain: Hypermarkets: 1973-2005
Figure 361: Spain: Hypermarket, growth in store numbers and sales area, 1996-2005
Figure 362: Spain: Hypermarkets, by sales area, 2002-06
Figure 363: Spain: Leading hypermarket operators, key figures, 2004 and 2005
Supermarkets
Figure 364: Spain: Leading 30 supermarket operators’ outlet data, 1996-2005
Figure 365: Spain: Growth of top 30 supermarket operators, 1996-2005
Figure 366: Spain: Leading supermarket operators, key figures, 2005
Discount stores
Figure 367: Spain: Leading discount operators, 2005
 THE CONSUMER – WHERE FOOD IS BOUGHT
Figure 368: Spain: Store used for main grocery shop, August 2006
Figure 369: Spain: Store used for main grocery shop, by gender, age and socio-economic group, August 2006
Figure 370: Spain: Store used for Main grocery shop, by gender, age and socio-economic group, August 2006
Figure 371: Spain: Market positioning of supermarkets’ primary shoppers by age and income, August 2006
Other shops used
Figure 372: Spain: Other shops used for grocery shopping in the last three months, August 2006
Consumer demographics – secondary shoppers
Figure 373: Spain: Other outlets used for grocery shopping in the last three months, August 2006
Figure 374: Spain: Other outlets used for grocery shopping in the last three months, August 2006
Number of outlets used
Figure 375: Spain: Number of stores used for grocery shop, August 2006
Number of outlets used by where consumers shopped
Figure 376: Spain: Where consumers did their shop by number of stores used, August 2006
 THE CONSUMER – FACTORS IMPORTANT IN DECIDING WHERE TO SHOP
Figure 377: Spain: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, August 2006
Figure 378: Spain: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, August 2006
Figure 379: Spain: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, August 2006
Figure 380: Spain: Positioning of consumer preferences by age and income, August 2006
Figure 381: Spain: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, by retailer, August 2006
Figure 382: Spain: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, by retailer, August 2006
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Specialists
Carrefour to speed up development of new formats
Figure 383: Spain: Major food, drink and tobacco retailers, 2005/06
Market shares
Figure 384: Spain: Market shares, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 385: Food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
SWEDEN
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Strong economy, low inflation, but reduced proportionate spending on food
Shrinking households and increased urbanisation creates new revenue streams
Discounters and hypermarkets increase market shares
Highly concentrated market
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Strong economic performance
Figure 386: Sweden: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Very low inflation rate
Figure 387: Sweden: Consumer price inflation, 2001-05
Food prices remain stable
Figure 388: Sweden: Consumer price index, 2005
Ageing population
Figure 389: Sweden: Total population, 2001-05
Figure 390: Sweden: Population by age, 2005
Household sizes shrinking
Figure 391: Sweden: Households by size, 2000-03
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Figure 392: Sweden: Consumer spending, 2000-04
Figure 393: Sweden: Spending on food as percentage of all spending, 2000-04
Figure 394: Sweden: Spending on food as percentage of all retail sales, 2000-04
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 395: Sweden: Retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 396: Sweden: Food specialists’ sales as percentage of all food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 397: Sweden: All food retailers’ sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Share of the market
Figure 398: Sweden: Major food and daily goods retailers, 2005
Market shares
Figure 399: Sweden: Top five food and alcoholic beverage retailers' market share, 2005
Figure 400: Sweden: Market share of top food retailers, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 401: Sweden: Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
SWITZERLAND
 THE MARKET IN BRIEF
Retail economy still slack
Turbulent time for retailers
Consumer spending
Food retailers outperform all retailers
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Figure 402: Switzerland: Population growth, 2001-05
Figure 403: Switzerland: Real GDP growth, 2001-05
Figure 404: Switzerland: Consumer price inflation, 2001-05
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Figure 405: Switzerland: Consumer spending, 2000-04
Figure 406: Switzerland: Relative consumer spending growth, 2000-04
Figure 407: Switzerland: Spending on food, alcohol and tobacco as percentage of all spending, 2000-04
 THE MARKET – SIZE AND FORECAST
Figure 408: Switzerland: Retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 409: Switzerland: All food retailers’ sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2001-11
Figure 410: Switzerland: Food retailers’ outlet numbers, 1995-2004
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Specialists
What happened in 2005
Figure 411: Switzerland: Major food retailers, 2005
Market shares
Figure 412: Switzerland: Food retailers’ shares of all food sales, 2005
 EVALUATION
Figure 413: Swiss Food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
 RETAILER PROFILES
UNITED KINGDOM
 ISSUES IN THE MARKET
Definitions
 ABBREVIATIONS
 INSIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
 MARKET IN BRIEF
Figure 414: Market share of leading UK food retailers, 2005
Figure 415: Customer profile of leading retailers, 1996 and 2006
Leading retailers
Other players
Forecast
 FAST FORWARD
French Trotters
Customise This!
Horizontal Communities
 INTERNAL MARKET ENVIRONMENT
The current Competition Commission enquiry
Concentration
Competition
Organics and consumer responsibility
Winning the PR battle
E-commerce
Figure 416: UK households Internet access, 2003-06
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Marginal rise in population
Figure 417: UK: Population trends, 2001-05
Figure 418: UK: Population, by age group and sex, 2005
Figure 419: UK: Households, 2005
Figure 420: UK: Regions and major cities, 2004
Economy
Figure 421: UK: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Figure 422: UK: Consumer prices, 1998-2005
Figure 423: UK: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2005
 THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Figure 424: Core supermarket products in context of all retail spending, 2005
Food and drink
Figure 425: Spending on food, drink and tobacco, 1997-2006
Own brands
Spending relative to retail sales
Figure 426: Spending on food, drink and tobacco relative to all retail sales, 1997-2006
Pets and cleaning, health & beauty
Figure 427: Pets, cleaning and health & beauty products, 2001-06
Other non-food areas
Own brands
Pharmacies
Eating out
Figure 428: Spending on food and in restaurants, 2001-06
Figure 429: Spending on food relative to spending in restaurants, 2001-06
 STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IN THE MARKET
 WHO’S INNOVATING?
