Abstract
Mintel European Retail Intelligence provides independent, expert coverage of the major retail sectors throughout Europe. Each title in this series analyses retailing trends in up to 19 European markets, including the Scandinavian nations and Eastern European countries such as the Czech Republic and Poland as well as the major Western European markets.
The coverage provided by each report is as accurate, relevant and up-to-date as possible, combining in-house sector expertise with retailer performance data, taken directly from industry and trade sources.
With titles ranging from ' DIY Retailing in Europe' through to ' Food Retailing in Europe' , each market examination includes studies of:
- background economic and demographic data
- market sizes
- regional retailing trends and issues
- market drivers
- consumer expenditure
- consumer trends
- leading pan-European retailers
- domestic retailers
- market forecasts
Table of Contents
- Insights and Opportunities
- Hypermarkets losing their appeal?
- Ageing consumers
- Price and promotions
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Spending on food
- The consumer
- Leading retailers
- 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, 2002-06
- Country codes
- VAT
- Figure 2: Europe: Standard VAT rates, 2006
- Other abbreviations
- The European Food Market
- Figure 3: Europe: Total spending on food, alcohol and tobacco by country, 2006
- Figure 4: Europe: Per capita spending on food, alcohol and tobacco, 2006
- Figure 5: Europe: Growth in consumer spending on food, alcohol and tobacco, %, 2002-06
- European food sector size and forecast
- Sales value and trends
- Figure 6: Europe: All food retailers' sales by country, 2006
- Figure 7: Europe: Growth in food retailers sales by country, %, 2002-06
- Figure 8: Europe: Food retailers' share of total retail sales by country, %, 2006
- Leading European markets
- Figure 9: Europe: All food retailers sales by country, % of European total, 2006
- Sector concentration
- Figure 10: Europe: Leading retailers' share of all food retailers' sales, by country, 2006
- Figure 11: Europe: Top 5 retailers' share of all food retailers' sales, by country, 2006
- E-commerce
- Key Points
- Figure 12: Leading retailers food e-commerce operations, 2007
- The European consumer
- Where people shop
- Factors influencing where people shop
- Figure 13: France, Germany, Italy, Spain: Factors most important when choosing where to shop for food, June 2007
- Top four motivators by country
- Figure 14: France, Germany, Italy and Spain: Top four motivators when choosing where to shop for food, June 2007
- Convenience is king
- The draw of low prices?
- Non-foods have limited impact
- Ageing population - what impact?
- Retail competitor analysis
- Sales performance
- Figure 15: Europe: Leading food retailers, estimated sales performance, 2002-06
- European market shares
- Market shares 2006
- Figure 16: Food retailers market share of all food retail sales in Europe, 2006
- Market share changes
- Figure 17: Percentage change in European market share, 2005-06
- Outlook and Forecast
- Food to marginally win share of European retail sales
- Figure 18: Europe: All food retailers sales, 2002-12
- Growth by country
- Relative performance
- Figure 19: Europe: Forecast percentage point change in food retailers' share of all retail sales, 2007-12
- Actual performance
- Figure 20: Europe: Food retailers' sales growth by country, 2007-12
- Trends and Issues
- Corporate activity
- Deals
- Figure 21: Europe: Food retail - Major corporate activity 2006/07
- Rumours
- Retailer outlook
- Figure 22: Evaluation of major food retailers' prospects
- Future trends
- Austria
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market size and performance
- The competitive landscape
- Broader Market Environment
- Expanding but ageing population
- Figure 23: Austria: Population trends, 2002-07
- Figure 24: Austria: Population, by age group and gender, 2007
- Solid economy
- Figure 25: Austria: Gross domestic product, 1996-2006
- Inflation
- Figure 26: Austria: Consumer prices, annual % change, 2000-06
- The Market in Context
- Key findings
- Figure 27: Austria: Consumer expenditure, 1996-2006
- Figure 28: Austria: Consumer expenditure on food, alcohol & tobacco, 2002-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Economic outlook
- Retail sector - healthy outlook
- Retail sales forecast
- Figure 29: Austria: Food retailers' sales, 2002-12
- Past
- Figure 30: Austria: Food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Grocery enterprises and outlets
- Figure 31: Austria: Food retailers' sales and outlet development, 2000-05
- Figure 32: Austria: Food retailers' outlet development, 2001-05
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Figure 33: Austria: Leading grocers, 2006
- Market shares
- Figure 34: Austria: Leading grocery retailers' share of all food retailers' sales, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 35: Austria: Selected food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
- Belgium
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market size and performance
- Market leaders
- Broader Market Environment
- Population
- Figure 36: Belgium: Total population, 2001-06
- Economy
- GDP
- Figure 37: Belgium: Percentage change in GDP, at current and constant prices, 2002-06
- Figure 38: Belgium: Gross domestic product, 1996-2006
- Inflation
- Figure 39: Belgium: Consumer prices, 2002-06
- Figure 40: Belgium: Consumer prices for food, beverages and tobacco, 2001-05
- Consumer expenditure
- Figure 41: Belgium: Consumer expenditure 1996-2006
- Figure 42: Belgium: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2002-06
- The Market in Context
- Figure 43: Consumer spending on selected goods and service areas, 2002-06
- Spending - a change of destination
- Figure 44: Consumer spending on food, beverages and tobacco as a proportion of all spending, 2002-06
- Figure 45: Belgium: Total consumer spending on food, beverages and tobacco, 2002-06
- Figure 46: Belgium: Consumer expenditure per capita on food, beverages and tobacco, 2002-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Food retail sales
- Figure 47: Belgium: Food retail sales, 2002-12 Figure 48: Belgium: Food retail sales as % of all retail sales, 2002-12
- Figure 49: Belgium: Relative increases in retail sales of food products, 2002-06
- Food retail outlet data
- Figure 50: Belgium: Food retail outlets by type, 1999-2005
- Figure 51: Belgium: Comparison of share of outlet numbers and food retail sales by outlet type, 2005
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Positive early signs for Carrefour
- But the Lion is close to catching its prey
- Discount players make their mark
- Figure 52: Belgium: Leading food retailers, 2006
- Market shares
- Figure 53: Belgium: Market share of top five food retailers, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 54: Belgium: Food retailers, evaluation, 2006
- Czech Republic
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market performance
- Sector performance and structure
- Broader Market Environment
- Stagnating population
- Figure 55: Czech Republic: Population trends, 2002-06
- Figure 56: Czech Republic: Population, by age group and gender, 2006
- Smaller households
- Figure 57: Czech Republic: Households, 1991 and 2001
- The economy, good thus far....
- Figure 58: Czech Republic: Gross domestic product, 1997-2006
- .... but political deadlock increases uncertainty
- Consumer prices
- Figure 59: Czech Republic: Consumer prices, 1998-2006
- The Market in Context
- Key findings
- Consumer spending picks up
- Figure 60: Czech Republic: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2006
- But food lags behind
- Figure 61: Czech Republic: Detailed breakdown of final consumption expenditure, 2001-05
- Inflation on select products
- Figure 62: Czech Republic: Consumer price index on selected products, 2002-06
- Spending on food, drink and tobacco
- Figure 63: Czech Republic: Food and drinks spending 2001-05
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Economic outlook
- Food retailers' prospects
- Retail sales forecasts
- Figure 64: Czech Republic: Food retailers' sales, 2002-12
- Figure 65: Czech Republic: Food retailers as % all retail sales, 2002-12
- Past
- Sector sales trends
- Figure 66: Czech Republic: Retail sales, 2002-06
- Enterprise numbers
- Figure 67: Czech Republic: Select retail enterprise numbers, 2002-05
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Market leaders jostle for position
- Advancing...
