Supermarkets

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…

Value sales through supermarkets continued to rise in 2022, with some consumers, encouraged by the easing of pandemic-related restrictions and greater mobility outside of the home, returning to physical stores to choose their own groceries rather…

Following a dynamic performance in 2020 and 2021 when home seclusion at the height of the restrictions saw many Taiwanese regularly cook their own meals, value growth of supermarkets stabilised over 2022, with busy local consumers returning to…

Sobeys Inc, Metro Inc, and Loblaw Cos Ltd together account for most supermarket sales in Canada. These players have a wide market reach under a variety of popular chains. However, they came under scrutiny in 2022 as some investigations found that…

The easing of COVID-19 restrictions and the subsequent higher foot traffic in malls and retail establishments helped drive strong growth in the supermarkets channel in 2022. As more workers returned to urban centres for work, there is more mobility…

After seeing dynamic growth in 2020 during the pandemic, and little movement in sales in 2021, supermarkets turned to slight decline in 2022. Nevertheless, sales remained way above the pre-pandemic level, and supermarkets continued to take slight…

While the outlet count of hypermarkets remained static in 2022, the number of supermarkets continued to grow, leveraged not only by the big players Cencosud, Walmart, and SMU opening new locations, but by independent operations launching across the…

From March 2020 to early 2021, supermarkets enjoyed an atypical peak in terms of consumer footfall and value sales. During the first and second lockdowns of 2020, consumers rushed to their favourite and closest supermarkets (as well as convenience…

Generally speaking, COVID-19 created a boom for grocery retailers in Finland, as a lot of consumption moved from foodservice and travel to grocery retailers. People ate at home instead of going out to eat, because of restrictions on foodservice…

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…