 MARKET SEGMENTATION
E-commerce
Figure 430: Estimated e-commerce sales, 2005
 MARKET SIZE AND FORECAST
Food retailers: specialist vs non-specialist
Figure 431: Specialist food retailers’ share of all specialist food retailers sales, 2004
Food retailers sales
Figure 432: Sales by food retailers, 2001-06
The rate of decline at the specialists slowing
Success of the grocers
Figure 433: Grocers’ share of all retailers sales, 2001-06
Grocers and food
Figure 434: Sales by grocers relative to all spending on food, 2001-06
The reasons for success
Outlet data – the number of grocers has been increasing
Figure 435: Food retailers: Outlet numbers, 2000-04
Leading players space analysis
Figure 436: Food store density by region, 2006
Figure 437: UK supermarkets sales density by county, 2006
The case against the grocers
Forecast and prospects
Forecast
Figure 438: Food retailers’ sales, 2001-11
Figure 439: Grocers and all food retailers sales relative to all retail sales, 2001-11
 THE CONSUMER – WHERE IS FOOD BOUGHT
Figure 440: Store used for main grocery shop, July 2006
Figure 441: Store used for main grocery shop, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Figure 442: Profile of supermarkets’ primary shoppers, May 2006
Main shop by store format
Figure 443: Which Tesco format was used for main grocery shop, July 2006
Figure 444: Which Asda format was used for main grocery shop, July 2006
Figure 445: Which Sainsbury's format was used for main grocery shop, July 2006
Other shops used
Figure 446: Other shops used for grocery shopping in the last three months, July 2006
Figure 447: Profile of shoppers for secondary purchases, July 2006
Figure 448: Top five other shops used for grocery shopping in the last three months, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Winners and losers
Figure 449: Leading food retailers share of main shoppers, 1998-2006
Figure 450: Leading food retailers: usage for top up shopping, 1998-2006
Primary vs secondary shoppers
Figure 451: Primary shoppers as % all shoppers, 1998-2006
Ten year shift
Figure 452: Customer profile of leading retailers, 1996 and 2006
Repertoire
Figure 453: Number of supermarkets used, July 2006
Figure 454: Numbers of supermarkets used by retailer, July 2006
 WHERE FOOD IS BOUGHT – DETAILED CONSUMER DEMOGRAPHICS
Figure 455: Store used for main grocery shop, by marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN category, media usage, commercial TV viewing, household size and car ownership, July 2006
Filters
Figure 456: Top five other shops used for grocery shopping in the last three months, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Figure 457: Top five other shops used for grocery shopping in the last three months, by marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN category, media usage, commercial TV viewing, household size and car ownership, July 2006
Filters
Tesco formats
Figure 458: Which Tesco format was used for secondary grocery shop, July 2006
Figure 459: Which M&S format was used for main grocery shop, July 2006
Figure 460: Which Asda format was used for main grocery shop, July 2006
Figure 461: Which Sainsbury's format was used for main grocery shop, July 2006
Other secondary shops
Figure 462: Other shops used for grocery shopping in the last three months, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Figure 463: Other shops used for grocery shopping in the last three months, by marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN category, media usage, commercial TV viewing, household size and car ownership, July 2006
Figure 464: Where else consumers shopped for groceries in the last three months, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Figure 465: Where else consumers shopped for groceries in the last three months, by marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN category, media usage, commercial TV viewing, household size and car ownership, July 2006
 THE CONSUMER – FACTORS IMPORTANT IN DECIDING WHERE TO SHOP
Figure 466: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, July 2006
Price
Green/ethical issues
Shopper profile
Figure 467: Profile of shopper preferences, July 2006
Figure 468: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, by age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Figure 469: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, by age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Figure 470: Factors most important when choosing where to shop, by age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Customer preferences by where they shop
Figure 471: Important/unimportant factors by primary shopping destination, July 2006
Figure 472: Primary shopping destination by factors most important when choosing where to shop, July 2006
 FACTORS IMPORTANT IN DECIDING WHERE TO SHOP – DETAILED CONSUMER DEMOGRAPHICS
Figure 473: Factors determining where people shop by lifestage, lifestyle and location, July 2006
Figure 474: Factors determining where people shop by lifestage, lifestyle and location, July 2006
Figure 475: Factors determining where people shop by lifestage, lifestyle and location, July 2006
 THE CONSUMER – WHAT THEY THINK OF WHERE THEY SHOP
Consumer typologies
Figure 476: Consumer typologies, July 2006
Price-concerned (49%)
Content-conscious (16%)
Ethical Shoppers (18%)
Local Support (17%)
Figure 477: Typologies of shopper profiles, July 2006
 ATTITUDES TOWARDS GROCERY STORE
Figure 478: Attitudes about main grocery store, July 2006
Food labelling
Figure 479: Attitudes towards food labelling, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Healthy ranges
Figure 480: Attitudes towards supermarket healthy ranges, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Local sourcing
Figure 481: Attitudes towards local sourcing, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Fair Trade issues
Figure 482: Attitudes towards fair trade food, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Pricing
Ethical issues – summary
Figure 483: Profile of those interested in ethical issues, July 2006
How pricing has changed
Figure 484: How consumers think prices at their main grocery store have changed, August 2005 and July 2006
Figure 485: Price change perceptions by retailer, 2006
Figure 486: Consumer type by, gender, age, socio-economic groups, marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, newspaper readership and commercial TV viewing, July 2006
Figure 487: Attitudes towards food labelling, marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage, commercial TV viewing, household size and car ownership, July 2006