- ...and retreating
- Figure 68: Czech Republic: Major food, drink and tobacco retailers, 2006
- Market shares
- Figure 69: Czech Republic: Top six food retailers' market share, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 70: Leading food retailers, evaluation, 2006
- Denmark
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market size and performance
- The competitive landscape
- Broader Market Environment
- Smaller households, ageing population
- Figure 71: Denmark: Population trends, 2003-07
- Eating habits
- Figure 72: Denmark: Turnover of organic foods in retail stores, 2003-06
- Economy
- Figure 73: Denmark: Gross domestic product, 1995-2006
- Low inflation and unemployment
- Figure 74: Denmark: Consumer prices, 2002-06
- Figure 75: Denmark: Unemployed as % of labour force, 2002-September 2007
- Planning regulations
- The Market in Context
- Robust growth in all spending
- Figure 76: Denmark: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2006
- Food inflation low
- Figure 77: Denmark: Consumer price inflation, selected goods, 2002-06
- Food loses in boom
- Figure 78: Denmark: Index of consumer expenditure, selected goods, 2002-06
- Figure 79: Denmark: Consumer expenditure on selected categories, 2002-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Economic outlook
- Retailers' prospects
- Figure 80: Denmark: Food retailers' sales, 2002-12
- Figure 81: Denmark: Food retailers' sales as % of all retail sales, 2002-12
- Past
- Figure 82: Denmark: Food, beverages & tobacco retailers' sales by type of retailer, 2002-06
- Enterprise and outlet data
- Figure 83: Denmark: Food retail businesses, 2002-06
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Share of the market
- Specialists
- Figure 84: Denmark: Leading food retailers, 2006/07
- Market shares
- Figure 85: Denmark: Top five food retailers' market shares, 2006/07
- Evaluation
- Figure 86: Denmark: Food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
- Finland
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Sector size and performance
- The competitive landscape
- Broader Market Environment
- A small, greying population
- Figure 87: Finland: Population trends, 2002-06
- Changing eating habits
- Economy on a high but set to soften
- Figure 88: Finland: Gross domestic product, 1996-2006
- Inflation
- Figure 89: Finland: Consumer prices, 1997-2006
- Unemployment
- Figure 90: Finland: Unemployment, 1995-2006
- Figure 91: Finland: Consumer confidence indicator, 2003-September 2007
- The Market in Context
- Robust consumer spending
- Figure 92: Finland: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2006
- Food prices on the up
- Figure 93: Finland: Consumer price index, 2000-06
- Surprisingly strong food
- Figure 94: Finland: Index of consumer spending on selected goods, 2002-06
- Figure 95: Finland: Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco, 2002-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Economic outlook
- Retailers' prospects
- Sector definition
- Figure 96: Finland: Food retailers' sales, 2002-12
- Figure 97: Finland: Food retailers' sales as % of all retail sales, 2002-12
- Past
- Figure 98: Finland: Food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Enterprises and outlets
- Figure 99: Finland: Retail enterprise numbers, 2001-05
- Figure 100: Finland: Retail outlet numbers, 2001-05
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Share of the market
- Specialists
- Figure 101: Finland: Major food, beverages and tobacco retailers, 2006/07
- Market shares
- Figure 102: Finland: Top six food retailers' market shares, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 103: Finland: Food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
- France
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market size and performance:
- Market leaders:
- Consumer research:
- Broader Market Environment
- Population
- Figure 104: France: Population trends 2003-07
- Figure 105: France: Population by age, 2007
- Economy
- GDP
- Figure 106: France: GDP, 1996-2006
- Inflation
- Figure 107: France: Consumer price inflation, 2001-06
- Figure 108: France: Consumer price inflation on food products, 2001-06
- Figure 109: France: Detailed breakdown of consumer price indices for food products, 2001-05
- The Market in Context
- Figure 110: France: Consumer expenditure on food, beverages and tobacco, 2002-06
- Figure 111: France: Food, beverages & tobacco as proportion of all consumer spending, 2002-06
- Figure 112: France: Food, beverages & tobacco as proportion of spending on consumer goods, 2002-06
- Figure 113: France: Indices of relative growth of food, beverages & tobacco, 2002-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Figure 114: France: Retail sales 2002-12
- Figure 115: France: Food retail as a % of all retail, 2002-12
- Recent trends in French food retail
- Figure 116: France: Breakdown of food retail sales, 2002-06
- Outlet data
- Figure 117: France: Retail outlets by type, 1998-2006
- Figure 118: France: Average size of food retail outlets, 2000-07
- The Consumer - Where They Shop
- Where They Shop - Trend data
- Primary shoppers - Carrefour remains the most popular destination:
- Figure 119: France: Stores used for main grocery shop, June 2007
- Market positioning - Primary shoppers
- Figure 120: France: Market positioning of major food retailers by age and affluence, June 2007
- Detailed view of Consumer Demographics - Primary shoppers:
- Figure 121: France: Store used for main grocery shop, by gender, age, marital status, presence of children, size of household, working status and income, June 2007
- Figure 122: France: Other store used for main grocery shop, by gender, age, marital status, presence of children, size of household, working status and income, June 2007
- Secondary shoppers - Hard discounters far more appealing
- Figure 123: France: Stores used for secondary grocery shop, June 2007
- Detailed view of Consumer Demographics - Secondary Shoppers:
- Figure 124: France: Stores used for other grocery shopping, by gender, age, presence of children, working status and income, June 2007 Figure 125: France: Stores used for other grocery shopping, by gender, age, presence of children, working status and income, June 2007
- The Consumer - Factors Important in Deciding Where to Shop
- Location, location, location
- Figure 126: France: Factors most important when choosing where to shop for food, June 2007
- Helping the affluent
- Figure 127: France: Factors behind choice of food retailer by age and affluence, June 2007
- Detailed view of Consumer Demographics - factors important in deciding
where to shop
- Figure 128: France: Factors most important when choosing where to shop for food, June 2007
- Figure 129: France: Factors most important when choosing where to shop for food, June 2007
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Carrefour still dominates
- Voluntary groups very important
- Discounting: the way to the French consumer' s pocket
- Leading players
- Figure 130: Leading players in the food sector, 2006
- Market shares
- Figure 131: France: Market share of leading players, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 132: France: Food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
- Germany
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market performance
- Sector performance and structure
- Market leaders and corporate activity
- Consumer behaviour
- Broader Market Environment
- Ageing population
- Figure 133: Germany: Population trends, 2002-06
- Figure 134: Germany: Population, by age group, 2002, 2006 and 2010
- Smaller household
- Figure 135: Germany: Households, 2003-05
- Economy looking brighter, at last
- Figure 136: Germany: Gross domestic product, 1995-2006
- Inflation
- Figure 137: Germany: Consumer prices, 2002-06
- The Market in Context
- Key findings
- Subdued consumer spending
- Figure 138: Germany: Household consumer expenditure, 1995-2006
- Mixed spending trends
- Figure 139: Germany: Consumer spending on selected categories, 2002-06
- Next to no inflation
- Figure 140: Germany: Consumer price index on selected products, 2000-06
- Food and drink
- Figure 141: Germany: Food, drink and tobacco spending, 2002-06
- Figure 142: Germany: Food and drinks spending - indexed growth, 2002-06
- Figure 143: Germany: Food and drinks consumer prices, 2000-06
- Eating out
- Figure 144: Germany: Spending on food and eating out, 2002-06
- Figure 145: Germany: Spending on food and drink relative to spending on eating out, 2002-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Economic outlook
- Consumer outlook
- The status quo
- Discounters will continue to dominate
- Mainstream players are constrained
- While discounters are adapting
- Further corporate activity
- Retail sales forecasts
- Figure 146: Germany: Retail sales, 2002-12
- Figure 147: Germany: Food retailers as % all retail sales, 2002-12
- Past - food retailers hold up well
- Figure 148: Germany: Index of all retail sales and food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Multiples' squeeze on independents slows
- Figure 149: Germany: Food, drink & tobacco retailers' sales by store type, 2002-06
- Figure 150: Germany: Food, drink & tobacco retailers - Number of enterprises, 1997-2001 and outlets, 1999 and 2000
- Discounters thrive
- Figure 151: Germany: Food retailers sales by store type, 1993-2000 and 2003-05
- Figure 152: Germany: Number of food retailers outlets by store type, 1993-2000 and 2003-05
- The Consumer - Where They Shop
- Where they shop - primary shoppers
- Figure 153: Germany: Store used for main grocery shop, June 2007
- Market positioning - primary shoppers
- Figure 154: Germany: Market positioning of supermarkets' primary shoppers by age and income, June 2007
- Who buys where - primary shoppers
- The appeal of discounters
- Figure 155: Germany: Discount stores used for main grocery shop, by gender, age, marital status, presence of children, size of household, working status and income, June 2007
- Figure 156: Germany: Other stores used for main grocery shop, by gender, age, marital status, presence of children, size of household, working status and income, June 2007
- Where they shop - secondary shoppers
- Figure 157: Germany: Other shops used for grocery shopping in the last three months, June 2007
- Who buys where - secondary shoppers
- Figure 158: Germany: Discount stores used for other grocery shopping, by gender, age, presence of children, working status and income, June 2007
- Figure 159: Germany: other stores used for other grocery shopping, by gender, age, presence of children, working status and income, June 2007
- The Consumer - Factors Important in Deciding Where to Shop
- Convenience is critical
- Non-foods have limited appeal
- Just give me low prices
- Figure 160: Germany: Factors most important when choosing where to shop for food, June 2007
- Who is motivated by what
- Men like convenience
- Older people like promotions
- The wealthiest are most motivated by low prices
- Time is money
- Figure 161: Germany: Factors most important when choosing where to shop for food, June 2007
- Figure 162: Germany: Factors most important when choosing where to shop for food, June 2007
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Discount format dominates
- Hypermarkets losing momentum
- Corporate activity leads to further consolidation
- Figure 163: Germany: Leading food retailers, 2006
- Market shares
- Figure 164: Germany: Leading food retailers market shares, 2006
- Evaluation
- Greece
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market size and performance
- Market leaders
- Broader Market Environment
- Population
- Figure 165: Greece: Population by gender, 2002-06
- Economy
- GDP
- Figure 166: Greece: Gross domestic product, 2000-06
- Unemployment
- Inflation
- Figure 167: Greece: Consumer prices, 2002-06
- Figure 168: Greece: Consumer Price Indices, 1999-2007
- The Market in Context
- Key findings:
- Figure 169: Greece: Consumer expenditure, 2000-06
- Figure 170: Greece: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure for food, tobacco and beverages, 2002-06
- Figure 171: Greece: Spending on food, beverages and tobacco as proportion of all consumer spending, 2002-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Food retail
- Figure 172: Greece: Food retail sales, 2002-12
- Figure 173: Greece: Food retail as a proportion of all retail sales, 2002-12
- Figure 174: Greece: Relative growth of retail sectors, 1995-2006
- Food retail enterprise data
- Figure 175: Greece: Food enterprise numbers, 2001-05
- Figure 176: Greece: Food retail outlet numbers and average size, 2002
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Carrefour leads the pack
- Lidl and the discounters emerge
- Sector remains fragmented
- Leading players
- Figure 177: Greece: Leading players in the food sector, 2006
- Market shares
- Figure 178: Greece: Market share of leading players in food sector, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 1795: Greece: Food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
- Hungary
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market performance
- Sector performance and structure
- Market leaders
- Broader Market Environment
- The population is slowly declining...
