France Grocery 2018

France Grocery 2018


Release date: February 8th, 2018 (68 pages)
PDF/Powerpoint format. Price: GBP995.00

Abstract

With €186bn in sales France has become the biggest grocery market in the EU. 2017 saw significant changes in the sector with E.Leclerc becoming the biggest grocer and toppling Carrefour of its perch, which it had occupied for decades.

In recent years it has been claimed that in France the rise of the discounters has been successfully checked, especially as Dia, Franprix, and Leaderprice have had such a tough time, so that the two former are being converted into convenience fascias.

That said the originals Lidl and Aldi are far from neutered, in fact Lidl is the fastest growing retailer in the entire French market. Aldi has been growing as well, but at a lot slower pace and is now refreshing its proposition and stores. In fact France is one of the few countries where Lidl has managed to outperform Aldi.

Regarding online, the drive boom is now over, due to legislation and saturation, so that the rate of openings has significantly slowed. Moreover there is a shopper behaviour shift towards ultra fast deliveries (hence the Ocado/Monoprix deal) and most of the big players are pushing innovative partnerships with logistics start ups to speed up same day deliveries.

France is also the market where halal ranges have seen most development (due to the population structure) and also where organic has been booming. Organic range development has been followed in importance by local, artisanal products, backed by French cuisine and an agricultural sector with many small scale, high end, premium producers supported by the CAP.

Table of contents

GDP & Population, EU 28 p7
GDP: EU28 2014, 2015, 2016 in €, ranked by size p8
GDP & Population: analysis and explanation p9
GDP: EU28 2016 in €, ranked by size, Germany – Finland p10
GDP: EU28 2016 in €, ranked by size, Portugal - Malta p11
Population: EU28 2017, ranked by size p12
GDP: EU28 2016, in €, per capita, ranked by size, Luxembourg – Spain p13
GDP: EU28 2016, in €, per capita, ranked by size, Malta - Bulgaria p14
EU28 Retail, On a rebound p15
Retail: EU28 2014, 2015, 2016, in €, ranked by size p16
Retail: EU28 2016, in €, ranked by size, France – Finland p17
Retail: EU28 2016 in €, ranked by size, Greece - Malta p18
Retail sizes: analysis and explanation p19
Retail: % share of GDP, EU28 2016, ranked by size p20
Retail: EU28 2016, in €, per capita, ranked by size, Luxembourg – Cyprus p21
Retail: EU28 2016, in €, per capita, ranked by size, Spain – Romania p22
Grocery Retail, Defensive sector in transformation p23
Grocery Retail: EU28 2015, 2016, 2017, in €, ranked by size p24
Grocery Retail: EU28 2017, in €, ranked by size, France - Denmark p25
Grocery Retail: EU28 2017, in €, ranked by size, Finland - Malta p26
Grocery Retail sizes: analysis and explanation p27
Grocery Retail: % share of Retail, EU28 2016, ranked by size p28
Grocery Retail: EU28 2017, in €, per capita, ranked by size, Sweden - Estonia p29
Grocery Retail: EU28 2017, in €, per capita, ranked by size, Greece – Romania p30
EU28 Retail, Growth p31
Grocery Retail: EU28 2012 - 2017, in €bn p32
Grocery Retail: EU28 2013 - 2017, in y-o-y % p33
Grocery Retail: EU28 2012 - 2017, 5 year growth rate in %, ranked p34
Grocery Retail Growth: analysis and explanation p35
Country profiles: France – the EU’s biggest grocery market p36
Executive summary: France p37
Market shares and profiles, the leading players p39
France Grocery Retail: shares, in %, ranked by size, E.Leclerc – Aldi p40
France: E.Leclerc winning number one spot, Carrefour multichannel transformation p41
France: E.Leclerc store format pictures, drive pieton, drive, express p42
France: Carrefour job losses to come, Intermarché operates most drives p43
France: Carrefour reflets de France, Carrefour BIO, store formats pictures p44
France: Casino the multichannel champion, the Cdiscount master stroke p45
France: Casino Cdiscount non food cooperation in store, execution pictures p46
France: Auchan, still the hypermarket operator with the highest sales density p47
France: Auchan Velizy, new click & collect system pictures p48
Discounters, Lidl dominates the French market p49
France: Lidl leads the market in growth terms, Aldi Nord refreshes its stores p50
France: Lidl France store pictures, Aldi Nord refreshes its stores, pictures p51
Online, The French contribution of le drive p52
France: the country of the drives, but home delivery is coming p53
France: the non food marketplaces integration and opportunities p54
Buying alliances, More potential synergies to come p55
France: buying alliances, trying to avoid supervision of Loi Sapin 2 p56
Organics boom, Chiming well with French cuisine p57
France: halal boom, local artisanal products, private label developments p58
France: Organic specialists expanding, Biocoop, Naturalia and La Vie Claire p59
France: Data, organic market 1999-2015 in €m p60
France: NatureO – the French organic specialist p61
Outlook p62
Outlook: Grocers preparing for the Amazon Fresh onslaught p63
Sources p64
Chart 1 GDP: EU28 2014, 2015, 2016 in €, ranked by size p8
Chart 2 GDP: EU28 2016 in €, ranked by size, Germany – Finland p10
Chart 3 GDP: EU28 2016 in €, ranked by size, Portugal – Malta p11
Chart 4 Population: EU28 2017, ranked by size p12
Chart 5 GDP: EU28 2016, in €, per capita, ranked by size, Luxembourg – Spain p13
Chart 6 GDP: EU28 2016, in €, per capita, ranked by size, Malta – Bulgaria p14
Chart 7 Retail: EU28 2014, 2015, 2016, in €, ranked by size p16
Chart 8 Retail: EU28 2016, in €, ranked by size, France – Finland p17
Chart 9 Retail: EU28 2016 in €, ranked by size, Greece - Malta p18
Chart 10 Retail: % share of GDP, EU28 2016, ranked by size p20
Chart 11 Retail: EU28 2016, in €, per capita, ranked by size, Luxembourg – Cyprus p21
Chart 12 Retail: EU28 2016, in €, per capita, ranked by size, Spain – Romania p22
Chart 13 Grocery Retail: EU28 2015, 2016, 2017, in €, ranked by size p24
Chart 14 Grocery Retail: EU28 2017, in €, ranked by size, France - Denmark p25
Chart 15 Grocery Retail: EU28 2017, in €, ranked by size, Finland - Malta p26
Chart 16 Grocery Retail: % share of Retail, EU28 2016, ranked by size p28
Chart 17 Grocery Retail: EU28 2017, in €, per capita, ranked by size, Sweden - Estonia p29
Chart 18 Grocery Retail: EU28 2017, in €, per capita, ranked by size, Greece – Romania p30
Chart 19 Grocery Retail: EU28 2012 - 2017, 5 year growth rate in %, ranked p34
Chart 20 France Grocery Retail: shares, in %, ranked by size, E.Leclerc - Aldi p40
Chart 21 France: Data, organic market 1999-2015 in €m p60
Table 1: Grocery Retail: EU28 2012 - 2017, in €bn p32
Table 2: Grocery Retail: EU28 2013 - 2017, in y-o-y % p33