Figure 488: Attitudes towards supermarket healthy ranges, by marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage, commercial TV viewing, household size and car ownership, July 2006
Figure 489: Attitudes towards local sourcing, by marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage, commercial TV viewing, household size and car ownership, July 2006
Figure 490: Attitudes towards fair trade food, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2006
Figure 491: Attitudes towards fair trade food, by marital status, lifestage, age of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage, commercial TV viewing, household size and car ownership, July 2006
 RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Market size
Leading players
Figure 492: Leading food and drink retailers, outlet numbers by location, 2005/06
 EVALUATION
Figure 493: Food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
Market shares
Figure 494: UK food retailers top 20 market shares, 2005
Space allocation overview
Figure 495: Major supermarkets’ food space allocation estimates, 2006
Recommendations for retailers to maximise their potential
 RETAILER PROFILES
MAJOR PROFILES
AHOLD GROUP
Figure 496: Ahold Group: Sales as share of All European food retailers, 2001-2005
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Albert Heijn Arena
Central Europe Arena
Schuitema
Figure 497: Ahold Group: Group financial performance, 2001-05
First two quarters of 2006
Figure 498: Ahold European Divisions sales growths Q1 & Q2 2006
Store portfolio
Figure 499: Ahold Group: Outlet data, 2001-05
Netherlands
Figure 500: Albert Heijn Arena : Sales as share of all food retailers in the Netherlands, 2002-05
Figure 501: Ahold Netherlands: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 502: Ahold Netherlands: Outlet data, 2001-05
Czech Republic
Figure 503: Ahold Czech Republic : Sales as share of all food retailers in the Czech Republic, 2001-05
Figure 504: Ahold Czech Republic: Financial performance and Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
E-commerce and home shopping
 ICA
Figure 505: ICA: Sales as share of all european food retailers, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 506: ICA Group: financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 507: ICA Group: Outlet Data, 2001-05
ICA Sverige
Figure 508: ICA Sverige : Sales as share of all food retailers in Sweden, 2001-05
Figure 509: ICA Sverige: financial performance and outlet numbers, 2001-05
ICA Norge
Figure 510: ICA Norge : Sales as share of all food retailers in Norway, 2001-05
Figure 511: ICA Norge: financial performance and outlet numbers, 2001-05
ICA Baltic
Figure 512: ICA Baltic: Outlet Numbers by Fascia
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
E-commerce and home shopping
ALDI (EUROPE)
Figure 513: Aldi exterior: Old Kent Road, London
Figure 514: Aldi (Europe): Sales as share of all food retailers in Europe, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 515: Aldi (Europe): Group financial performance, 2001-05
Market shares by country
Figure 516: Aldi (Ireland): Sales as share of all food retailers in Ireland, 2001-05
Figure 517: Aldi (Netherlands): Sales as share of all food retailers in Netherlands, 2001-05
Figure 518: Aldi (Spain): Sales as share of all food retailers in Spain, 2002-05
Figure 519: Aldi (Belgium): Sales as share of all food retailers in Belgium, 2001-05
Figure 520: Aldi (Denmark): Sales as share of all food retailers in Denmark, 2001-05
Figure 521: Aldi (France): Sales as share of all food retailers in France, 2001-05
Figure 522: Aldi (Germany): Sales as share of all food retailers in Germany, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 523: Aldi (Europe): Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Figure 524: Aldi store interior, 2006
Brands
Product offer
Figure 525: Aldi fresh fruit, vegetables and bio products
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping
AUCHAN
Figure 526: Auchan: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Europe, 2001-05
Figure 527: Auchan: French sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in France, 2001-05
Figure 528: Auchan: Spanish sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Spain, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
France
Other Europe
Asia
Background
Financial performance
Figure 529: Auchan: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 530: Auchan: Sales by geographical area, 2002-05
Figure 531: Auchan: European sales by country, 2001-05
Store portfolio
European operations
Figure 532: Auchan: European outlet data, 2001-05
Figure 533: Auchan: % change in sales and store numbers in Europe by country, 2001-05
Sales densities
Figure 534: Auchan: Outlet data, 2001-05
Figure 535: Auchan: Sales densities in France and Spain, 2001 and 2005
Hypermarkets
Figure 536: Auchan: Hypermarkets’ store size and product offer, by country, 2005
Supermarkets
Figure 537: Auchan: Supermarkets’ store size and product offer, by country, 2005
Non-European operations
Figure 538: 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
CARREFOUR
Figure 539: Carrefour: Sales as share of All European food retailers, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 540: Carrefour: Group financial performance, 2001-05
First half 2006
Store portfolio
Figure 541: Carrefour: Outlet data, 2001-05
France
Figure 542: Carrefour France: Sales as share of all food retailers in France, 2001-05
Figure 543: Carrefour France: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 544: Carrefour France: Outlet data, 2001-05
Belgium
Figure 545: Carrefour Belgium: sales as share of all food retailers in Belgium, 2001-05
Figure 546: Carrefour Belgium: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 547: Carrefour Belgium: Outlet data, 2001-05
Italy
Figure 548: Carrefour Italy: sales as share of all food retailers in Italy, 2001-05
Figure 549: Carrefour Italy: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 550: Carrefour Italy: Outlet data, 2001-05
Poland
Figure 551: Carrefour Poland: sales as share of all food retailers in Poland, 2001-05
Figure 552: Carrefour Poland: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 553: Carrefour Poland: Outlet data, 2001-05
Portugal
Figure 554: Carrefour Portugal: sales as share of all food retailers in Portugal, 2001-05
Figure 555: Carrefour Portugal: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 556: Carrefour Portugal: Outlet data, 2001-05
Greece
Figure 557: Carrefour Greece: sales as share of all food retailers in Greece, 2001-05
Figure 558: Carrefour Greece: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 559: Carrefour Greece: Outlet data, 2001-05