- Figure 180: Hungary: Population trends, 2003-07
- ... and ageing
- Figure 181: Hungary: Population, by age group and sex, 2003-07
- A strong economy
- Figure 182: Hungary: Gross domestic product, 1996-2006
- Inflation is lower but still not under control
- Figure 183: Hungary: Consumer prices, 2000-07 (e)
- The Market in Context
- Key findings
- Consumer spending picks up in 2006
- Figure 184: Hungary: Consumer expenditure, 1996-2006
- Figure 185: Hungary: Consumer expenditure growth, 1997-2006
- Food and drink holds up reasonably well
- Figure 186: Hungary: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2001-05
- Inflation on select products
- Figure 187: Hungary: Consumer price on selected products, average annual % change, 2003-06
- Spending on food, drink and tobacco
- Figure 188: Hungary: Food and drinks spending 2001-2005
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Economic and consumer spending outlook
- More shopping centre schemes
- Tesco looks dominant
- Further consolidation?
- Lidl expanding fast
- While Aldi plays catch up
- Independents fighting hard
- Retail sales forecasts
- Figure 189: Hungary: Food retailers' sales, 2002-12
- Figure 190: Hungary: Food retailers as % all retail sales, 2002-12
- Past
- Sector sales and structural trends
- Figure 191: Hungary: Retail sales, 2002-06
- Figure 192: Hungary: Food retailers' sales by sub-sector, 1997-2006
- Outlet numbers
- Figure 193: Hungary: Food retail outlet numbers, 2002-06
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- A Who' s Who of European food retailing
- Tesco in pole position...
- ...and sews up the hypermarket scene
- CBA has a huge network
- German discounters enter in force
- Figure 194: Hungary: leading food retailers, 2006
- Market shares
- Figure 195: Hungary: Top eight food retailers' market share, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 196: Hungary: Leading food retailers, evaluation, 2006
- Republic of Ireland
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market size and performance
- Market leaders
- Broader Market Environment
- Rising population
- Figure: Republic of Ireland: Population by gender, 2002-06
- A youthful population
- Figure 197: Republic of Ireland: Population age profile, 2006
- Household size in decline
- Figure 198: Republic of Ireland: Household data, 1991, 2002 and 2006
- Strong economy despite a slowdown
- Figure 199: Republic of Ireland: Gross domestic product, 1997-2006
- Inflation
- Figure 200: Republic of Ireland: Consumer price inflation, 1998-2006
- Relative food retail prices
- Figure 201: Ireland: Food and drink price inflation in relative terms, 2001-06
- The Market in Context
- Spending on food, drink and tobacco in context
- Figure 202: Republic of Ireland: Consumer expenditure, 2002-06
- Figure 203: Republic of Ireland: Spending on food and drink as % of all consumer spending, 2002-06
- Groceries versus other areas of consumer spending
- Figure 204: Ireland: Relative spending changes versus some discretionary non-foods, 2001-05
- Figure 205: Ireland: Relative spending changes versus housing & energy, 2002-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Economic outlook
- Still going strong in 2007
- Food retailers' prospects
- Retail sales forecasts
- Figure 206: Republic of Ireland: Retail sales, 2002-12
- Figure 207: Republic of Ireland: Food retailers' sales as % of all retail sales, 2002-12
- Past
- Figure 208: Republic of Ireland: Food retailers' sales by sub-sector, 2002-06
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Leaders gain share
- Figure 209: Republic of Ireland: Leading players, 2006
- Market shares
- Figure 210: Republic of Ireland: Leading players' market shares, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 211: Republic of IrelandL Leading retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
- Italy
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market size & performance
- Market leaders
- Broader Market Environment
- Struggling economy
- Inflation continues downward trend...
- Figure 212: Italy: Consumer price inflation, 2002-06
- ...GDP shows weak growth in 2007 so far
- Figure 213: Italy: Gross domestic product, 1995-2006
- Figure 214: Italy: Consumer spending, 1996-2006
- Ageing population
- Figure 215: Italy: Total population, 2002-06
- Figure 216: Italy: Population by age group, 2006
- The Market in Context
- Key points
- Food market value and trends
- Figure 217: Italy: Consumer spending on food, drink and tobacco, 2002-06
- Figure 218: Italy: Consumer spending on selected categories of goods, 2002-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Figure 219: Italy: Food retail sales, 2002-12
- Figure 220: Italy: All food retailers' sales as a % of total retail sales, 2002-12
- Hypermarket and supermarket outlets
- Figure 221: Italy: Hypermarkets & supermarkets - Outlets by region, 1997-2001, 2003 and 2006
- Figure 222: Italy: Modern retail formats - Outlets and sales area, 1997-2001, 2003 and 2006
- The Consumer - Where They Shop
- Figure 223: Italy: Store used for main grocery shop, June 2007
- Who buys where?
- Figure 224: Italy: Market positioning of supermarkets' primary shoppers by age and income, June 2007
- Detailed view of Consumer Demographics - Primary Shoppers
- Figure 225: Italy: Primary shoppers, detailed demographics, June 2007
- Figure 226: Italy: Primary shoppers, detailed demographics, June 2007*
- Detailed view of Consumer Demographics - Secondary Shoppers
- Figure 227: Italy: Other food shopping, detailed demographics, June 2007
- Figure 228: Italy: Other food shopping, detailed demographics, June 2007
- The Consumer - Factors Important in Deciding Where to Shop
- Figure 229: Italy: Factors most important when choosing where to shop for food, June 2007
- Detailed view of Consumer Demographics - factors important in deciding
where to shop
- Figure 230: Italy: Factors important in choice of supermarket, detailed demographics, June 2007
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Figure 231: Italy: Leading food retailers, 2006
- Market shares
- Figure 232: Italy: Leading food retailers share of all food retailers sales, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 233: Italy: Food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
- The Netherlands
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market size and performance
- Market leaders
- Broader Market Environment
- Immigration driving population growth
- Figure 234: The Netherlands: Population trends, 2003-07
- Figure 235: The Netherlands: Population by age group, 1990, 2000 and 2007
- A healthy economy
- Figure 236: The Netherlands: Gross domestic product, 1996-2006
- A new coalition government committed to increased public spending
- Inflation back to historic low levels
- Figure 237: The Netherlands: Consumer prices, 2001-06
- Market in Context
- Consumer confidence taken a hit
- Figure 238: The Netherlands Consumer expenditure, 1996-2006
- Figure 239: The Netherlands: Breakdown of consumer expenditure in selected sectors, 2002-06
- Figure 240: The Netherlands: Consumer price index, 2000-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Food retail sales
- Figure 241: Netherlands: Food retail sales, 2002-12
- Figure 242: Netherlands: Food retail as a proportion of all retail sales, 2002-12
- Figure 243: Netherlands: Detailed breakdown of retail sales for food, 2002-06
- Food retail outlets
- Figure 244: Netherlands: Breakdown of food retail outlet numbers by type of retailer, 2003-07
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Domestic companies dominate
- Ahold' s dominance continues
- Laurus like a lamb to the slaughter
- Figure 245: The Netherlands: Major food retailers, 2006/07
- Figure 246: Netherlands: Market share of leading five food retailers, 2006/07
- Evaluation
- Figure 247: Netherlands: Food retailers evaluation, 2006/07
- Norway
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Sector size and performance
- The competitive landscape
- Broader Market Environment
- An ageing population
- Figure 248: Norway: Population trends, 2003-07
- Changing eating habits
- Norway' s economy on upswing
- Figure 249: Norway: Gross domestic product, 1995-2006
- Inflation under control
- Figure 250: Norway: Consumer prices, 1999-2006
- Record-low unemployment
- Figure 251: Norway: Unemployment, 2002-07
- The Market in Context
- Robust consumer spending
- Figure 252: Norway: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2006
- Food prices on the up
- Figure 253: Norway: Consumer price index for selected goods, 2002-06
- Food weak in boom
- Figure 254: Norway: Index of consumer spending growth, selected categories, 2002-06
- Figure 255: Norway: Consumer spending on selected categories of goods, 2002-06
- Figure 256: Norway: Consumer spending growth, food by category, 2000-04
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Economic outlook
- Retailers' prospects
- Figure 257: Norway: Retail sales, 2002-12
- Figure 258: Norway: Food retailers' sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2002-12
- Past
- Figure 259: Norway: Retail sales, 2002-06
- Outlet and enterprise data
- Figure 260: Norway: Number of food retail outlets, 2002-05
- Figure 261: Norway: Number of food retail outlets, 2002-05
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Figure 262: Norway: Major food and daily goods retailers, 2006/07
- Market shares
- Figure 263: Norway: Top five food retailers' market share, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 264: Norway: Food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
- Poland
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market size and performance
- Market leaders
- Broader Market Environment
- The population is declining with large numbers working abroad
- Figure 265: Poland: Population trends, 2002-06
- Age profile will switch from youthful to ageing
- Figure 266: Poland: Population, by age group and gender, 2006
- Figure 267: Poland: Age of head of household, 2006 and 2030
- Shrinking household size
- Figure 268: Poland: household size, 2002-06
- Falling population in provincial cities
- Figure 269: Poland: Major cities, 2002-05
- Economy doing well
- Figure 270: Poland: Gross domestic product, 1996-2006
- Inflation outlook remains uncertain
- Figure 271: Poland: Consumer prices, 2000-06
- Figure 272: Poland: Differential inflation rates, 2000-06
- Unemployment is still too high, but is falling
- Figure 273: Poland: Unemployment rate at July, 2000-07
- Market in Context
- Figure 274: Poland: Consumer expenditure, 1996-2006
- Figure 275: Poland: Consumer expenditure growth, 1997-2006
- Figure 276: Poland: Consumer spending, by category, 2001-05
- Spending on grocery products
- Groceries versus other areas of consumer spending
- Figure 277: Poland: Selected product categories as % of all consumer spending, 2001-05
- Figure 278: Poland: Selected services categories and food as % of all consumer spending, 2001-05
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Economic outlook
- Prospects
- Food retailers lagging slightly behind non-food specialists
- Figure 279: Poland: All retail and grocers' retail sales, 2002-12
- Figure 280: Poland: Food retailers' sales as % of all retail sales, 2002-12
- Past
- Figure 281: Poland: Food specialists' sales, 2002-06
- Outlet and enterprise data
- Figure 282: Poland: Major grocery stores - number of outlets, 2002-06
- Figure 283: Poland: Food & drink stores - number of outlets, 2005 & 2006
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- A new market leader
- Battle between pan-European grocery giants
- Domestic companies are not taking things lying down
- Figure 284: Poland: Leading food retailers, 2006
- Market shares
- Figure 285: Poland: Grocers' market shares, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 286: Poland: Food retailers evaluation, 2007
- Portugal
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market performance
- Market leaders
- Broader Market Environment
- Population growth driven by immigration.
