Supermarkets

As a convenient and widespread retail format, supermarkets hold a high value share of sales in Egypt. Whilst retail value sales rose modestly in 2022, much of this was driven by inflation as real value growth declined. Consumers have good proximity…

The supermarkets channel saw continued strong growth in 2022, mainly boosted by the high rate of inflation seen during the year, which impacted prices across most grocery and non-grocery product categories sold via the channel. Consumer demand is…

Following a two-year period of decline, supermarkets saw a welcome increase in current value sales in 2022. Growth was boosted by the loosening of COVID-19-related restrictions, which had a significant impact on consumer footfall, particularly in the…

Like other grocery retailers, supermarkets saw growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was amongst the best-performing retail channels in Spain, as consumers tried to shop in local outlets during movement restrictions. In 2022, retailers continued…

It is estimated that 33% of Moroccans from the middle and upper classes shop at medium-sized markets and supermarkets at least once a week. In contrast, those who continued to patronise small local grocers tend to be from lower-income groups. As a…

Asian supermarkets are the main competitors to supermarket chains in Argentina. In the last two decades, Asian supermarkets have expanded strongly, firstly in the capital city and Greater Buenos Aires and, in a second step, in the main cities in the…

Supermarkets had a good year in 2022, with sales driven by growing numbers of outlets as well as an ongoing shift in consumer shopping behaviour. For example, while COOP Jednota has been decreasing its number of convenience stores, it simultaneously…

Supermarket density in the Netherlands is very high, meaning that most consumers have a supermarket within walking or cycling distance of their homes, making visits to this grocery channel easy and convenient. During the pandemic, as more significant…

Since the pandemic emerged in Japan, sales through supermarkets spiked due to consumers spending greater time at home, including the adoption of remote working. While there was a stronger return to the workplace in 2022, hybrid working models became…

After the boom in grocery shopping in 2020, supermarkets experienced a decline in current value terms for the second consecutive year in 2022. Nonetheless, despite this disappointing performance retail value sales still remained above pre-pandemic…

Retail value sales of supermarkets recorded solid growth in 2022. However, inflation’s impact was clear here. Overall, increases in the cost of raw materials, shipping costs, labour wages and energy have led to substantial price increases across…

Supermarkets remains a larger modern grocery format in Italy, and like hypermarkets, some consumers moved towards smaller formats of retailers during the pandemic as they prioritised price and convenience. Many local consumers found smaller outlets…

Following the emergence of the pandemic in 2020, the Portuguese shopped less often and made purchases of groceries in greater quantities, which favoured hypermarkets and larger supermarkets, driving up value sales through both channels. This was…

As seen in hypermarkets, supermarkets continues to show positive growth in 2022 – for the same reasons, and also because supermarkets is showing strong competition to hypermarkets. In 2022, the Vietnamese government removed all restrictions and…

Supermarkets is the largest grocery retailers channel in Saudi Arabia and it continued to see stable growth in current value terms in 2022. The supermarkets channel was one of the big winners from the pandemic, with these stores remaining open…

Supermarkets saw retail current value growth that was slightly higher than the average for grocery retailers in Austria in 2022. However, retail current value growth was driven by strong product price increases, due to the energy crisis, while…

Supermarkets have been losing sales to other grocery retailers in recent years, with convenience stores evolving into “mini supermarkets”, with the increasing introduction of grocery products, and hypermarkets winning over supermarket shoppers by…

Like hypermarkets, the supermarkets channel struggled for growth during the pandemic as consumers adjusted their shopping behaviour. Due to the restrictions in place and the fear of contagion, alongside a shift to home working arrangements, many…

Supermarkets fared better than other modern grocery retailers in 2022. In spite of spiralling inflation, constant value sales increased moderately. In addition, there was further opening of outlets. Consumers appreciate that they can buy a range of…

Supermarkets continued to see growth in 2022; however, it was lower than convenience and discounter formats, although results were more positive compared to hypermarkets. However, when seen in terms of proportional sales, supermarkets continue to…