Spain
Figure 560: Carrefour Spain: sales as share of all food retailers in Spain, 2001-05
Figure 561: Carrefour Spain: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 562: Carrefour Spain: Outlet data, 2001-05
Switzerland
Figure 563: Carrefour Switzerland: sales as share of all food retailers in Switzerland, 2001-05
Figure 564: Carrefour Switzerland: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 565: Carrefour Switzerland: Outlet data, 2001-05
Czech and Slovak Republics
Figure 566: Carrefour Czech and Slovak Republics: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 567: 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
CASINO
Figure 568: Casino: French sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in France, 2001-05
Figure 569: Casino: Polish sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Poland, 2001-05
Figure 570: Casino: European sales as share of all food retailers sales in Europe, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Laurus
Monoprix
Financial performance
Europe
Figure 571: Casino: European sales performance, 2001-05
International
Figure 572: Casino: Food sales by region, 2005
Operating profits
Figure 573: Casino: Operating profit by region, 2005
2006 Interim results
Debt at Casino
Unwinding of Cora equity swap
Store portfolio
Figure 574: Casino: Group outlets by region, 2005
Figure 575: Casino: European outlet data, 2001-05
Smaller formats
Sale of Polish stores 2006
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
E-commerce and home shopping
COOP NORDEN
Figure 576: Coop Norden: Sales as share of all food retailers in Europe, 2001-05
Figure 577: Coop Danmark: Sales as share of all food retailers in Denmark, 2001-05
Figure 578: Coop Sverige: Sales as share of all food retailers in Sweden, 2001-05
Figure 579: Coop Norge: Sales as share of all food retailers in Norway, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
History
Structure
Management restructuring
Financial performance
Figure 580: Coop Norden: Financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 581: Coop Norden: Revenue by activity, 2004-05
Denmark
Figure 582: Coop Danmark: Sales performance, 2001-05
Sweden
Figure 583: Coop Sverige: Sales performance, 2001-05
New management
Norway
Figure 584: Coop Norge/Coop Coop NK: Sales performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Denmark
Figure 585: Coop Danmark: Outlet data, 2001-05
Sweden
Figure 586: Coop Sverige: Store formats, 2005
Figure 587: Coop Sverige: Outlet data, 2001-05
Norway
Figure 588: Coop Norge: Outlet details, 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Coop Sweden
Coop Norway
Coop Denmark
Brands
Figure 589: Coop Norden: Own brands, 2005/06
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
E-commerce and home shopping
CORA/LOUIS DELHAIZE GROUP
Figure 590: Cora/Louis Delhaize Group: Sales as share of food retailers sales in France, 2002-05
Figure 591: Cora/Louis Delhaize Group: Sales as share of food retailers in Europe, 2002-05
Background
Strategic evaluation
Financial performance
Figure 592: Cora/Louis delhaize : Estimated breakdown of sales, 2002-05
Store portfolio
Figure 593: Cora/Louis Delhaize : Cora store, France 2006
Figure 594: Cora/Louis Delhaize: Outlet data, 2002-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Figure 595: Cora/Louis delhaize : Cora hypermarket, France 2006
Figure 596: Cora/Louis delhaize : Fresh food offer,  Cora hypermarket, France 2006
E-commerce and home shopping
DELHAIZE GROUP
Figure 597: Delhaize Group: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Europe, 2001-05
Figure 598: Delhaize Group: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Belgium, 2001-05
Figure 599: Delhaize Group: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Greece, 2003-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial and outlet data
Group
Figure 600: Delhaize Group: Financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 601: Delhaize Group: Sales by region, 2001-05
Figure 602: Delhaize Group: Financial performance under IFRS, 2003-05
Recent performance
Belgium
Figure 603: Delhaize Belgium/Luxembourg: Financial and outlet data, 2001-05
Store formats
Figure 604: Delhaize Belgium/Luxembourg: Food store formats, 2005
Figure 605: Delhaize Belgium/Luxembourg: Food stores by fascia, 2002-05
Southern and Central Europe
Figure 606: Delhaize Southern/Central Europe: Sales and outlet data, 2001-05
Figure 607: Delhaize Southern/Central Europe: store formats, 2005
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Developments
Product offer
Figure 608: Delhaize: Sales contribution by department, Delhaize Le Lion Supermarkets, 2004
Pricing
Advertising and marketing
Loyalty card
E-commerce and home shopping
EDEKA GROUP
Figure 609: Edeka Group: Sales as percentage of all food retailers’ sales in Europe, 2001-05
Figure 610: Edeka Germany: Share of all German food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Figure 611: Edeka: Ownership Structure, 2006
SPAR Handels acquisition
Financial performance
Figure 612: Edeka Group: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 613: SPAR Handels: Group financial and outlet data, 2001-04
Store portfolio
Figure 614: Edeka Group: Outlet Data, 2005
Figure 615: Edeka Group: Outlet data, 2001-05
Netto
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Figure 616: Marktkauf store
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping
E LECLERC
Figure 617: Leclerc: Exterior store view
Figure 618: E Leclerc: France - sales as share of All food retailers, 2001-05
Figure 619: E Leclerc: Europe - sales as share of All food retailers, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 620: E Leclerc: Estimated sales performance, 2001-05
Estimated international sales by country
Figure 621: E Leclerc: Estimated international sales by country, 2004 and 2005
Store portfolio
Figure 622: E Leclerc: Outlet data, 2001-05
International stores
Figure 623: E Leclerc: international outlet numbers, 2001-06
Retail offering
Market positioning
Product offer
Figure 624: Leclerc: Interior store view
Figure 625: Leclerc: Interior store view
Non-food specialists
Pricing
Brands
Figure 626: E.Leclerc: Own-brands, 2006
E-commerce and home shopping
INTERMARCHÉ/ITM ENTREPRISES
Figure 627: 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
Figure 628: Intermarché: Estimated sales performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 629: Intermarché/ITM Entreprises: Food outlet data, 2001-05
Figure 630: 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
METRO – REAL/EXTRA