- Figure 287: Portugal: Population, 2002-06
- Ageing and changing population
- Figure 288: Portugal: Population, by age group, 2002-06
- Figure 289: Portugal: Population, regions and major cities, 2006
- Economy in trouble
- Figure 290: Portugal: Gross domestic product, 1995-2006
- Inflation up again in 2006
- Figure 291: Portugal: Consumer price inflation 2002-06
- The Market in Context
- Key findings
- Consumer expenditure on food
- Figure 292: Portugal: Estimated Food, drink and tobacco spending, 2002-06
- Figure 293: Portugal: Estimated spending on food and drink as % of all consumer goods spending, 2002-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Retail sales forecasts
- Figure 294: Portugal: Retail sales, 2002-12
- Food specialists losing share
- Figure 295: Portugal: Food specialists and grocers' sales as % of all food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Good prospects for grocers
- Figure 296: Portugal: Grocers' sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2002-12
- While food specialists struggle
- Figure 297: Portugal: Food specialist' s sales as percentage of all retail sales, 2002-12
- Food outlets
- Figure 298: Portugal: Retail outlets by sector, 2004 and 2005
- Food sales by type of store
- Figure 299: Portugal: Sales of food products, by type of store, 2003-05
- Figure 300: Portugal: Sales of food products, by type of store, 2003-05
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Figure 301: Portugal: Major food retailers, 2006
- Price-conscious consumers
- Modelo Continente
- Market shares
- Figure 302: Portugal: Top five food retailers' market share, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 303: Portugal: Grocery retailers, evaluation, 2007
- Spain
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Market size & performance
- Market leaders
- Consumer behaviour
- Broader Market Environment
- Growing population
- Figure 304: Spain: Population trends, 2002-06
- But ageing too
- Steady economic growth
- Figure 305: Spain: Gross domestic product, 1996-2006
- But times are changing
- Unemployment to fall further
- The Market in Context
- Key findings
- Figure 306: Spain: Consumer expenditure on food, drink & tobacco, 2001-05
- 2006 & 2007
- Other surveys
- Topline consumer spending data
- Figure 307: Spain: Consumer expenditure on food, 1995-2006
- Figure 308: Spain: Consumer spending on selected categories of goods, 2001-05
- Inflation
- Figure 309: Spain: Inflation, selected products 2002-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Economic outlook
- Food retailers
- Figure 310: Spain: Retail sales, 2002-12
- The Consumer - Where They Shop
- Key points
- Figure 311: Spain: Primary shopping outlet, June 2007
- Figure 312: Spain: Where food is purchased, by income and age, June 2007
- Detailed view of Consumer Demographics - Primary Shoppers
- Figure 313: Spain: Primary shopping by retailer, detailed demographics, June 2007
- Figure 314: Spain: Primary shopping by retailer, detailed demographics, June 2007
- Detailed view of Consumer Demographics - Secondary Shoppers
- Figure 315: Secondary shopping by retailer, detailed demographics, June 2007
- Figure 316: Spain: Secondary shopping, detailed demographics, June 2007
- The consumer - factors important in deciding where to shop
- Figure 317: Spain: Factors influencing choice of supermarket, June 2007
- Young versus old
- Detailed view of Consumer Demographics - factors important in deciding
where to shop
- Figure 318: Spain: Factors most important in choosing where to shop, detailed demographics, June 2007
- Figure 319: Spain: Factors important in choosing where to shop, detailed demographics, June 2007
- Retailer Competitor Analysis
- Carrefour the market leader
- Others
- Figure 320: Spain: Major food, drink & tobacco retailers, 2006/07
- Market shares
- Figure 321: Spain: Leading food retailers' market shares, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 322: Spain: Food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
- Sweden
- The Market in Brief
- The future
- Sector size and performance
- Market leaders
- Broader Market Environment
- Population
- Figure 323: Sweden: Population by gender, 2002-06
- Economy
- GDP
- Figure 324: Sweden: Gross domestic product, 1996-2006
- Inflation
- Figure 325: Sweden: Consumer prices, 2002-06
- The Market in Context
- Key findings
- Figure 326: Sweden: Consumer expenditure, 1996-2006
- Figure 327: Sweden: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2001-05
- Figure 328: Sweden: Food, beverages and tobacco as proportion of all consumer expenditure, 2001-05
- Figure 329: Sweden: Food, beverages and tobacco as proportion of spending on consumer goods, 2001-05
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- Retail sales forecasts
- Figure 330: Sweden: Retail sales 2002-12
- Figure 331: Sweden: Food retailers as % of all retail sales, 2002-12
- Outlet data
- Figure 332: Sweden: Food retail outlet numbers, 2000-05
- Figure 333: Sweden: Share of food retail outlets and sales by grocers and specialists, 2005
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Sector not as consolidated as it seems
- Co-operation, the winning formula?
- But perhaps not for everyone?
- Lack of foreign investment
- Leading players
- Figure 334: Sweden: Leading food retailers, 2006
- Market shares
- Figure 335: Sweden: Market share of leading 5 food retailers, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 336: Sweden: Food retailers evaluation, 2006/07
- Switzerland
- The Market in Brief
- The future
- Market size and performance
- Market leaders
- Broader Market Environment
- Ageing population
- Figure 337: Switzerland: Population trends, 2002-06
- Figure 338: Switzerland: Population by age group, 2006
- Figure 339: Switzerland: Households by size (number of persons), 2002-06
- Positive economic performance after troubled years
- Figure 340: Switzerland: gross domestic product, 1995-2005
- Figure 341: Switzerland: Consumer price inflation, 2002-06
- The Market in Context
- Figure 342: Switzerland: Consumer spending growth, at constant prices, 2002-06
- Figure 343: Switzerland: Consumer spending, 2002-06
- Figure 344: Switzerland: Spending on food, alcohol and tobacco as % of all spending, 2002-06
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Future
- Past
- The future
- Economic outlook
- Retail sector - outlook
- Figure 345: Switzerland: Retail sales, 2002-12
- Figure 346: Switzerland: All food retailers' sales as % of all retail sales, 2002-12
- Past
- Food outlets
- Figure 347: Switzerland: Food retailers' outlet numbers, 1995-2004
- Strict legislation
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- New developments in 2006-08
- Growing presence and popularity of discounters
- Figure 348: Switzerland: Major food retailers, 2006
- Market shares
- Figure 349: Switzerland: Food retailers' shares of all food retailers' sales, 2006
- Evaluation
- Figure 350: Swiss food retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
- United Kingdom
- Issues in the Market
- Main themes
- Abbreviations
- Insights and Opportunities
- Think local, ditch global...?
- Supermarkets unwrapped
- Tesco-land and the single supermarket
- Market in Brief
- The future
- Spending on food
- Consumer - Green and ethical issues
- Shopping patterns - Convenience is king
- Leading retailers
- Fast Forward Trends
- Trend 1: Trust in me
- Definition
- What next?
- Trend 2: Green
- Definition
- What next?
- Trend 3: Non-standard society
- Definition
- What next?
- Internal Market Environment
- Discounting
- Figure 351: UK: Consumer Price Index: All goods and food, 1996-2006
- Figure 352: UK: Consumer Price Index: All goods, food and beverages, January 2006-September 2007
- The health trend
- Premiumisation
- The competitive landscape
- Local focus
- Growth ahead
- Online
- The caring retailer?
