Discounters

In the battle to conquer Chilean consumers’ preference, the discounter Bodega ACuenta is doing well, maintaining its leading position in 2022. Although the brand, owned by Walmart, saw a share decline in 2022, it still showed sales growth despite the…

While Brazilians were already price-sensitive prior to the pandemic, the discounters model had failed to appeal to the country’s vast middle-class, a consumer base that is crucial for success in any retail channel. As a result, sales through…

Theoretically, discounters should have seen a strong rebound in 2022, after experiencing a decline at the beginning of the pandemic. In 2020, this channel suffered from its lack of all-under-the-same-roof and less human positioning than convenience…

Discounters recorded the strongest growth, in value sales terms, amongst store-based grocery retailers in 2022. The financial uncertainties caused by inflation have made Irish customers more price sensitive, which has led to a shift in consumer…

Although there has been negligible expansion in the discounter landscape in 2022, the number of consumers shifting towards these budget-orientated grocery retailers is growing consistently. With inflation rising in 2022, Egyptian shoppers were more…

2022 was another successful year for Lidl in Spain. The company continued to expand its network, reaching more than 650 outlets, with the ambition of reaching 700 outlets in the next year. Like Aldi, it has a strategy of opening outlets in the…

Growth in discounters current value sales in 2022 was well up on 2021. This was mainly due to price hikes amidst soaring inflation, though trade was also bolstered by heightened budget-consciousness among consumers as the cost of living in Poland…

With the smaller store size of its Puregold Extra stores relative to Puregold Supermarket and Puregold Jr, this retail arm of Puregold Price Club was growing in 2022. The smaller store format proved to be beneficial to this discounter as it offers…

Discounters saw one of the strongest rises in current value sales during the pandemic. Working from home and the proximity of discounters due to the dense store network attracted consumers, as well as their extended opening hours. However, after…

Discounters was a particularly strong performer in Italy over the pandemic, recording higher current value sales growth than other grocery retailers in 2020, a trend that continued into 2021 and 2022. The success of discounters owed much to the…

The economic climate was favourable to the growth of private label in 2022, with a number of factors boosting sales. Firstly, the drop in purchasing power forced consumers to rethink their budgets, leading many consumers to buy cheaper products. In…

Discounters in Greece continued to rise in 2022, supported by a significant number of new store openings. Many of these openings had been postponed from 2020 due to the pandemic, but retailers are now keen to expand their footprint in the country.…

Discounters remained on an upward trajectory in 2022 with sales supported by an increasing number of value-conscious consumers. Canada witnessed elevated rates of inflation in 2022 as food, energy, housing and many areas of consumer goods witnessed a…

During the outbreak of COVID-19, discounters lost market share within grocery retail, as consumers tended to visit one store only, to reduce the amount of time they were out of the home. As such, secondary grocery stores were visited less often, and…

Although there are variety stores which carry a limited assortment of groceries at discount prices, and in the review period S Group also focused on prices, in 2022 Lidl remained the only discounter in Finland. When Lidl arrived in Finland in 2002,…

With disposable incomes of middle-class South Africans continuing to shrink from 16.9% in 1992 to 14.5% in 2022, the rising cost of living encouraged an increasing number of families trading down to affordable retail options such as discounters. The…

Discounters are the largest modern grocery retail channel in Mexico in terms of retail value sales (although they remain very much in the shadow of small local grocers in terms of number of outlets). In 2022, the format managed to outperform both…

With a slowdown in economic growth and rising costs of living, Chinese consumers have increasingly been turning to discounters to find value in their purchases. The COVID-19 pandemic only intensified this trend, as many people experienced job losses…

Aldi spotted a gap in grocery retail in Australia, and entered the market with its discounters model in 2001. The company expanded rapidly. By mid-2003 it had 44 stores in New South Wales and Victoria. By 2011, it had 251 stores. By early 2013 it had…

Discounters continued its physical expansion across urbanised areas of Turkey in 2022. The category is dominated by big companies that can expand outlets, fast. These players continued to outperform all other modern grocery formats, aided by the…