Grocery Stores and Supermarkets

Comprehensive market research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Report contents include:

Informa USA, Inc.
Supermarket News
https://supermarketnews.com/

Monthly magazine features news, information, and analysis for retail food professionals, with special features including "Top 75 Retailers & Wholesalers" (Feb.) which looks at year-over-year changes in sales and operations, "Digital Top 10" (Jun.) which takes a closer look at the top online retailers, and "Retail Trends & Outlook" (Nov.) in which analysts share their predictions for the coming year ahead.

Grocery Stores & Supermarkets
https://www.firstresearch.com/

First Research profiles cover key aspects of an industry's size, scope, and operations and include a five-year growth forecast. Profile contents include:

Food Marketing Institute
Information resources available from this organization include:

Supermarket Facts
https://www.fmi.org/
Facts section provides an overview of this retail food sector, with information provided including total supermarket sales, number of supermarkets, median store size in square feet, median weekly sales per supermarket, weekly sales per square foot of selling area, net profit margin after taxes, sales per customer transaction, average number of items carried in inventory, and total number of employees.

The Food Retailing Industry Speaks
https://www.fmi.org/
Annual report covers key issues and trends affecting the retail food industry, with topics covered in a recent report including macro environment trends impacting the industry, competitive landscape and tactics used for differentiation, consumer-facing programs and technology geared toward increasing customer loyalty, and financial and operating performance benchmarks for various operational areas.

EnsembleIQ
Publications available from this organization include:

Progressive Grocer
https://progressivegrocer.com/ / digital-archive
Monthly publication features news and information for retail food professionals, with special features including the "Annual Report of the Grocery Industry" (April issue), "The Super 50: Annual Ranking of Top Retailers" (May issue), "Annual Consumer Expenditures Study" (July issue), and "Annual PG/RIS Grocery Study" (November issue). Archived digital editions of the magazine are available free online.

Annual Report of the Grocery Industry
https://www.progressivegrocer.com/
Annual report based on a survey of retail grocery executives provides insights on the current state of the industry and their expectations for the year ahead, with topics covered in recent reports including retail climate conditions, average per-store performance measures, most successful departments at driving traffic and generating sales, consumer experience enhancements, and top issues of concern.

Mintel Group Ltd.
Grocery Retailing - US
https://store.mintel.com/

Market research report provides an in-depth analysis of the grocery retailing sector from a consumer standpoint, with topics covered in this report including market size and forecast by channel, shopper demographics and profiles, spending and shopping frequency, shopping method, channels shopped by item, purchase influencers, attitudes toward private label, and improving the shopping experience.

Industry Financial Ratios
Grocery Stores and Supermarkets
https://www.bizminer.com  Search for "4451"

Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level.

National Grocers Association
Independent Grocers Financial Survey
https://www.nationalgrocers.org/

Annual financial survey allows users to compare their firm's financial and operating performance with other independent retail grocers, with survey results broken down by store-level department, average weekly sales volume, level of profitability (median versus upper 25 percent), and geographic location. Survey highlights for sales growth, gross margins, expenses, and net profits are available free online.

Mercer LLC
U.S. Retail Compensation and Benefits Survey – Supermarket
https://www.imercer.com/

Supermarket module of this comprehensive annual survey provides compensation and benefits data for over 100 store-level and warehouse/distribution job positions ranging from CEO to store manager to produce clerk, with store departments covered by the survey including deli/bakery, meat, seafood, frozen food/dairy, produce, floral, groceries, general merchandise, pharmacy, and health and beauty.

PayScale, Inc.
Grocery Store or Supermarket
https://www.payscale.com/

Free online service provides salary, bonus, and hourly wage data for job positions in this sector such as retail store manager, assistant manager, meat cutter, deli clerk, produce clerk, grocery clerk, and cashier, with employers for which data is provided including The Kroger Co., Safeway Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Publix Super Markets, Inc., Whole Foods Market, Inc., Meijer, Inc., and Albertsons, LLC.