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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported a strengthening of year-over-year retail sales growth to 7.2% in April, with a 7.4% increase in volumes.
On May 14, 2019, Kroger and Lindsay Goldberg, a private investment firm, announced a collaboration to form an investment vehicle named PearlRock Partners.
Our second annual survey of grocery shopping habits found that while more than one-third of US consumers now buy groceries online, 72% of those shoppers direct only a small amount of their total grocery spend online.
Morrisons reported group same-store sales growth of 2.3% excluding fuel, below the consensus estimate of 2.5% recorded by StreetAccount.
Ahold Delhaize reported 1Q19 net sales of €15.88 billion, up 1.5% year over year at constant exchange rates (up 6.3% as reported), and slightly below the consensus estimate of €15.96 billion recorded by StreetAccount.
Carrefour SA is a French multinational retailer of groceries and general merchandise that operates a network of hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores, cash-and-carry outlets and e-commerce websites.
Loblaw reported 1Q19 same-store sales growth of 2.0% in food retail and 2.2% in drug retail, with growth in both segments accelerating from the prior quarter. Revenue of C$10.66 billion came in slightly ahead of the consensus estimate of C$10.60 billion.
Sainsbury’s reported FY19 adjusted profits ahead of expectations, but comparable sales continued to slide in the final quarter. Following the company’s abandonment of a merger with rival Asda, management outlined plans to invest in stores and technology.
In 1Q19, Casino Group reported flat same-store sales in France, versus expectations of a 0.4% uplift. Casino reported 1Q19 group comparable sales growth of 3.0%, supported by growth in Latin America.
On April 25, 2019, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority blocked the planned merger of Sainsbury’s and Walmart-owned Asda, which are, respectively, the UK’s second- and third-largest grocery retailers.
Carrefour reported 1Q19 group comparable sales of 2.7%, strengthening from 1.9% in the prior quarter and ahead of the consensus estimate of 1.7%. This was supported by a sequential improvement in French comps as the company cut prices.
The Office for National Statistics reported a strengthening of retail growth to 4.4% year over year in March, supported by a 4.0% increase in volumes. Growth was supported by a reported 8.9% increase in sales at small retailers.
Aldi and Lidl have brought major disruption to the UK grocery market — and they could be on course to add another £9 billion of combined sales over the next five years. In this report, we review five measures major UK grocery retailers have taken to fight Aldi and Lidl, and how successful each has been.
This report covers European retailing, with a focus on the UK, Germany and France. Structural trends challenging middleground legacy retailers include an ongoing attrition of market share to online and discount channels.
Younger millennials shop at mass merchandisers, spend on wellness and fitness, and try to buy consciously. Millennials aged 30+ are more likely than their younger peers to look for savings, shop at traditional supermarkets and buy groceries online.
