Report: Convenience Stores - UK - September 2009 TOC

Issues in the Market
Main themes
Definitions
Abbreviations
Market in Brief
The C-store revolution
The symbol group response
A two-tier sector
Market size
A static market
- Figure 1: Sales of C-stores and primary food shops, 2004-08
- Figure 2: Convenience store sales -- newcomers and established players, 2004-08
Consumer attitudes
Market shares
- Figure 3: Convenience stores: Market share and outlets, 2008
Forecast
Digression
Where next
Re-inventing the C-store
Internal Market Environment
Key points
Government enquiries
The consumer gets forgotten
Planning issues
Industry concentration
- Figure 4: Superstores' and convenience stores' sales and share of food retailers' sales, 2008
- Figure 5: Primary shopping vs C-stores, 2008
Shopping habits
The recession
Organic, ethical and ' health'
Eating on the go
Growth in convenience foods
Broader Market Environment
Key points
The economy
The recession
Employment
- Figure 6: UK workforce and employment, by gender, 2004-14
- Figure 7: Unemployment rate, 1990-2009
Incomes and spending
- Figure 8: PDI and consumer expenditure, at current prices, 2004-14
Population trends
Age profile is changing
Shift to older consumers
Implications for retailing
Declining 15-24s may respond best to image
Families are top-up shoppers
- Figure 9: Trends in UK population, by age, 2004-14
Household size
- Figure 10: Trends in number of UK households, by size, 2004-14
The recession -- again
Lifestyle trends
Obesity and ' health'
Environmental and ethical concern
Internet retailing
Market in Context
Key points
Retail sales still growing in spite of the recession
- Figure 11: All UK retail sales, at current and constant 2004 prices, 2004-09
Large food businesses have outrun smaller rivals
- Figure 12: UK retail sales through food stores, by type of store, at current prices, 2004-09
How convenience shopping compares with primary grocery shopping
- Figure 13: Convenience store sales as a percentage of all food store sales, 2004-09
Structural changes
Outlets, space and sales
- Figure 14: Grocers: Sales, outlets and sales area, 2003-07
- Figure 15: Convenience stores: Sales and outlet numbers, by type of retailer, 2008
Foods for in-home consumption
- Figure 16: Consumer expenditure on food for in-home consumption, 2004-09
Trend towards in-home drinking
- Figure 17: Consumer expenditure on alcoholic drinks, by main type, 2004-09
Other products in the convenience mix
Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
Increased demand
New entrants
Fresh foods
Weaknesses
Older customers
Opening hours
Prices
Market Size and Forecast
Retail sales through convenience stores
Small grocers
- Figure 18: ' Small' grocers' sales as a percentage of all food retailers' sales, 1994-2008
Convenience stores
Market size estimates and forecasts
- Figure 19: Retail sales through convenience stores, at current and constant prices, 2004-14
- Figure 20: C-stores' share of all food retailers' sales, 2004-14
Data problems
- Figure 21: Leading retailers: Estimated non-retail sales, 2008
The future
Immediate meal solutions
Top-up groceries
Convenience purchases
Outlook
Retailer Competitive Analysis
Key points
Leading C-store retailers
- Figure 22: Leading convenience store retailers, sales and outlets, 2008/09
Market shares
- Figure 23: Convenience retailers: Estimated market shares, 2008
Retail Advertising and Promotion
Total spending
- Figure 36: Main monitored media advertising expenditure, by retailers, 2005-09
By media type
- Figure 37: Main monitored media advertising expenditure, by retailers, percentage by media type, 2008
Advertising overview
Co-op integrating Somerfield
Spar
Musgrave
Costcutter ups the pace with Coronation Street slots
Tesco
Retailer Profiles
Co-operative Group
- Figure 38: Co-operative Group (Food): Sales as share of all UK food retailers' sales, 2004-08
- Figure 39: Co-operative Group (Food): Financial performance, 2004-08
- Figure 40: Co-operative Group: Outlet data, 2004-08
- Figure 41: Somerfield: Outlet data, 2002/03-2006/07
Retail offering
- Figure 42: Co-operative Group: Own-labels, 2008
Advertising and marketing
Costcutter Supermarkets Group Ltd
- Figure 43: Costcutter Supermarkets Group Ltd: Sales as share of all UK food retailers' sales, 2004-08
