Category: Food & Grocery Retailing
Food & Grocery Retailing market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Supermarkets in Turkey
Supermarkets in Turkey continued to steal value share from small local grocers in 2024. Turkey is a country that is still undergoing urbanisation, with rural populations moving to the cities. With such factors pushing modern grocery retailing growth, the supermarkets channel is benefiting and seeing ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Hungary
Supermarkets in Hungary posted a negative result in current value sales terms for a second consecutive year in 2024, with the rate of decline deepening from 2023. This was partly explained by more aggressive price-based promotional activity as inflationary pressures receded, but mainly attributable ... Read More
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Small Local Grocers in Hungary
Following double-digit growth in 2023, small local grocers in Hungary recorded a modest contraction in current value terms in 2024. This was mainly due to a significant and sustained drop in inflationary pressures, though the downturn also reflected increasing competition from modern grocery retaile ... Read More
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Retail in the Philippines
Retail in the Philippines recorded healthy growth in in current value terms in 2024, albeit at a slower pace than 2023. While the annual inflation rate declined year-on-year, a legacy of rising costs has led to cautious consumer behaviour, impacting discretionary spending. However, the labour market ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Thailand
Supermarkets continued to see strong growth in Thailand in 2024 both in current value terms and in terms of the number of outlets. This strong performance continued to be supported by changing consumer preferences regarding where they choose to shop for groceries including food and beverages. Thanks ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Malaysia
Supermarkets in Malaysia continued to recover from the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the end of the review period. In 2024, retail current value sales and the number of outlets saw further growth, albeit remaining below their 2019 pre-pandemic levels. The rising number of premium supermar ... Read More
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Retail in Malaysia
Retail in Malaysia saw slightly faster retail current value growth in 2024, compared with 2023, albeit slower than in 2021 and 2022. At the end of the review period, Malaysians continued to prioritise purchasing essentials like food and drinks or immediate need non-grocery items over perceived non-e ... Read More
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Supermarkets in the Philippines
Supermarkets in the Philippines enjoyed positive gains in current value terms in 2024. Growth was boosted by the continued expansion of players such as SM Retail Inc, Robinsons Retail Holdings and Puregold Inc, which extended their presence into new territories. In this sense, supermarkets had the a ... Read More
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Retail in Thailand
Retail in Thailand posted positive growth in current value terms in 2024 representing a similar performance to the one seen in 2023. The market landscape is becoming more dynamic due to both positive and negative factors. For example, fluctuations in the economy impacted consumer spending behaviour. ... Read More
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Small Local Grocers in Sweden
Small local grocers achieved positive sales in 2024, despite ongoing competition from other grocery retailers, and notably so from major retail chains and discounters, with the latter continuing to benefit from consumers’ ongoing price-sensitivity. However, it should also be noted that lower value s ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Romania
Supermarkets registered healthy current value growth in Romania in 2024, though constant value growth was much more muted. Though inflation eased, prices continued to rise and cut into profit margins. That being said, there continued to be expansion with chains such as Profi and Mage Image opening n ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Poland
Supermarkets demonstrated healthy growth in Poland 2024, benefiting from both increased sales volumes and price increases. Polish consumers increasingly favour supermarkets due to their convenient locations and wide range of products. The expansion of leading chains such as Dino, Lewiatan, and Stokr ... Read More
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Small Local Grocers in Romania
Small local grocers continued to be significant retailers in Romania in 2024 in terms of overall value sales. However, though there was a modest increase in current value sales, constant value sales fell. The number of outlets also continued to decline. While consumers do appreciate the proximity of ... Read More
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Retail in Colombia
Retailing in Colombia was impacted by economic challenges in 2024, with inflationary pressures and higher interest rates creating ongoing cost-of-living pressures. Total retail expenditure was subdued in current value terms, in a marked contrast to the highs seen post-pandemic. Competition has inten ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Colombia
Supermarkets have lost ground in Colombia’s grocery retail landscape amid growing competition from hard discounters, which gained share in 2024. Low single-digit value growth was driven by inflation while consumers shifted towards outlets offering more affordable everyday goods. To capitalise on thi ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Italy
2024 was a relatively good year for supermarkets with the channel seeing an increase in the number of outlets as well as solid growth in current value terms. Sales benefited from more stable inflation which was accompanied by the return of increased promotional activity all of which encouraged consu ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Sweden
Supermarkets achieved healthy value sales in Sweden in 2024, thanks to the strengthening economy, with lower inflation, growing real wages, and improving consumer spending confidence. Value sales were slightly lower in 2024 compared to 2023, although this is attributed to lowering unit prices for go ... Read More
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Retail in Poland
Retail in Poland saw a rise in overall value sales in 2024, though growth was lower than that recorded in recent years. High interest rates on loans have affected the costs of debt financing and weakened demand for more expensive goods, such as consumer durables. The driving force of overall retail ... Read More
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Small Local Grocers in the US
Despite maintaining marginal current value growth, small local grocers in the US faced an uphill battle in 2024, as rising prices and shrinking profit margins continued to erode the ability of many such outlets to compete. High inflation remained a persistent issue, driving up the cost of goods, whi ... Read More
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Retail in Argentina
Argentina’s retail industry in 2024 was impacted by economic and political developments in the country. After four years of populist economic policies, which left the Argentinian economy in bankruptcy, mired in hyperinflation and with depleted Central Bank reserves, Javier Milei was elected presiden ... Read More
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Retail in Belgium
Retail sales registered modest growth in current value terms in 2024. Growth was stronger in 2023 but this was largely fuelled by inflation. In 2024 prices started to stabilise although consumer purchasing behaviour was still affected by the inflation crisis. Indeed, consumers remained reluctant to ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Bulgaria
With lower inflation and stabilising retail prices, consumer purchasing power began to gradually improve in Bulgaria in 2024, leading to positive constant value growth in the supermarket channel. As economic conditions became less volatile, shoppers started to focus not only on price but also on the ... Read More
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Small Local Grocers in Canada
In 2024, small local grocers in Canada registered marginal growth in the number of outlets, while retail current value sales dropped, albeit moderately and for the first time in the review period. Small grocers continued to face significant challenges at the end of the review period, as they struggl ... Read More
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Retail E-Commerce in Canada
In 2024, retail e-commerce in Canada continued to see strong, if slower than in 2023, growth in current value sales. At the end of the review period, retail e-commerce remained a fast-developing and dynamic channel in the market. While the rates of retail value growth have slowed since the exponenti ... Read More
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Supermarkets in Argentina
In Argentina’s supermarkets in 2024, Asian concept stores, as the main competitors to chained players, enjoyed a reversal of their previously poor performance. Towards the end of the review period, Asian concepts saw a continued deep crisis, resulting in some such supermarkets closing their business ... Read More
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