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    Grocery market growth cools as Christmas nears

    Chloe RyanBy Chloe RyanDecember 12, 20184 Mins Read
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    Despite retailers and shoppers getting into the festive spirit, the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks to 2 December 2018, show the sector is now growing at 2.0% – its slowest rate since March 2017. 

    Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar Worldpanel, said: “Consumers are benefiting from falling inflation.  It now stands at 1.6% – less than half the rate of inflation in December 2017, when it reached 3.6% – leading to a slowdown in the overall market.  Over the summer shoppers upped their weekly trips to the grocers as they took advantage of the hot weather, but with the mercury dropping the number of trips has tailed off – again contributing to waning market growth.”

    Black Friday – which fell on 23 November – saw footfall to the entertainment, toy and electrical retailers nearly double, but had little impact on the supermarkets.  While the majority of households did take part in Black Friday, e-commerce trumped bricks-and-mortar shopping for non-FMCG products.

    Despite the grocery market slowdown, Christmas spending is still expected to break records. McKevitt said: “The last time Christmas Day fell on a Tuesday was in 2012 and the Saturday before was the busiest shopping day of the year.  We expect the same trend to hold true this year, with Saturday 22 December pulling in the last-minute Christmas crowds. 

    “Because of the way Christmas falls, grocers have an extra trading day this year meaning overall sales in December – up to and including Christmas Eve – could reach £10 billion.  Despite an uncertain political climate taking its toll on consumer confidence, shoppers are still willing to spend that little bit extra on more expensive goods.  Total premium own-label lines are growing at 5.5%, which could lead to record sales in this price tier of £1.1 billion over the 12-week period.”  

    There are already tell-tale signs of a bumper Christmas: over the month of November, sales of festive favourites jumped as shoppers began stocking up in preparation for Christmas.  More than one in eight households have already bought a Christmas pudding, while boxed chocolate and Brussel sprout sales have reached £292 million and £18 million respectively. 

    Meanwhile, the discounters continue to perform well, with both Aldi and Lidl experiencing double-digit growth over the last 12 weeks. McKevitt said: “Boosted by a number of store openings in November, Aldi maintained its position as the fastest-growing supermarket and saw its market share rise by 0.7 percentage points to 7.6%.  Lidl’s market share also jumped – up 0.5 percentage points to 5.6% – with sales of the supermarket’s premium Deluxe line experiencing particularly strong growth of 24%.”

    Buoyed by sales growth of 1.5%, Asda led the big four pack and held market share at 15.0%. Tesco and Sainsbury’s both saw sales fall, down 0.1% and 0.2% respectively.  Tesco’s market share now stands at 27.6% compared to this time last year, while Sainsbury’s clocks in at 16.0%.  

    McKevitt said: “One of only three retailers to win market share this period, Co-op increased sales by 4.5% and attracted an additional 298,000 shoppers through its doors. Meanwhile, Morrisons’ sales increase of 0.5% now marks two years of continual growth for the retailer, though compared with this time last year its market share has fallen by 0.1 percentage points.”

    Iceland increased sales for the ninth consecutive period, holding market share steady at 2.2%. Waitrose sales fell by 0.7% and overall market share dropped to 4.9%. Online specialist Ocado experienced sales growth of 3.4%.  Overall online FMCG sales jumped by 3.7% compared with this time last year, meaning e-commerce’s share of grocery sales reached a record high of 7.4% in the latest 12 weeks. 

    Total Till Roll – Consumer Spend 12 weeks to 03
    December 2017
    Share 12 weeks to 02
    December 2018
    Share Change
    £M %* £M %* %
    Total Grocers 26,964 100.0 27,499 100.0 2.0%
    Total Multiples 26,499 98.3 27,061 98.4 2.1%
    Tesco 7,608 28.2 7,602 27.6 -0.1%
    Sainsbury’s 4,413 16.4 4,405 16.0 -0.2%
    Asda 4,058 15.0 4,117 15.0 1.5%
    Morrisons 2,870 10.6 2,885 10.5 0.5%
    Aldi 1,862 6.9 2,089 7.6 12.2%
    Co-op 1,619 6.0 1,693 6.2 4.5%
    Lidl 1,381 5.1 1,536 5.6 11.2%
    Waitrose 1,360 5.0 1,351 4.9 -0.7%
    Iceland 582 2.2 592 2.2 1.8%
    Ocado 295 1.1 305 1.1 3.4%
    Other Multiples 450 1.7 484 1.8 7.7%
    Symbols & Independents 465 1.7 438 1.6 -5.8%
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    Chloe Ryan

    Editor of Poultry Business, Chloe has spent the past decade writing about the food industry from farming, through manufacturing, retail and foodservice. When not working, dog walking and reading biographies are her favourite hobbies.

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