- Figure 44: Costcutter Supermarkets Group Ltd: Group financial performance, 2005-09
- Figure 45: Costcutter Supermarkets Group Ltd: Outlet data, 2005-09
Retail offering
Marks & Spencer
- Figure 46: M&S: (Food): Sales as share of all UK food retailers' sales, 2004-08
- Figure 47: Marks & Spencer (Food): Financial performance, 2005-09
- Figure 48: Marks & Spencer (Food): Sales growth, by quarter, Q1 2008/09-Q1 2009/10
- Figure 49: Marks & Spencer (Food): Outlet data, 2005-09
Retail offering
Musgrave
- Figure 50: Musgrave: Sales as share of all UK food retailers' sales, 2004-08
- Figure 51: Musgrave Plc: Consolidated financial performance, 2004-08
- Figure 52: Musgrave: estimated retail performance, 2004-08
- Figure 53: Musgrave UK: Outlet data, 2004-08
Retail offering
Premier
- Figure 54: Premier: Sales as share of all UK food retailers' sales, 2005-09
- Figure 55: Premier: Group financial performance, 2005/06-2008/09
- Figure 56: Premier: Outlet data, 2005/06-2008/09
Retail offering
J Sainsbury
- Figure 57: Sainsbury' s Local: Estimated sales as share of all UK food retailers' sales, 2004-08
- Figure 58: J Sainsbury: Group financial performance, 2005-09
- Figure 59: J Sainsbury: Outlet data, 2004/05-2008/09
Retail offering
Spar UK Ltd
- Figure 60: Spar: Sales as share of all UK food retailers' sales, 2004-08
- Figure 61: Spar wholesalers, other businesses, 2009
- Figure 62: Spar UK: Turnover, 2004/05-08/09
- Figure 63: Spar UK: Outlet data, 2004/05-2008/09
- Figure 64: Spar stores, by region, 2007
Retail offering
Advertising and marketing
Tesco Express and One Stop
- Figure 65: Tesco Express: Estimated sales as share of all UK food retailers' sales, 2004-08
- Figure 66: Tesco UK: Financial performance, 2004/05-2008/09
- Figure 67: Tesco Express, One Stop: Store portfolios, 2004/05-2008/09
Retail offering
Other symbol groups
Bargain Booze
- Figure 68: Bargain Booze portfolio, 2009
Best-One
KeyStore and KeyShop
Lifestyle Express
Martin McColl
Nisa-Today' s
Palmer & Harvey McLane (Mace)
Select and Save
Forecourts
Retailers need forecourts
Forecourts need retailers
Marriage of convenience
- Figure 69: Forecourt retailing, main fuel operators and convenience store developments, 2009
Usage of Convenience Stores
Key points
Convenience stores bought from
- Figure 70: Nearby convenience stores that consumers have bought from in the last 12 months, July 2009
C-stores' shopper profiles
C-stores not used
- Figure 71: Nearby convenience stores that consumers have not bought from in the last 12 months, July 2009
Chance encounters
- Figure 72: Bought from the stores in the last 12 months but don' t have stores nearby, July 2009
Correlation with main grocery shopping
- Figure 73: Outlet used for main grocery shopping, by nearby convenience stores consumers have bought from in the last 12 months, July 2009
- Figure 74: Nearby convenience stores consumers have bought from in the last 12 months, by outlet for main grocery shopping, July 2009
Why Do Consumers Use C-stores?
Key points
Factors driving choice of C-store
- Figure 75: Most important factors when choosing a convenience store, July 2009
Location and long opening hours matter more to ABC1s
- Figure 76: Most important factors, by socio-economic group, July 2009
Shops bought from and reasons for choosing
- Figure 77: Index of most important factors driving choice of store, by any convenience stores consumers have bought from in the last 12 months, July 2009
Attributes by store
Shops bought from -- but not nearby stores
- Figure 78: Top five factors driving choice of store, by convenience stores consumers have bought from in the last 12 months, but don' t have nearby, July 2009
Appendix -- Usage of Convenience Stores
- Figure 85: Nearby convenience stores and bought from the stores in the last 12 months, by demographics, July 2009
- Figure 86: Bought from the stores in the last 12 months but don' t have nearby stores, by demographics, July 2009
- Figure 87: Most popular factors driving choice of convenience store to shop, by bought from the stores in the last 12 months, July 2009
- Figure 88: Next most popular factors driving choice of convenience store to shop, by bought from the stores in the last 12 months, July 2009 (continued)