Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 36

GROCERY INNOVATION

RANKING GROCERS IN CANADA
2016 figures courtesy of the Centre for the
Study of Commercial Activity at Ryerson
University Toronto:

1. Weston Group

(Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix, The Real Canadian
Superstore, Loblaw, No Frills)
Retail Sales ($ millions): 45,394
Number of Stores: 2,751
Number of Chains: 35
Total Employees: 196,001
Footage ft2 (000s): 67,960

2. Walmart Stores, Inc.

Walmart Supercenters, Walmart
Retail Sales ($ millions): 30,541
Number of Chains: 2
Footage ft2 (000s): 57,426

Number of Stores: 396
Total Employees: 95,000

3. Empire Company Limited
Sobeys, Safeway, IGA
Retail Sales ($ millions): 24,619
Number of Chains: 22
Footage ft2 (000s): 39,724

Number of Stores: 1,852
Total Employees: 123,147

4. Costco Wholesale Corp.
Costco
Retail Sales ($ millions): 20,636
Number of Chains: 1
Footage ft2 (000s): 12,300

Number of Stores: 89
Total Employees: 25,547

5. Metro Inc.

Metro, Food Basics
Retail Sales ($ millions): 12,224
Number of Chains: 12
Footage ft2 (000s): 21,569

Number of Stores: 975
Total Employees: 65,000

6. The Jim Pattison Group

Save On Foods & Drugs, AG Foods, Overwaitea Foods
Retail Sales ($ millions): 4,546
Number of Stores: 227
Number of Chains: 11
Total Employees: 22,184
Footage ft2 (000s): 7,478

7. HY Louie Group

London Drugs, MarketPlace IGA, Fresh St. Market
Retail Sales ($ millions): 2,811
Number of Stores: 111
Number of Chains: 3
Total Employees: 9,113
Footage ft2 (000s): 3,389

8. Federated Co-operatives Limited

Co-op Food Stores, Calgary Co-op, Co-op Home Stores
Retail Sales ($ millions): 2,639
Number of Stores: 249
Number of Chains: 5
Total Employees: 15,659
Footage ft2 (000s): 5,872

9. Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc.
Longo's
Retail Sales ($ millions): 630
Number of Chains: 1
Footage ft2 (000s): 1,036

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CANADIAN RETAILER

Number of Stores: 27
Total Employees: 3,512

| THE FOOD & GROCERY ISSUE

As Milic sees it, the grocery industry has
finally achieved long-overdue efficiencies and
improvements in the supply chain. "They needed to get that in order, and I think they've done
a marvelous job," he says.
Now that that's done, grocers can wrestle
the next big challenge, which is a bifurcated
market. A bifurcated market occurs when customers split, en masse, into two groups: those
who shop for savings, and those who shop for
experience. Shoppers tend to gravitate towards
one of two stores-a value-oriented store, or a
high-end store. Grocers, who chase the customer, need to respond. Do they deliver savings, or
do they deliver experience? But, to respond
properly, they must first understand what their
customers want?
Surveys of Canadian shoppers offer a complicated portrait of consumers. Broadly, Canadians are digitally-connected foodies who are
as health-conscious (think: luxury retailing) as
they are price-conscious (think: value retailing).
How the grocery market will split is an unanswered question. Department stores have
already witnessed a bifurcation of the market,
a clear split between high-end luxury retailers
and value-for-dollar retailers. The phenomenon hasn't been a good experience for middle
ground retailers, Milic says. "All the middle
ground in department stores-gosh, they're the
ones who are struggling."
"Why shouldn't we expect to see the same
thing in grocery?" he asks.



Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017

Publisher’s Desk
Retail Currents
Under the Banner
Retail: At Issue
The Finalists Are
Launching Strellson's North American Expansion
Entering the Great White North
Food for Thought for Canadian Grocers
A Real Mouthful
Curating the Grocery Experience
Breaking the Chain
Van Stolk Takes Retail to the Last Frontier
Advertiser’s Index
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - intro
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - cover1
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - cover2
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 3
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - Publisher’s Desk
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 5
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - Retail Currents
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 7
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 8
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - Under the Banner
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - Retail: At Issue
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 11
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 12
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 13
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - The Finalists Are
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 15
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - Launching Strellson's North American Expansion
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 17
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 18
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 19
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - Entering the Great White North
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 21
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 22
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 23
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - Food for Thought for Canadian Grocers
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 25
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 26
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 27
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - A Real Mouthful
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 29
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 30
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 31
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - Curating the Grocery Experience
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 33
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 34
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 35
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 36
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 37
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 38
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 39
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - Breaking the Chain
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 41
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 42
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 43
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 44
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 45
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - Van Stolk Takes Retail to the Last Frontier
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 47
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 48
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - 49
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - Advertiser’s Index
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - cover3
Canadian Retailer - Spring 2017 - cover4
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