Figure 631: Metro food retail: Sales as share of all European food retailers, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 632: Metro Food Retail: Group financial performance, 2001-05
H1 2006
2006 Acquisitions
Store portfolio
Figure 633: Metro Food Retail: Outlet data, 2001-05
Germany
Figure 634: Real/Extra Germany: Sales as share of all food retailers in Germany, 2001-05
Figure 635: Real/Extra (Germany): Financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 636: Real/Extra (Germany): Outlet data, 2001-05
Poland
Figure 637: Real Poland: sales as share of all food retailers in Poland, 2001-05
Figure 638: Metro Poland: Financial performance & Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
E-commerce and home shopping
WM MORRISON GROUP
Figure 639: Wm Morrison Group: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in UK, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 640: Wm Morrison Group: Group financial performance, 2001/02-2005/06
Management changes also prove disruptive
2006/07 interims more hopeful
Store portfolio
Figure 641: Wm Morrison Group: Outlet data, 2002-06
Store size and design
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping
REWE
Figure 642: Rewe: German sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Germany, 2001-05
Figure 643: Rewe: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Europe, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Market shares
Reporting changes
Performance by region
Figure 644: Rewe: Sales by region, 2005
Figure 645: Rewe: Estimated sales outside Germany, 2005
Figure 646: Rewe: Sales by region, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 647: Rewe: Outlet data, 2001-05
Re-branding in Germany
International outlets
Figure 648: Rewe: Outlets by region, 2006
Figure 649: Rewe: International food retail fascias by country, 2006
International portfolio development
Retail offering
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
J SAINSBURY
Figure 650: J Sainsbury Supermarkets: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in UK, 2001-05
Figure 651: J Sainsbury Supermarkets: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Europe, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Group
Figure 652: J Sainsbury: Group financial performance, 2001/02-2005/06
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets
Figure 653: Sainsbury’s Supermarkets, 2001/02-2005/06
Figure 654: Sainsbury’s Supermarkets: Sales growth, 2001/02-2005/06
Recent performance
Store portfolio
Figure 655: Sainsbury’s Supermarkets: Outlet data, 2001/02-2005/06
Stores by size
Figure 656: Sainsbury’s Supermarkets: Outlets by size, 2001/02-2005/06
The store environment
In-store services
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Figure 657: Sainsbury’s Supermarkets: Own-label food portfolio, June 2005
Product offer
Advertising & marketing
Figure 658: Sainsbury’s Supermarkets: Advertising spending in the UK, 2005
e-commerce & home shopping
SCHWARZ GROUP
Figure 659: Schwarz Group: Lidl store, 2006
Figure 660: Schwarz Group: Estimated sales as share of all food retailers in Germany, 2001-05
Figure 661: Schwarz Group: Sales as share of all food retailers in Europe, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 662: Schwarz Group: Estimated turnover by segment, 2005/06
Figure 663: Schwarz Group: Lidl, Estimated turnover by region, 2005/06
Figure 664: Schwarz Group: Kaufland/Kaufmarkt/Handelshof estimated turnover 2005/06
Figure 665: Schwarz Group: Estimated group financial performance, 2001/02-2005/06
Store portfolio
Lidl and Kaufland – the two formats in brief
Figure 666: Schwarz Group: Store network development, 2002-06
Where to now?
Figure 667: Schwarz Group: Lidl, outlets by region, 2006
Figure 668: Schwarz Group: Kaufland, outlets by region, 2006
Format trial – Mega Cent
Figure 669: Schwarz Group: Outlet data, 2001/02-2005/06
Figure 670: Schwarz Group: Outlet data, 2001/02-2005/06
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Figure 671: Schwarz Group: Lidl, fresh produce, 2006
Figure 672: Schwarz Group: Lidl, own brands, 2006
Figure 673: Schwarz Group: Lidl, non-food, 2006
Quantity? Yes. Quality? Maybe…
Pricing
Operational issues
E-commerce and home shopping
SPAR INTERNATIONAL
Figure 674: SPAR (Europe): Sales as share of all European food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Figure 675: SPAR International: Year of entry by country
Financial performance
Group
Figure 676: SPAR International: Retail sales by country, 2001-05
Sales by country
Figure 677: SPAR International: Estimated European sales exclusive of sales tax, 2005
Figure 678: SPAR International: European sales by country, 2005
Store portfolio
Figure 679: SPAR International: Outlet data, 2001-05
Figure 680: SPAR International: European stores and retail space by country, 2005
Store expansion
Figure 681: SPAR International: Sales and stores, % growth 2001-05
Sales densities
Figure 682: SPAR International: Sales per m² by country (Europe), 2005
Store formats
Figure 683: SPAR International: Average outlet size by country (Europe), 2005
European operations
Closing operations
Continuing European operations
Figure 684: SPAR (Czech Rep): Sales as share of all Czech food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 685: SPAR (Denmark): Sales as share of all Danish food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 686: SPAR (France): Sales as share of all French food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 687: SPAR (Greece): Sales as share of all Greek food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 688: SPAR (Ireland): Sales as share of all Irish food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 689: SPAR (Norway): Sales as share of all Norwegian food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 690: SPAR (Spain): Sales as share of all Spanish food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 691: SPAR (Switzerland): Sales as share of all Swiss food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 692: SPAR (UK): Sales as share of all UK food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Non-European activities
Figure 693: SPAR International: Non-European sales and outlets by country, 2001 and 2005
Retail offering
Market positioning
Product offer
Own-brand goods
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping
TENGELMANN
Figure 694: Tengelmann: Plus store, Germany 2006
Figure 695: Tengelmann: Sales as share of Grocers in Europe, 2001/02-2005/06
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 696: Tengelmann: Group financial performance, 2002-06
Figure 697: Tengelmann:  Retail sales by business, 2005/06