- Green and ethical
- ...or big and bad?
- The Competition Commission Preliminary Report
- Broader Market Environment
- Population trends
- Growing, greying population
- Figure 353: UK: Population trends, 2002-12
- Figure 354: UK: Population trends, by age band, 2002-12
- Figure 355: UK: Population, by age band, 2002, 2007 and 2012
- Living alone
- Figure 356: UK: Percentage change of household size, 2002-12
- Population implications for the grocery market
- The consumer
- Increasingly affluent
- Figure 357: UK population, by socio-economic group, 2002 and 2012
- PDI continues to rise
- Figure 358: PDI and consumer expenditure, at current and constant 2002 prices, 2002-12
- Bank of England determined to curb rising inflationary pressures
- Figure 359: PDI and consumer spend growth rates, at current and constant prices, 2002-07 and 2007-12
- Consumer implications for the grocery market
- The Market in Context
- Key findings
- Food is still core
- Food holds up quite well
- Figure 360: UK: Consumer spending on selected major goods categories, 2002-06
- Food and drink market versus food retailers and all retail sales
- Figure 361: UK: Index of consumer spending growth in food, drink and tobacco, all retail sales and food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Food and drink
- Food holds up surprisingly well
- Non-alcoholic drinks power ahead
- Price increases see value sales leap in 2007 first half
- Figure 362: UK: Food and drinks spending 2002-07
- Figure 363: UK: Food and drinks spending, indexed growth, 2002-07
- Figure 364: UK: Food and drinks spending shares, 2006
- Pets, cleaning, and health & beauty
- Non-edible groceries outstrip all retail sales
- Personal care steams ahead in 2007
- Figure 365: UK: Spending on pet, cleaning and health & beauty products, 2002-07
- Figure 366: UK: Spending on pet, cleaning and health & beauty products, indexed growth, 2002-07
- Eating out
- Figure 367: UK: Spending on food and eating out, 2002-07
- Figure 368: UK: Spending on food and drink relative to spending on eating out, 2002-07
- Strengths and Weaknesses in the Market
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Who' s Innovating?
- Pairing up
- Online challenge
- Own-brand
- Healthy developments
- Green steps
- Sector Size and Forecast
- Key findings
- The future
- Economic outlook
- Inflation and interest rates
- Consumer outlook
- Retail sales
- Food retailers forecasts
- Figure 369: UK: Food retailers sales, 2002-12
- Figure 370: UK: Food retailers as % of all retail sales, 2002-12
- The past
- Food retailers gain retail market share
- Figure 371: UK: Food retailers' sales, 2002-07
- Figure 372: UK: Relative sales performance of food generalists and specialists, 2002-07
- Where They Shop for Groceries
- Key findings
- The big four
- The rest
- Main grocery shopping
- The short term
- Figure 373: Store used for main grocery shop, August 2007
- The longer term
- Tesco losing primary shoppers?
- Figure 374: Leading food retailers' share of main shoppers, 1998-2007
- The family shop
- Figure 375: Share of main shoppers for leading supermarkets, by family lifestage, August 2007
- Shopper profiles
- Figure 376: Profiles of supermarkets primary shoppers, August 2007
- The big four
- The others
- Figure 377: Leading grocers' consumer profiles, by age group, August 2007
- Figure 378: Leading grocers' consumer profiles, by socio-economic group, August 2007
- The twelve year shift
- Figure 379: Supermarket customer profiles 12-year shift
- Other grocery shopping
- Figure 380: Other stores used for grocery shopping, August 2007
- Tescoland
- Figure 381: Usage of leading food retailers for other grocery shopping, 1998-2007
- Main grocery vs. other grocery
- Figure 382: Main grocery shopping and exclusively other grocery shopping, August 2007
- Where They Shop for Groceries - Detailed Consumer Demographics
- Figure 383: Store used for main grocery shopping, by gender, age, socio-economic group, lifestage, presence of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage, commercial TV viewing and supermarket used, August 2007
- Figure 384: Other stores used for grocery shopping, by gender, age, socio-economic group, lifestage, presence of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage, commercial TV viewing and supermarket used, August 2007
- Figure 385: Other stores used for grocery shopping, by gender, age, socio-economic group, lifestage, presence of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage, commercial TV viewing and supermarket used, August 2007
- Figure 386: Other stores used for grocery shopping, by gender, age, socio-economic group, lifestage, presence of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage, commercial TV viewing and supermarket used, August 2007
- Figure 387: Profile of top four stores used for main grocery shopping, by gender, age and socio-economic group, August 2007 Figure 388: Stores used for any grocery shopping, by gender, age and socio-economic group, August 2007
- Figure 389: Stores used for any grocery shopping, by gender, age and socio-economic group, August 2007
- Shopping for Groceries on the Internet
- Key findings
- Shopping for groceries online
- Figure 390: Grocery shopping and the Internet, August 2007
- Any Internet grocery shopping
- Would consider trying in the future
- Would never consider using it
- Figure 391: Grocery shopping on the Internet, by gender, age, socio-economic group and supermarkets used, August 2007
- Shopping for Groceries on the Internet - Detailed Consumer Demographics
- Figure 392: Grocery shopping on the Internet, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage and commercial TV viewing, August 2007
- Factors Influencing Choice for Grocery Shopping
- Key findings:
- Figure 393: Factors influencing choice of store for grocery shopping, August 2007
- Location, quality, availability
- What' s changed since 2006?
- Figure 394: Factors influencing choice of store for grocery shopping, change in response, August 2006 to August 2007
- Price
- Quality
- Choice
- What matters to whom?
- Age
- Figure 395: Top three factors influencing choice of store for grocery shopping, by age, August 2007
- Supermarket used
- Figure 396: Important/unimportant factors, by supermarket used, August 2006
- Convenience and service
- Figure 397: Factors influencing choice of store for grocery shopping, by gender, age, socio-economic group, and supermarket used, August 2007
- Quality and choice
- Figure 398: Factors influencing choice of store for grocery shopping, by gender, age, socio-economic group, and supermarket used, August 2007
- Price or conscience?
- Figure 399: Factors influencing choice of store for grocery shopping, by gender, age, socio-economic group and supermarket used, August 2007
- Factors Influencing Choice for Grocery Shopping - Detailed Consumer
Demographics
- Figure 400: Factors influencing choice of store for grocery shopping, by gender, age, socio-economic group, lifestage, presence of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage and commercial TV viewing, August 2007
- Figure 401: Factors influencing choice of store for grocery shopping, by gender, age, socio-economic group, lifestage, presence of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage and commercial TV viewing, August 2007
- Figure 402: Factors influencing choice of store for grocery shopping, by gender, age, socio-economic group, lifestage, presence of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage and commercial TV viewing, August 2007
- Attitudes Towards Grocery Shopping
- Key findings
- Consumer attitudes
- Food packaging tops the list of concerns
- Just how local are we?
