Traditional Grocery Retailers

During the pandemic, the number of traditional grocery retailers decreased slightly, and retail value sales growth was negative. Conversely, during 2021 traditional grocery retailers registered a rise in retail value sales growth, as consumers…

With more than 600,000 outlets nationwide in 2021, traditional grocery retailers dominate grocery retail in Nigeria. However, this figure declined throughout the review period, due in large part to the expansion of modern grocery retail outlets, and…

High maturity and growing competition from a variety of channels, such as variety stores and convenience stores, exerted pressure on traditional grocery retailers prior to the onset of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. However, the exigencies of…

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many traditional grocery retailers recorded declining demand in 2020 and 2021. Many consumers opted to switch to shopping in larger grocery store formats, such as supermarkets and hypermarkets, where they could…

The imposition of COVID-19 related restrictions, the strong desire to shop in local, quieter outlets and the enthusiasm to support local businesses influenced consumers’ purchasing decisions in Ireland for a significant proportion of 2021. These…

Traditional grocery retailers in China includes a broad range of outlet types, which range from mom-and-pop stores to wet markets. Wet markets were hit very hard by a close link to the initial outbreak of COVID-19. Some of the earliest reported cases…

Like in the modern grocery retailing channels, traditional grocery retailers will see a significant drop in value sales in 2021 after its peak in 2020 - the year in which sales were most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. During 2020, consumers…

Traditional grocery retailers registered an increase in value sales in 2021. Traditional grocery retailers is a highly fragmented channel in Slovakia, comprising of many different, often traditional businesses, e.g., bakers, butchers, greengrocers,…

Traditional grocery retailers fared badly during the 2020 lockdowns, as consumers chose to shop in large, more spacious outlets. In order to avoid COVID-19 infection. In 2021, traditional grocery retailers registered a small recovery and there was an…

The downward decline of traditional grocery retailers was accelerated by COVID-19. To avoid exposure to COVID-19, consumers opted to do one big shop in modern grocery retailers, rather than more frequent, smaller shops in the local traditional…

In 2021, traditional grocery retailers saw slower value growth than any modern grocery retail channel, making it the worst performing grocery format. In outlet figures, the historic trend of decline continued. The main reason for this lack of…

Traditional grocery retailers recorded the most impressive current value growth within grocery retailers in 2020 as a result of the pandemic as lockdowns boosted at-home consumption. While 2021 witnessed some decline in comparison as consumers…

The extensive quarantines caused by the pandemic during 2020 forced companies to become more flexible, with many of them adopting a permanent remote working model. This transition has changed the landscape for traditional grocery retailers as many of…

Traditional grocery retailers still dominate grocery shopping in Cameroon, but they are coming under increased pressure from the growing number of modern grocery retail outlets, which have a strong appeal for middle- and high-income local consumers.…

Traditional grocery retailers in Poland is a highly fragmented competitive landscape featuring a large umbrella of independent sellers under “others”. Since modern grocery retailers entered Poland and rapidly developed in the grocery space,…

Traditional grocery retailers in 2021 have seen a slight positive growth, in contrast to the broadly negative trends generated over the review period as these independent players were pushed out of the marketplace by modern grocery retailers. This…

The retail current value sales of traditional grocery retailers plunged by a fifth during 2021. During the second half of 2021, a significant number of these outlets were forced to close for a fortnight for cleaning after staff contracted COVID-19.…

Traditional retailers continue to be the most relevant outlets for sales of groceries in Peru. This channel includes market stalls that usually offer very low prices although it is mainly comprised of bodegas which are small neighbourhood stores that…

Traditional grocery retailers recorded positive growth in 2021, despite the pressures on demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a reflection of the priority that consumers have placed on proximity when shopping for groceries since the…

Local governments have been promoting the transformation of traditional grocery open markets, so called bazaars, in large cities in Russia. Governments are rebranding open markets to ensure control over tax collection, product quality and expiration…