Modern Grocery Retailers

Prior to the pandemic, modern grocery retailers were performing well, with good levels of growth recorded towards the end of the review period. This growth was fuelled by the positive economic landscape, with growing disposable incomes increasing ...

The rate of growth in retail current value sales of modern grocery retailers slowed to its lowest level in a decade during 2020. Lockdown measures introduced in response to COVID-19 led many middle- and high-income consumers to stock up on essential ...

Despite being permitted to stay open during lockdown, modern grocery retailers will witness slowed growth in 2020 overall. However, this will have little to do with the COVID-19 pandemic and more so the deceleration of discounters, namely Lidl. Prior...

The modern grocery channel in Estonia has seen no meaningful structural damage caused by the pandemic -in fact, the channel actually managed marginal growth in the number of net new retailers. The country retains a wide selection of channels, ...

In Tunisia, modern grocery retailers witnessed a boost to value sales in the early days of the pandemic. In March, when the Tunisian government announced a countrywide lockdown, hypermarkets were still open (before their total closure by the ...

While still seeing good current value growth from a relatively low base, modern grocery retailers experienced considerably slower current value growth in 2020 in comparison to the review period CAGR. This was due to consumers making shorter and less ...

Modern grocery retailers benefitted from COVID-19, with current value growth twice the 2019 growth rate. Hypermarkets performed most strongly, as consumers appreciated the roominess due to COVID-19, as it is easier to maintain a social distance ...

During the pandemic, modern grocery retailers sped up the implementation and expansion of their e-commerce grocery retailing service. Maxima’s barbora.lv significantly expanded its coverage beyond capital Riga to encompass regions. The retailer ...

COVID-19 has seen sales growth modern grocery retail in Costa Rica drop in comparison to 2020. The shutdown of foodservice and on-trade outlets in response to the pandemic in mid-March, which meant consumers were compelled to eat most of their meals ...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, modern grocery retailers will witness slowed current value growth in 2020 overall. The main reason for this has been a result of declining consumer confidence caused by the dwindling economy due to the pandemic. ...

Modern grocery retailers performed well in 2020, with healthy double-digit value growth. However, growth was not as high as in 2019. However, while inflation was high, it was not as high as in 2019. While modern grocery retailers are still in the ...

Modern grocery retailers were largely unaffected by COVID-19, with current value growth up by a few percentage points and similar to current value growth in 2019. However, there were changes in consumer behaviour. Hypermarkets performed well, with ...

Modern grocery retailers saw a decline in value sales during 2020. During the early stages of the pandemic, a stock-piling effect could be observed as consumers panic bought essential groceries such as shelf stable vegetables and fruit, rice, pasta, ...

COVID-19 should in theory have opened significant opportunity for modern grocery retail in Guatemala. The shutdown of foodservice and on-trade outlets in response to the pandemic in mid-march, which meant consumers were compelled to eat most of their...

Modern grocery retailers benefitted from COVID-19 in 2020, registering double-digit value growth. With the foodservice channel restricted for most of 2020, consumers spent large amounts of money on food and drink through retail channels instead. ...

COVID-19 has had a broadly positive impact on modern grocery retailing in 2020, with growth accelerating to above average rates for the year. There are a variety of reasons for this. The shuttering of foodservice and on-trade outlets in response to ...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, modern grocery retailers will witness declining current value sales overall. However, grocery retailers on the whole have performed better compared to non-grocery channels as they sell goods consumers consider to...

Amongst modern grocery retailers, COVID-19 benefited discounters most in 2020 while negatively affecting value sales through hypermarkets and forecourt retailers. Convenience stores and supermarkets saw constant growth....

Modern grocery retailers registered current value growth in 2020, albeit not as high as the very healthy value growth recorded in 2019. All the same, modern grocery retailers were one of the better performing retailing channels in 2020. In ...

The effects of COVID-19 began to be felt in Belarus in mid-March. The authorities in Belarus did not introduce a lockdown or movement restrictions. However, many Belarusians chose to self-isolate and some chose to work remotely from home. There was a...