Market shares by country
Figure 698: Plus: Czech Republic: Sales as % of all retail sales, 2001/02-2005/06
Figure 699: Plus: Germany: Sales as % of all food retailers sales, 2001/02-2005/06
Figure 700: Plus: Hungary:  Sales as % of all food retailers sales, 2001/02-2005/06
Figure 701: Plus: Poland: Sales as % of all food retailers sales, 2001/02-2005/06
Figure 702: Plus: Portugal: Sales as % of all food retailers sales, 2001/02-2005/06
Figure 703: Plus: Spain: Sales as % of all food retailers sales, 2001/02-2005/06
Store portfolio
Figure 704: Tengelmann: Outlet data, 2001/02-2005/06
Figure 705: Tengelmann: Outlets by region, 2005/06
Figure 706: Tengelmann: Outlet data, 2001/02-2005/06
Figure 707: Tengelmann: Sales/m2, 2006
Figure 708: Tengelmann: Plus average store size, 2006
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Figure 709: Tengelmann: Inside a Plus store, 2006
Figure 710: Tengelmann: Inside a Kaiser’s supermarket
Pricing
E-commerce and home shopping
TESCO PLC
Figure 711: Tesco Plc: UK sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in UK, 2001-05
Figure 712: Tesco Plc: Czech sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Czech Republic, 2001-05
Figure 713: Tesco Plc: Hungarian sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Hungary, 2001-05
Figure 714: Tesco Plc: Irish sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Ireland, 2001-05
Figure 715: Tesco Plc: Polish sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Poland, 2001-05
Figure 716: Tesco Plc: Slovak sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Slovakia, 2001-05
Figure 717: Tesco Plc: European sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Europe, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Why is Tesco successful?
What could go wrong?
The future
Background
Financial performance
Core business goes from strength to strength
Non-food gaining importance
Figure 718: Tesco Plc: Share of sales by region, 2005/06
Europe
Figure 719: Tesco Plc: Foreign operations’ financial performance, 2005
Asia
Figure 720: Tesco Plc: Group financial performance, 2001/02-2005/06
Figure 721: Tesco Plc: financial performance by region, 2001-05
Store portfolio
UK
Figure 722: Tesco Plc: UK Outlets by Format, 2005/06
Figure 723: Tesco Plc: Outlets by region, 2005/06
International operations
Figure 724: Tesco: International expansion, 1994-2005
Casino stores a safe bet
Gaining presence in Czech Republic
Figure 725: Tesco Plc: Foreign outlets by country, 2005/06
C-store entry into US
Figure 726: Tesco Plc: Outlet data, 2001/02-2005/06
Figure 727: Tesco Plc: Group sales densities, 2001/02-2005/06
Figure 728: Tesco Plc: International sales densities, 2001-05
Figure 729: Tesco Plc: Outlets by region, 2002-07
Retail offering
Market positioning
Figure 730: Leading food retailers, profile of primary shoppers, August 2006
Brands
Figure 731: Tesco Plc: Clothing and footwear, 2006
Product offer
Figure 732: Tesco Plc: Inside a Tesco Extra store, 2006
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping
Room for improvement?
Direct sales
WAL-MART EUROPE (ASDA STORES)
Figure 733: Asda Stores Ltd: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in UK, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Germany
Financial performance
Figure 734: Asda Stores Ltd: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 735: Asda Stores Ltd: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping
MINI COMPANY PROFILES
ALKO
Figure 736: Alko: Share of Finnish food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Financial data
Figure 737: Alko: Retail sales, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 738: Alko: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
E-commerce and home shopping
ATLANTIC
Figure 739: Atlantic: Sales as share of All food retailers in Greece, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 740: Atlantic: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 741: Atlantic: Outlet data, 2001-05
AXFOOD
Figure 742: Axfood: Sales as share of All food retailers’ sales in Sweden, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 743: Axfood: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 744: Axfood: Sales per division, 2002 and 2005
Store portfolio
Figure 745: Axfood: Outlet data, 2002-05
Figure 746: Axfood: Sales per outlet by banner, 2002-05
Figure 747: Axfood: Outlet formats, 2005
Retail offering
Market positioning and pricing
Brands
Own-brand share in sales
Own-brand ranges and pricing
Product offer
Figure 748: Axfood: Product offer by fascia, 2005
E-commerce and home shopping
BERGENDAHLSGRUPPEN
Figure 749: Bergendahls: Share of all Swedish food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 750: Bergendahls: Financial performance, 2001-05
Outlets
Figure 751: Bergendahls: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
E-commerce and home shopping
CBA
Figure 752: CBA: Hungary - Estimated sales as share of All food retailers’ sales, 2000-04
Background
Financial performance
Figure 753: CBA: Sales performance, 2000-04
Store portfolio
Figure 754: CBA: Hungary: Outlet data, 2000-04
International stores
COLRUYT DISTRIBUTION
Figure 755: Colruyt Distribution: Sales as share of All food retailers in Europe, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 756: Colruyt Distribution: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 757: Colruyt Distribution: Outlet data, 2001-05
CONAD GROUP
Figure 758: Conad Group: Sales as share of All food retailers’ sales in Italy, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 759: Conad Group: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 760: Conad Group: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Loyalty card
E-commerce and home shopping
COOP HUNGARY
Figure 761: Co-op Hungary: Hungary - estimated sales as share of All food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 762: Coop Hungary: Estimated food retail sales, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 763: Coop Hungary: Outlet data, 2001-05
COOP ITALIA
Figure 764: Coop Italia: Sales as share of All food retailers’ sales in Italy, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 765: Coop Italia: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 766: Coop Italia: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Marketing position
Brands
Product offer
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping
COOP SCHWEIZ
Figure 767: Coop Schweiz: Food sales as share of all food retailers in Switzerland, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 768: Coop Schweiz: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 769: Coop Schweiz:: Main food retail divisions, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 770: Coop Schweiz: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