- Food labels - stop or go
- Fair Trade wins over organics
- Figure 403: Attitudes towards grocery shopping, August 2007
- Food labelling
- Figure 404: Attitudes towards grocery shopping - food labelling issues, by socio-economic group, August 2007
- Figure 405: Attitudes towards grocery shopping - food packaging and labelling, by gender, age, socio-economic group and supermarket used, August 2007
- Recycling and packaging
- Figure 406: Attitudes towards grocery shopping - i would like to see food packaging reduced, by age, August 2007
- Figure 407: Attitudes towards grocery shopping - recycling and packaging, by gender, age, socio-economic group and supermarket used, August 2007
- Local sourcing
- Figure 408: Attitudes towards grocery shopping - local sourcing issues, by socio-economic group, August 2007
- Figure 409: Attitudes towards grocery shopping - local sourcing, by gender, age, socio-economic group and supermarket used, August 2007
- Price and provenance
- Figure 410: Attitudes towards grocery shopping - price and provenance, by socio-economic group, August 2007
- Figure 411: Attitudes towards grocery shopping - price and provenance, by gender, age, socio-economic group and supermarket used, August 2007
- Consumer attitudes by main store used
- Figure 412: Attitudes towards grocery shopping, by source of main grocery shopping, August 2007
- Identifying targets
- Figure 413: Consumer typologies for grocery shoppers, summary, August 2007
- Apathetic (50% of respondents)
- Fair Traders (15% of respondents)
- Ethical All-Rounders (15% of respondents)
- Eco-Shoppers (20% of respondents)
- Figure 414: Consumer typologies, by gender, age, and socio-economic group, August 2007
- Where the consumer types shop
- Tesco is the destination store in the UK
- Figure 415: Consumer typologies, by supermarkets used, august 2007
- Attitudes Towards Grocery Shopping - Detailed Consumer Demographics
- Figure 416: Attitudes towards grocery shopping - food packaging and labelling, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage and commercial TV viewing, August 2007
- Figure 417: Attitudes towards grocery shopping - local sourcing, organic and Fair Trade products, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage and commercial TV viewing, August 2007
- Figure 418: Consumer types by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel' s Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, commercial TV viewing and newspaper readership, August 2007
- Brand Elements
- Brand map
- Figure 419: Attitudes towards and usage of food retailer brands, September 2007
- Tesco
- Brand background
- What the brand is trying to achieve
- What the consumer thinks
- Figure 420: Attitudes towards the Tesco brand, September 2007
- Waitrose
- Brand background
- What the brand is trying to achieve
- What the consumer thinks
- Figure 421: Attitudes towards the Waitrose brand, September 2007
- Aldi
- Brand background
- What the brand is trying to achieve
- What the consumer thinks
- Figure 422: Attitudes towards the Aldi brand, September 2007
- Lidl
- Brand background
- What the brand is trying to achieve
- What the consumer thinks
- Figure 423: Attitudes towards the Lidl brand, September 2007
- Sainsbury' s
- Brand background
- What the brand is trying to achieve
- What the consumer thinks
- Performance indicators:
- Figure 424: Attitudes towards the Sainsbury' s brand, September 2007
- Co-op
- Brand background
- What the brand is trying to achieve
- What the consumer thinks
- Figure 425: Attitudes towards the Co-op brand, September 2007
- Iceland
- Brand background
- What the brand is trying to achieve
- What the consumer thinks
- Figure 426: Attitudes towards the Iceland brand, September 2007
- Morrisons
- Brand background
- What the brand is trying to achieve
- What the consumer thinks
- Figure 427: Attitudes towards the Morrisons brand, September 2007
- Asda
- Brand background
- What the brand is trying to achieve
- What the consumer thinks
- Figure 428: Attitudes towards the Asda brand, September 2007
- Marks & Spencer
- Brand background
- What the brand is trying to achieve
- What the consumer thinks
- Figure 429: Attitudes towards the Marks & Spencer brand, September 2007
- Brand qualities of food retailer brands
- Tesco is most accessible and Waitrose least so
- Figure 430: Consumer usage of various food retailer brands, September 2007
- Experience of food retailer brands
- Tesco is most popular
- Figure 431: Consumer usage of various food retailer brands, September 2007
- Brand consideration for food retailing brands
- Iceland shows highest consideration
- Figure 432: Consideration of various food retailer brands, September 2007
- Brand satisfaction for food retailer brands
- M&S shows most excellent satisfaction
- Figure 433: Satisfaction of various food retailer brands, September 2007
- Brand commitment to food retailer brands
- M&S and Waitrose generate most affection
- Figure 434: Commitment to various food retailer brands, September 2007
- Round up
- Retail Competitor Analysis
- Key findings
- Share of the market
- Technicalities
- Marks & Spencer
- Fuel and other income
- Mintel adjustments
- Market leaders
- C-stores
- High street/secondary supermarket
- Figure 435: UK: Leading food and drink retailers, 2006/07
- Outlets by type
- Figure 436: UK: Leading food and drink retailers, outlet numbers, by location, 2006/07
- Evaluation
- Figure 437: Food retailers, evaluation, 2007
- Market shares
- Figure 438: UK food retailers top 20 market shares, 2006/07
- Retail Advertising and Promotion
- Key findings
- Trends in total spending on advertising
- Figure 439: Main media advertising expenditure by leading supermarkets, 2002-06
- Figure 440: UK: Main media advertising, by leading supermarket and grocery chains, by media usage, 2006
- Retailer Profiles
- Ahold Group
- Figure 441: Ahold Netherlands: Sales as share of Dutch food retailers' sales, 2004-06
- Strategic evaluation
- More focused
- Overhaul remaining US operations
- And refocus in Europe
- Retained interests lack cohesion
- Where next in the Netherlands?
- Possible deals
- Background
- Financial performance
- Group retail results
- Figure 442: Ahold Group: retail division financial performance, 2004-06
- Albert Heijn Arena
- Central Europe Arena
- Schuitema
- Interim results 2007
- Figure 443: Ahold Europe: interim financial performance, 2007
- Financial targets
- Store portfolio
- Figure 444: Ahold Group: Outlet data, 2004-06
- Retail banners
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Figure 445: Ahold Europe: online sales growth, 2003-06
- ICA
- Figure 446: ICA Sverige: Sales as share of all food retailers in Sweden, 2002-06
- Figure 447: ICA Norge: Sales as share of all food retailers in Norway, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Focus on core and build market leadership
- Local management: central co-operation
- New formats to meet customer expectations
- The future
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 448: ICA retail: Financial performance, 2002-06
- ICA Sverige
- ICA Norge
- Rimi Baltic
- Interim results 2007
- Store portfolio
- Figure 449: ICA Group: Outlet data, 2002-06
- ICA Sverige
- Figure 450: ICA sverige: Outlet data, 2006
- ICA Norge
- Figure 451: ICA Norge: Outlet data, 2006
- Rimi Baltic
- Figure 452: ICA Baltic: Outlet numbers by type, 2006
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Figure 453: ICA: groceries own brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Aldi (Europe)
- Figure 454: Aldi (Europe): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 455: Aldi (Europe): Estimated group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 456: Aldi (Europe): Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Alko
- Figure 457: Alko: Sales as share ofall food retailers' sales in Finland, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 458: Alko: Group financial performance, 2002/03-06/07
- Store portfolio
- Figure 459: Alko: Outlet data, 2003-07
- Asda Stores Ltd
- Figure 460: Asda Stores Ltd: Sales as share of all food retailers in UK, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 461: Asda Stores Ltd: Group financial performance, 2003-07
- Store portfolio
- Figure 462: Asda Stores Ltd: Outlet data, 2003-07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- Figure 463: Asda Stores Ltd: Main media advertising spend, 2002-06
- Figure 464: Asda Stores Ltd: Media advertising spend by usage, 2006
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Atlantic
- Figure 465: Atlantic: Sales as share of all food retailers in Greece, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 466: Atlantic: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 467: Atlantic: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Auchan
- Figure 468: Auchan: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Figure 469: Auchan France: sales as share of all food retailers' Sales in France, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 470: Auchan: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Figure 471: Auchan, Share of group sales by region, 2002-06
- Figure 472: Auchan: Estimated European sales by country, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 473: Auchan (Europe): Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 474: Auchan (Europe) fascia type by market, 2006
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Loyalty cards
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Axfood
- Figure 475: Axfood: Sales as share of all food retailers in Sweden, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 476: Axfood: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 477: Axfood: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- BergendahlsGruppen
- Figure 478: BergendahlsGruppen: Sales as share of all food retailers in Sweden, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 479: BergendahlsGruppen: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 480: BergendahlsGruppen: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Carrefour Europe
- Figure 481: Carrefour Europe: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 482: Carrefour Europe: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 483: Carrefour Europe: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Countries of operation
- Figure 484: Carrefour: Percentage share of European sales by individual market, 2006
- France
- Figure 485: Carrefour France: Sales as percentage of all french food retailers' Sales, 2002-06
- Figure 486: Carrefour France: Sales by individual formats, 2002-06
- Figure 487: Carrefour France: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Belgium
- Figure 488: Carrefour Belgium: Sales as percentage of all Belgian food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 489: Carrefour Belgium: Sales, 2002-06 Figure 490: Carrefour Belgium: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Czech & Slovak Republics
- Greece
- Figure 491: Carrefour Greece: Sales as percentage of all Greek food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 492: Carrefour Greece: Sales, 2002-06 Figure 493: Carrefour Greece: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Italy
- Figure 494: Carrefour Italy: Sales as percentage of all Italian food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 495: Carrefour Italy: Sales, 2002-06 Figure 496: Carrefour Italy: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Poland
- Figure 497: Carrefour Poland: Sales as Percentage of All Polish food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 498: Carrefour Poland: Sales, 2002-06 Figure 499: Carrefour Poland: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Portugal
- Figure 500: Carrefour Portugal: Sales as percentage of all Portuguese food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 501: Carrefour Portugal: Sales, 2002-06 Figure 502: Carrefour Portugal: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Romania
- Figure 503: Carrefour Romania: Sales and outlet data, 2006
- Spain
- Figure 504: Carrefour Spain: Sales as percentage of all Spanish food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 505: Carrefour Spain: Sales, 2002-06 Figure 506: Carrefour Spain: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Switzerland
- Figure 507: Carrefour Switzerland: Sales as percentage of all Swiss food retailers, 2002-06
- Figure 508: Carrefour Switzerland: Sales, 2002-06
- Figure 509: Carrefour Switzerland: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Turkey
- Figure 510: Carrefour Turkey: Sales, 2002-06
- Figure 511: Carrefour Turkey: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Figure 512: Carrefour: European fascias by format, 2007
- Figure 513: Carrefour: Private labels, 2007
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Loyalty cards
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Casino
- Figure 514: Casino (France): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in France, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 515: Casino: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Figure 516: Casino France: Sales breakdown by division, 2006
- Figure 517: Casino: Food sales by region (excluding France), 2006
- Store portfolio
- Figure 518: Casino: French stores by fascia, December 2006
- Figure 519: Casino: European Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 520: Casino: Group outlets by region (excluding France), 2006
