Small Local Grocers

Small local grocers (traditional grocers) is one retailing channel which suffered during the era of COVID-19, thus the lifting of pandemic restrictions in 2022 heralded good news for these stores and the start of recovery. Indeed, in 2021, Vietnam…

At a macro level, it can be seen that changes in shopper behaviour have continued, and with the easing of the pandemic, a move back to pre-COVID-19 trends is being seen. From a top-line perspective, there has been a move back to supermarkets for…

 Small local grocers continued to see a strong contraction in outlet numbers while struggling to compete with other store formats. Due to rising costs for retailers and ongoing inflations, consumer price points needed to rise.

Like convenience stores, small local grocers witnessed a significant upturn in value sales in 2020, as Italian consumers were encouraged to shop locally as much as possible to limit contact with others and minimise the spread of COVID-19. Locality…

Small local grocers in China includes a broad range of outlet types, which range from mom-and-pop stores to wet markets. After a better year in 2021, 2022 proved to be another tough year for China’s small local grocers, as the spread of the Omicron…

Many consumers in Canada appear to sympathise with the struggles facing small local grocers in the country and continued to spend part of their food budget at independently owned and operated stores. Nonetheless, despite this support due to high…

Small local grocers mainly includes small independent traditional grocery stores (a structurally waning, disparate, large segment, due to the competition from chained convenience stores), and organic specialist stores. After years of strong growth,…

Despite the underlying growth of larger supermarkets, hypermarkets and e-commerce specialists, local kiosks and small local groceries remain a firm favourite in Egypt, especially for impulse and convenience purchases. Poor public transport…

Not only do small local grocers continue to dominate sales in grocery retailing in India, but this channel also managed to continue recording positive growth rates throughout the pandemic. This channel offered consumers ease of accessibility for…

Small local grocers are losing ground to supermarkets and hypermarkets because of their considerably lower capacity to offer promotions and discounts and their lack of participation in the Precios Cuidados programme. Small local grocers are excluded…

Small local grocers were the best performing grocery channel in 2022 and registered double-digit current value growth, as well as moderate constant value growth. Inflation spiralled in 2022, largely caused by the energy crisis stemming from the war…

Small local grocers showed some resilience in the face of the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Many consumers looked to purchase products in grocery stores near to their homes and avoid travelling to distant shopping centres because of…

Small local grocers in Japan tend to distribute specialist or homemade products. Since the pandemic resulted in a greater risk of unemployment or a reduction in salaries, the trend to adopt a second job or start a new business increased; for example,…

Small local grocers remained the most relevant channel in grocery retailers and continued to grow in 2022, but to a lesser degree than in 2021, which was the year in which such retailers recovered from the drop in sales caused by the pandemic. The…

Small local grocers current value sales and outlet numbers have been in decline for several years in Poland due intense competition from modern formats offering much wider assortments and significantly lower prices, particularly supermarkets,…

In recent years, there has been a shifting preference for modern grocery formats in Singapore, driven by convenience and ease of shopping associated with the fast-paced lifestyles of local consumers. Modern grocery retailers generally tend to offer a…

Whilst retail value sales of small local grocers recorded growth in 2022, this was largely due to inflationary pressures, with the number of outlets continuing to decline. Overall, increases in the cost of raw materials, shipping costs, labour wages…

After the good performance seen in 2020, sales in small local grocers resumed their decline in current value terms in 2021 and 2022, which was a trend that was already occurring before the emergence of COVID-19. During the first year of the pandemic,…

Neighbourhood grocery stores offer closeness and convenience, since their portfolio is small. However, small local grocers’ ability to play with prices and maintain margins is limited. Given the inexorable growth in prices in the last year of the…

Several factors contributed to the poor performance of small local grocers in 2022. A full reporting period without lockdown restrictions meant that hospitality venues saw more consumers return to pubs and restaurants, meaning that more meals were…