E-commerce and home shopping
DANSK SUPERMARKED
Figure 771: Dansk Supermarked: Danish sales as share of all Danish food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Financial data
Figure 772: Dansk Supermarked: Retail sales, 2001-05
Figure 773: Dansk Supermarked: Divisions’ share of group sales and store numbers, 2005
Figure 774: Dansk Supermarked: % growth in sales and store numbers by division, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 775: Dansk Supermarked: Grocery outlet numbers, 2001-05
Figure 776: Dansk Supermarked: Grocery formats, 2005/06
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Figure 777: Dansk Supermarked: Own brands, 2005/06
Products
E-commerce and home shopping
DENNER
Figure 778: Denner: Sales as share of all food retailers in Switzerland, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 779: Denner: Food retail sales, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 780: Denner: Number of stores, 2001-05
Retail offering
Product offer
DIRK VAN DEN BROEK
Figure 781: Dirk van den Broek: Netherlands - estimated share of all food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 782: Dirk van den Broek: Estimated sales performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 783: Dirk van den Broek: Food outlet data, 2003-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Product offer
Brands
DOHLE GROUP
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Retail offering
DUNNES STORES
Figure 784: Dunnes Republic of Ireland: Estimated sales as share of All food retailers’ sales in Ireland, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 785: Dunnes: Estimated sales performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 786: Dunnes: Outlet data, 2001-05
Figure 787: Ireland: Dunnes stores by product offer, 2004 and 2005
Retail offering
Market positioning
Product offer
Brands
Pricing
Loyalty card
E-commerce
EL CORTE INGLÉS
Figure 788: El Corte Inglés: Sales as share of all food retailers in Spain by fascia, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 789: El Corte Inglés: Group’s sales with estimated food breakdown, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 790: El Corte Inglés: Outlet data, 2001-05
Figure 791: El Corte Inglés: Outlet growth by food fascia , 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
E-commerce and home shopping
GRUPO EROSKI
Figure 792: Grupo Eroski: Sales as share of All food retailers in Spain, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 793: Grupo Eroski: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Food operations
Figure 794: Grupo Eroski: Outlet data, 2001-05
Non-food operations
Expansion plans
Figure 795: Eroski: Spanish outlet growth by format 2003-05
Figure 796: Eroski: Spanish outlet data, 2003-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Product offer
Brands
E-commerce and home shopping
ESSELUNGA
Figure 797: Esselunga: Sales as share of All food retailers’ sales in Italy, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 798: Esselunga: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 799: Esselunga: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Esselunga markets its products to the higher end of the retail spectrum. Its stores provide high quality fresh foods, numerous service counters and a wide array of products. Its offering is complemented by a highly successful loyalty card program (about 91% of sales are purchased with a loyalty card) and a private label strategy that is aligned with its high quality reputation. Its wide ranges of private label brands represent various aspects of their strategy, such as trading up, health and ecology.
Brands
Promotions
E-commerce and home shopping
GLOBUS ČR
Financial performance
Store portfolio
ICELAND
Figure 800: Iceland: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in UK, 2000-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 801: Iceland Foods Limited: Group financial performance, 2000/01-2005/06
Store portfolio
Figure 802: Iceland Foods Limited: Outlet data, 2001-06
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping
JERÓNIMO MARTINS
Figure 803: Jerónimo Martins (Portugal): Sales as share of All food retailers in Portugal, 2001-05
Figure 804: Jerónimo Martins (Poland): Sales as share of All food retailers in Poland, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 805: Jerónimo Martins: Sales by geographical area, 2001-05
Figure 806: Jerónimo Martins: Food retail sales, 2001-05
Figure 807: Jerónimo Martins: Food retail sales by country, 2001 and 2005
Store portfolio
Figure 808: Jerónimo Martins: Store development by country, 2001-05
Figure 809: Jerónimo Martins: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands and product offer
E-commerce
KESKO
Figure 810: Kesko Food: Sales as % of all Finnish food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 811: Kesko Food: Financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 812: Kesko Food: Retail sales by subsidiary, 2002-05
Store portfolio
Figure 813: Kesko Food: Outlet data, 2001-05
Figure 814: Kesko Food: Percentage change in sales and number of outlets by banner in Finland, 2002-05
Figure 815: Kesko Food: Sales per outlet, 2002-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Figure 816: Kesko: Own-brands, 2005/06
Product offer
Pricing
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping
LAURUS
Figure 817: Laurus: Netherlands: estimated share of all food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 818: Laurus: Financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 819: Laurus: Outlet numbers by fascia, 2001-05
Retail offering
MARKS & SPENCER (FOOD)
Figure 820: Marks & Spencer (food): Sales relative to all food retailers’ sales in UK, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 821: Marks & Spencer (food): Group financial performance, 2000/01-2005/06
Store portfolio
Simply Food takes convenience in new directions
Figure 822: Marks & Spencer (food): Outlet data, 2001-06
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
Advertising and marketing
Ecommerce and shopping
MERCADONA
Figure 823: Mercadona: Sales as share of All food retailers in Spain, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 824: Mercadona: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 825: Mercadona: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Brands
Product offer
E-commerce and home shopping
MIGROS