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- CBA
- Figure 521: CBA: Hungary - Estimated sales as share of all food retailers' sales, 2001-05
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 522: CBA: Sales performance, 2001-05
- Store portfolio
- Figure 523: CBA: Hungary: Outlet data, 2001-05
- International stores
- e-commerce
- Colruyt Distribution
- Figure 524: Colruyt Distribution: Sales as share of all food retailers in Europe, 2002-06
- Figure 525: Colruyt Distribution: Sales as share of all food retailers in Belgium, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 526: Colruyt Distribution: Group financial performance, 2002-2006
- Store portfolio
- Figure 527: Colruyt Distribution: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Loyalty card
- Conad Group
- Figure 528: Conad Group: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Italy, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 529: Conad Group: Group sales, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 530: Conad Group: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Loyalty card
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Co-operative Group
- Figure 531: Co-operative Group (Food): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in UK, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 532: Co-operative Group: Group financial performance, 2002/03-2006/07
- Store portfolio
- Figure 533: Co-operative Group: Outlet data, 2002/03-2006 /07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Figure 534: Co-operative Group: Own brands, summer 2007
- Product offer
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Coop Hungary
- Figure 535: Co-op Hungary: Estimated sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Hungary, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 536: Coop Hungary: Estimated food retail sales, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 537: Coop Hungary: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Coop Italia
- Figure 538: Coop Italia: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Italy, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 539: Coop Italia: Group sales, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 540: Coop Italia: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Coop Norden
- Figure 541: Coop Norden: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Figure 542: Coop Danmark: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Denmark, 2002-06
- Figure 543: Coop Sverige: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Sweden, 2002-06
- Figure 544: Coop Norge: Estimated sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Norway, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- History
- Ownership
- Structure
- Financial performance
- Figure 545: Coop Norden: Financial performance, 2002-06
- Denmark
- Figure 546: Coop Danmark: Sales performance, 2002-06
- Figure 547: Coop Sverige: Sales performance, 2002-06
- Figure 548: Coop Norge/Coop NK: Sales performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 549: Coop Danmark: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Outlook
- Figure 550: Coop Sverige: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 551: Coop Norge: Outlet details, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Figure 552: Coop Norden: Own brands, 2006/07
- Product offer
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Coop Schweiz
- Figure 553: Coop Schweiz: Food sales as share of all food retailers in Switzerland, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance`
- Figure 554: Coop Schweiz: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 555: Coop Schweiz: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Product offer and brands
- Figure 556: Coop Schweiz: Own brands, 2006
- Pricing
- Loyalty card
- Operational issues
- e-commerce
- Cora - Louis Delhaize Group
- Figure 557: Cora - Louis Delhaize Group: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Figure 558: Cora - Louis Delhaize Group: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in France, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 559: Cora - Louis Delhaize Group: Estimated financial performance breakdown, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 560: Cora - Louis Delhaize Group: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Loyalty cards
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Dansk Supermarked
- Figure 561: Dansk Supermarked: Sales as share of all Danish food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial data
- Figure 562: Dansk Supermarked: Retail sales, 2002-06
- Figure 563: Dansk Supermarked: Divisions' share of group sales (estimated) and store numbers, 2006
- Store portfolio
- Figure 564: Dansk Supermarked: Grocery outlet numbers, 2002-06
- Figure 565: Dansk Supermarked: Grocery formats, 2006/07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Figure 566: Dansk Supermarked: Own brands, 2006/07
- Products
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Delhaize Group
- Figure 567: Delhaize Belgium: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Belgium, 2003-06
- Figure 568: Delhaize Greece: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Greece, 2003-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 569: Delhaize Group: Financial performance, 2004-06
- Figure 570: Delhaize Belgium: Financial performance, 2003-06
- Figure 571: Delhaize Greece: Financial performance, 2003-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 572: Delhaize Belgium: Outlet data, 2003-06
- Figure 573: Delhaize Belgium: Food outlet numbers by fascia, 2002-06
- Figure 574: Delhaize Belgium: Food store formats, 2006
- Figure 575: Delhaize Southern/Central Europe: Outlet data, 2003-07
- Figure 576: Delhaize Greece and Romania: Store formats, 2006
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Denner
- Figure 577: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Switzerland, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 578: Denner: Food retail sales, 2002-06
- Denner' s acquisition by Migros
- Store portfolio
- Figure 579: Denner: Number of stores, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Product offer
- Pricing
- e-commerce
- Dirk van den Broek
- Figure 580: Dirk van den Broek: Estimated share of all food retailers' sales in the Netherlands, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 581: Dirk van den Broek: Estimated sales performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 582: Dirk van den Broek: Food outlet data, 2003-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Brands
- Pricing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Dohle Group
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 583: Germany: Dohle Group*, sales and store numbers, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Own-brand goods
- Pricing
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Dunnes Stores
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 584: Dunnes: Estimated sales performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 585: Dunnes: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 586: Ireland: Dunnes stores by product offer, November 2007
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Brands
- Pricing
- Loyalty card
- e-commerce
- Edeka Group
- Figure 587: Edeka Group: Sales as share of all food retailers in Europe, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 588: Edeka Group: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Store performance
- Figure 589: Edeka Group: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 590: Edeka: Selected Operating data, 2006
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- e-commerce and home shopping
- El Corte Inglés
- Figure 591: El Corte Inglés: Sales as share of all food retailers in Spain by fascia, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 592: El Corte Inglés : Group sales with estimated food breakdown, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 593: El Corte Inglés : Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 594: El Corte Inglés : Outlet growth by food fascia , 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Grupo Eroski
- Figure 595: Grupo Eroski: Sales as share of all food retailers in Spain, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 596: Grupo Eroski: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Food operations
- Figure 597: Grupo Eroski: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 598: Eroski: Spanish food outlet growth by format, 2004-06
- Figure 599: Eroski: Spanish outlets by fascia, 2003-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Brands
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Esselunga
- Figure 600: Esselunga: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Italy, 2002-06
- Background
- Esselunga still up for sale?
- Financial performance
- Figure 601: Esselunga: Group sales, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 602: Esselunga: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Marketing and advertising
- Promotions and loyalty card
- e-commerce and home shopping
- E Leclerc
- Figure 603: Leclerc (France): Sales as share of all food retailers in France, 2002-06
- Figure 604: E Leclerc: Europe - sales as share of all food retailers, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 605: E Leclerc: Estimated group sales performance, 2002-06
- Figure 606: E Leclerc: Estimated international sales by country, 2006
- Store portfolio
- Figure 607: E Leclerc: outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 608: E. Leclerc: Non-food chains, July 2007
- Figure 609: E Leclerc: International outlet numbers, 2002-07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Figure 610: E.Leclerc: Own-brands, 2006
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Globus ČR
- Financial performance
- Store portfolio
- Iceland Foods Ltd
- Figure 611: Iceland Foods Ltd: Sales as share of all food retailers in UK, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 612: Iceland Foods Ltd: Group financial performance, 2003-07
- Store portfolio
- Figure 613: Iceland Foods Ltd: Outlet data, 2003-07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Intermarché/ ITM Entreprises
- Figure 614: Intermarché/ITM Entreprises: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Figure 615: Intermarché/ITM Enterprises: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in France, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 616: Intermarché/ITM Entreprises: Group financial performance, 2002-2006
- Store portfolio
- Figure 617: Intermarché/ITM Entreprises: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 618: Intermarché/ITM Enterprises: Non-food outlet data, 2001-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Loyalty cards
- Jerónimo Martins
- Figure 619: Jerónimo Martins (Portugal): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Portugal, 2002-06
- Figure 620: Jerónimo Martins (Poland): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Poland, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 621: Jerónimo Martins: Sales by geographical area, 2002-06
- Figure 622: Jerónimo Martins: Food retail sales, 2002-06
- Figure 623: Jerónimo Martins: Portuguese sales, 2005-06
- Figure 624: Jerónimo Martins: Food retail sales by country, 2002 and 2006
- Store portfolio
- Figure 625: Jerónimo Martins: Store development by country, 2002-06
- Figure 626: Jerónimo Martins: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer and brands
- e-commerce
- Kesko Food
- Figure 627: Kesko Food: Sales as % of all Finnish food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 628: Kesko Food: Financial performance, 2002-06
- Figure 629: Kesko Food: Retail sales by subsidiary, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 630: Kesko Food: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 631: Kesko Food: Sales per outlet, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Figure 632: Kesko: Own-brands, 2006/07
- Product offer
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Laurus
- Figure 633: Laurus: Estimated share of all food retailers' sales in the Netherlands, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 634: Laurus: Financial performance, 2002-06
- Recent trading
- Store portfolio
- Figure 635: Laurus: Outlet numbers by fascia, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Own-brand goods
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Marks & Spencer (Food)
- Figure 636: Marks & Spencer (food): Sales as share of all food retailers in UK, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 637: Marks & Spencer (food): Group financial performance, 2003-07
- Store portfolio
- Figure 638: Marks & Spencer (food): Outlet data, 2003-07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Mercadona
- Figure 639: Mercadona: Sales as share of all food retailers in Spain, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 640: Mercadona: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 641: Mercadona: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Loyalty card
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Migros
- Figure 642: Migros: Sales as share of all food retailers in Switzerland, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 643: Mercadona Migros: Financial performance, 2002-06
