The traditional grocery retailing channel is extremely fragmented, with only one player – International Co for Sweets Production – holding a measurable retail value share in 2021. Poor public transport contributes to the enduring popularity of these neighbourhood stores, which are usually within walking distance of the homes of urban consumers, making them easily accessible for both planned and emergency purchases.
During the pandemic, traditional grocery retailers benefitted from the fact that their stores tend to be in residential areas. This was an important factor given that mobility was restricted.
As low- and middle-income groups increasingly test different grocery shopping channels, traditional grocery retailers are having to add value to their offerings to sustain loyalty. Ensuring reliable, affordable delivery services has been one way in which such retailers have adapted and gained customer trust.
The rate of growth in retail current value sales of traditional grocery retailers will remain relatively slow during the coming years, partly influenced by the anticipated near-minimal sites/outlets growth. As more consumers shift their attention towards more modernised channels, including e-commerce, the tendency towards shopping at smaller retailers for anything but small and essential will decline, reducing basket sizes and thus value sales potential.
Whilst the number of traditional grocery retailers in Egypt continued to grow during the review period, with there being more than 20 traditional grocery retail outlets for every modern one, the gap between traditional and modern is steadily narrowing. In fact, the retail current value sales of modern grocery retailers is expanding at almost three times the rate of that recorded by traditional grocery retailers.
During the forecast period, traditional grocery retailers will see no more than a very modest rate of growth in retail current value terms. The number of traditional grocery retail outlets will be almost static during this period, as consumers are increasingly favouring modern grocery retailers.
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Traditional grocery retailing is the aggregation of those channels that are invariably non-chained and are, therefore, owned by families and/or run on an individual basis. For Euromonitor traditional grocery retailing is the aggregation of three channels: Independent Small Grocers, Food/Drink/Tobacco Specialists and Other Grocery Retailers. While there can be modern (i.e. chained) food/drink/tobacco specialists or other grocery retailers, due to the store's presence in the channel, these stores are still considered as traditional for Euromonitor International.
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