Figure 826: Migros: Sales as share of all food retailers in Switzerland, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 827: Migros: Financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 828: Migros Switzerland: Food retailing, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 829: Migros Switzerland, food retail outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Product offer
MODELO CONTINENTE
Background
Financial performance
Figure 830: Modelo Continente: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Modelo Continente hypermarkets
Unrelenting expansion
Figure 831: Modelo Continente: Outlet data, 2001-05
Figure 832: Modelo Continente: Outlet development by format, 2002-2005
Figure 833: Modelo Continente: Grocery outlet data, 2002-05
Retail offering
Brands
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping
MPREIS
Background
Financial performance
Retail offering
MUSGRAVE
Figure 834: Musgrave Republic of Ireland: SuperValu and Centra as share of all food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Strategic evaluation
Financial performance
Figure 835: Musgrave: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 836: Musgrave: Selected retail sales, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 837: Musgrave: Outlet numbers, 2001-05
Figure 838: Musgrave Republic of Ireland: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Product offer
Brands and pricing
Operations
NAH & FRISCH
Background
Financial data
Retail offering
NORGESGRUPPEN
Figure 839: NorgesGruppen: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Norway, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 840: NorgesGruppen: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 841: NorgesGruppen: Sales by division, 2001 and 2005
Figure 842: NorgesGruppen: Sales and outlet numbers, % change 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 843: NorgesGruppen: Outlet data, 2001-05
Figure 844: NorgesGruppen: Store formats, 2005
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Figure 845: NorgesGruppen: Own-brands, 2005/06
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
NORMA
Background
Financial and outlet data
Retail offering
SKLAVENITIS
Figure 846: Sklavenitis: Sales as share of All food retailers in Greece, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 847: Sklavenitis: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 848: Sklavenitis: Outlet data, 2001-05
SLIGRO
Figure 849: Sligro: Netherlands - food retail division estimated share of all food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 850: Sligro: Food retail financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 851: Sligro: Food retail, estimated retail sales, 2002-05
Store portfolio
Figure 852: Sligro: Food retail, outlet Numbers, 2001-05
Figure 853: Sligro: Average store size, 2005
Retail offering
SOK
Figure 854: SOK: Share of all Finnish food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Recent major events
Financial performance
Figure 855: SOK: Food stores, retail sales performance, 2001-05
Figure 856: SOK: Food stores, % change in sales and store numbers by banner, 2001-05
Figure 857: SOK: Food stores, Share of sales by banner, 2001 and 2005
Store portfolio
Figure 858: SOK: Food outlet data, 2001-05
Figure 859: SOK: Principal food outlet formats, 2005/06
Market positioning
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping
SOMERFIELD
Figure 860: Somerfield: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in UK, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Kwik Save sale
Somerfield pro-forma
Figure 861: Somerfield: Group financial performance, 2000/01-2005/06
Store portfolio
Figure 862: Somerfield: Outlet data, 2001-06
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping
SPERWER
Figure 863: Sperwer: Netherlands food retail division estimated share of all food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 864: Sperwer retail division: Financial performance, 2001-05
Figure 865: Sperwer retail division: Sales by fascia, 2002-05
Store portfolio
Figure 866: Sperwer, Outlet data , 2002-05
Retail offering
SUPERGROS
Figure 867: Supergros: Estimated share of all Danish food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 868: SuperGros: Sales data, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 869: SuperGros: Outlet data, 2002-05
Dagrofa
Figure 870: SuperGros: Dagrofa organisation chart, 2006
SUPERQUINN
Figure 871: Superquinn: Estimated sales as share of All food retailers in Ireland, 2002-05
Background
Strategic evaluation
Financial performance
Figure 872: Superquinn: Estimated sales performance, 2002-05
Store portfolio
Figure 873: Superquinn: Outlet data, 2002-2005
Retail offering
Market positioning
Product offer
Brands
Loyalty card
E-commerce and home shopping
SYSTEMBOLAGET
Figure 874: Systembolaget: Share of Swedish food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Background
Financial data
Figure 875: Systembolaget: retail sales, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 876: Systembolaget: Outlet numbers, 2001-05
SYSTèME U
Figure 877: Système U: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in France, 2001-05
Background
Financial performance
Figure 878: Système U: Estimated sales performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 879: Système U: Outlet data, 2001-05 (a)
Retail offering
Market positioning
Product offer
Brands
Loyalty card
Operational issues
TRADEKA
Figure 880: Tradeka: Share of all Finnish food retailers’ sales, 2000-04
Background
Wihuri
Tradeka
Financial performance
Wihuri
Figure 881: Wihuri: Estimated food sales, 2000-04
Tradeka
Figure 882: Tradeka: Food retail sales by chain, 2000-05
Recent performance
Store portfolio
Figure 883: Tradeka: Outlet data, 2001-05
Figure 884: Tradeka: Outlet formats, 2005/06
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands and product offer
E-commerce and home shopping
UNIMARKT (PFEIFFER)
Background
Financial data
Retail offering
VEROPOULOS
Figure 885: Veropoulos
Figure 886: Veropoulos: Spar Greece Share of Total Food Specialists Sales in Greece, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 887: Veropoulos: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 888: Veropoulos: Outlet data, 2001-05
WAITROSE LTD
Figure 889: Waitrose Ltd: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in UK, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 890: Waitrose Ltd: Group financial performance, 2001/02-2005/06
Store portfolio
Figure 891: Waitrose Ltd: Outlet data, 2002-06
Store size and format
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
E-commerce and home shopping

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