- Figure 644: Migros Switzerland: Food retailing, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 645: Migros Switzerland, food retail outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Brands
- e-commerce
- Modelo Continente
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 646: Modelo Continente: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 647: Modelo Continente: Grocery outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 648: Modelo Continente: Outlet development by format, 2002-06
- Figure 649: Modelo Continente: Group outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Brands
- e-commerce
- Wm Morrison Supermarkets
- Figure 650: Wm Morrison Supermarkets: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in UK, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 651: Wm Morrison Supermarkets: Group financial performance, 2002/03-2006/07
- 2007 interims show growth continuing
- Store portfolio
- Figure 652: Wm Morrison Supermarkets: Outlet data, 2002/03-2006/07
- Figure 653: Wm Morrison Supermarkets: Store portfolio by size, 2003 and 2007
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Mpreis
- Figure 654: MPREIS: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Austria, 2002-06
- Financial performance
- Figure 655: MPREIS: Group sales performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 656: MPREIS: Outlet data, 2003-06
- Retail offering
- Musgrave
- Figure 657: Musgrave: Sales as share of all food retailers in UK, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 658: Musgrave: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Figure 659: Musgrave: Selected retail sales, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 660: Musgrave: Retail outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands and pricing
- Product offer
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Nah & Frisch
- Financial performance
- Retail offering
- NorgesGruppen
- Figure 661: NorgesGruppen: Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Norway, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 662: NorgesGruppen: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Figure 663: NorgesGruppen: Sales and outlet numbers, % change 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 664: NorgesGruppen: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 665: NorgesGruppen: Store formats, 2006
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Figure 666: NorgesGruppen: Own-brands, 2006/07
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- e-commerce
- Norma
- Figure 667: Norma: Group sales as % of German food retailers' sales, 2003-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 668: Norma: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 669: Norma: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Real (Metro Food Retail)
- Figure 670: Real: Sales as share of all food retailers in Europe, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 671: Real: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 672: Real: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Rewe
- Figure 673: Rewe: Sales as share of all food retailers in Europe, 2002-06
- Figure 674: Rewe: Sales as share of all food retailers in Germany, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 675: Rewe: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Figure 676: Rewe: Proportion of sales by region, 2005 and 2006
- Store portfolio
- Figure 677: Rewe: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 678: Rewe: Summary of fascia by market, 2006
- Performance by market
- Ukraine
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Loyalty card
- e-commerce and home shopping
- J Sainsbury
- Figure 679: Sainsbury' s Supermarkets: Sales as share of all food retailers in UK, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Group
- Figure 680: J Sainsbury: Group financial performance, 2002/03-2006/07
- Figure 681: Sainsbury' s Supermarkets, 2002/03-2006/07
- Figure 682: Sainsbury' s Supermarkets: Sales growth, 2002/03-2006/07
- Store portfolio
- Figure 683: Sainsbury' s Supermarkets: Outlet data, 2002/03-2006/07
- Figure 684: Sainsbury' s Supermarkets: Outlets by size, 2002/03-2006/07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Figure 685: Sainsbury' s Supermarkets: Own-label food portfolio
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Schwarz Group
- Figure 686: Schwarz Group: Estimated sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Figure 687: Schwarz Group: Estimated sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Germany, 2002-06 Figure 688: Schwarz Group: Estimated sales as share of all food retailers' sales in France, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 689: Schwarz Group: Share of group sales of German operations, by fascia, 2002/03-2006/07
- Figure 690: Schwarz Group: Estimated share of group international sales by market, 2006/07
- Figure 691: Schwarz Group: Estimated group sales, 2002/03-2006/07
- Store portfolio
- Figure 692: Schwarz Group: Store portfolio, Germany vs international, 2002/03-2006/07
- Figure 693: Schwarz Group: Outlet data, 2002/03-2006/07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Sklavenitis
- Figure 694: Sklavenitis: Sales as share of all food retailers in Greece, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 695: Sklavenitis: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 696: Sklavenitis: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Sligro
- Figure 697: Sligro: Food retail division, estimated share of all food retailers' sales in the Netherlands, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 698: Sligro: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 699: Sligro: Outlet data, 2002-06 Figure 700: Sligro: Average store size, 2006
- Retail offering
- Market positioning and product offer
- Pricing
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- SOK
- Figure 701: SOK: Share of all Finnish food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 702: SOK: Food outlets, retail sales performance, 2002-06
- Figure 703: SOK: Food stores, % change in sales and store numbers by banner, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 704: SOK: Food outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 705: SOK: major food outlet formats, 2006/07
- Market positioning
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Somerfield
- Figure 706: Somerfield: Sales as share of all food retailers in UK, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 707: Somerfield Stores Ltd, UK retail sales and operating profit, 2003-07
- Store portfolio
- Figure 708: Somerfield: Outlet data, 2003-07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- SPAR International
- Figure 709: SPAR (Europe): Sales as share of all European food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Figure 710: SPAR International: Year of entry by country
- Financial performance
- Figure 711: SPAR International: Retail sales by country, 2002-06
- Figure 712: SPAR International: Estimated European sales exclusive of sales tax, 2006
- Store portfolio
- Figure 713: SPAR International: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 714: SPAR International: Sales per m² by country (Europe), 2006
- European operations
- Discontinued operations
- Continuing European operations
- Figure 715: SPAR (Austria): Sales as share of Austrian food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 716: SPAR (Belgium): Sales as share of all Belgian food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 717: SPAR (Czech Republic): Sales as share of all Czech food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 718: SPAR (Denmark): Sales as share of all Danish food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 719: SPAR (France): Sales as share of all French food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 720: SPAR (Greece): Sales as share of all Greek food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 721: SPAR (Hungary): Sales as share of all Hungarian food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 722: SPAR (Ireland): Sales as share of all Irish food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 723: SPAR (Italy): Sales as share of all Italian food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 724: SPAR (Netherlands): Sales as share of all Dutch food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 725: SPAR (Norway): Sales as share of all Norwegian food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 726: SPAR (Spain): Sales as share of all Spanish food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 727: SPAR (Switzerland): Sales as share of all Swiss food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Figure 728: SPAR (UK): Sales as share of all UK food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Non-European activities
- Figure 729: SPAR International: Non-European sales and outlets by country, 2001 and 2006
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Own-brand goods
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Sperwer
- Figure 730: Sperwer, food retail division: estimated share of all food retailers' sales in the Netherlands, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 731: Sperwer food retail division: Financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 732: Sperwer: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
- SuperGros
- Figure 733: SuperGros: Estimated share of all Danish food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 734: SuperGros: Sales data, 2002-07
- Store portfolio
- Figure 735: SuperGros: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 736: SuperGros: Dagrofa organisation chart, October 2007
- Superquinn
- Background
- Strategic evaluation
- Financial performance
- Store portfolio
- Figure 737: Superquinn: Outlet data, 2002-07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Brands
- Loyalty card
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Systembolaget
- Figure 738: Systembolaget: Sales as share of all food retailers in Sweden, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 739: Systembolaget: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 740: Systembolaget: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Système U
- Figure 741: Système U: Sales as share of all food retailers in France, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 742: Système U: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 743: Système U: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Brands
- Tengelmann
- Figure 744: Tengelmann: Sales as share of all food retailers in Europe, 2002-06
- Figure 745: Tengelmann: Sales as share of all food retailers in Germany, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 746: Tengelmann: Group financial performance, 2003-07
- Figure 747: Plus: Breakdown of sales revenue by country, 2006
- Store portfolio
- Figure 748: Tengelmann: Outlet data, 2003-07
- Figure 749: Tengelmann, Outlets by market, 2006
- Figure 750: Tengelmann, Average sales area per outlet, by market, 2006
- Figure 751: Tengelmann, Sales per outlet by market, 2006
- Performance by market
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Loyalty cards
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Tesco
- Figure 752: Tesco (Europe): Sales as share of all food retailers in Europe, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 753: Tesco Plc: Group financial performance, 2002/03-2006/07
- Figure 754: Tesco (UK): Sales as share of all food retailers in UK, 2002-06
- Figure 755: Tesco (Czech Rep): Sales as share of all food retailers in Czech Republic, 2002-06
- Figure 756: Tesco (Hungary): Sales as share of all food retailers in Hungary, 2002-06
- Figure 757: Tesco (Ireland): Sales as share of all food retailers in Ireland, 2002-06
- Figure 758: Tesco (Poland): Sales as share of all food retailers in Poland, 2002-06
- Figure 759: Tesco (Slovak Rep): Sales as share of all food retailers in Slovak Republic, 2002-06
- e-commerce
- Store portfolio
- Figure 760: Tesco Plc: Outlet data, 2002/03-2006/07
- Figure 761: Tesco: UK store formats, 2007
- Figure 762: Tesco: European store formats, 2007
- Figure 763: Tesco: Asian store formats, 2007
- Development
- Retail offering
- Figure 764: Tesco UK: Sales by product, 2006/07
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- Figure 765: Tesco: Main media advertising expenditure, 2002-06
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Tradeka
- Figure 766: Tradeka: Share of all Finnish food retailers' sales, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 767: Tradeka: Financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 768: Tradeka: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Figure 769: Tradeka: Store formats, 2006/07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Unimarkt (Pfeiffer)
- Financial data
- Retail offering
- Veropoulos
- Figure 770: Veropoulos: Sales as share of all food retailers in Greece, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 771: Veropoulos: Group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
- Figure 772: Veropoulos: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Waitrose Ltd
- Figure 773: Waitrose Ltd: Sales as share of all food retailers in UK, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Figure 774: Waitrose Ltd: Group financial performance, 2003-07
- Store portfolio
- Figure 775: Waitrose Ltd: Outlet data, 2003-07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping

