Markets/North America

Featured insights and store visits from North America

The Americas grocery market sizes 2020-2022

This report will help you understand the importance of key markets in North America and Latin America, including the USA, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, and their prospects through to the end of 2022.

North America retail outlook 2021

We highlight the five trends set to shape the North American food retail market in 2021.

Strategic outlook for Walmart

We look at Walmart's strategic priorities as it aims to become the world's leading omnichannel retailer and build out an ecosystem that is broader than its physical and digital stores.

USA Country Presentation

This guide to USA explores the key trends in grocery retail, the outlook for the country’s differing channels over the five year forecast period and the growth strategies of its leading retailers.

Amazon Fresh, Los Angeles, USA

Amazon has recently launched an innovative physical food retail concept. We look at some of the unique elements of this format including the Amazon Dash Cart and the integration of Alexa, its voice-based assistant.

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Mexico’s Grupo Comercial Chedraui to acquire US-based Smart & Final

Mexico’s Grupo Comercial Chedraui, through its Bodega Latina Corporation subsidiary, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire US-based operator, Smart & Final, in a $620m deal. 

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How the Kellogg Company plans to match last year’s remarkable sales
After a strong first quarter, the Kellogg Company has raised its guidance for the full year, expecting sales growth to be flat, having previously forecast a small decline. Matching last year’s sales Following a record year in 2020, it is impressive that the company is expecting to match last year’s sales, which included the pandemic driven surge in demand. While it continues to benefit from...
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Kroger launches “Go Fresh & Local Supplier Accelerator”
As part of its new strategy to lead with fresh, Kroger has launched an accelerator for local and regional fresh suppliers. This collaborative project aims at accelerating the pace of product innovation while evolving its fresh assortment to align with the growing demand from shoppers for local products. Supporting local and regional suppliers The “Go Fresh & Local Supplier Accelerator” was ...
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First look: how Sobeys aims to “Feed the Dream”
As its role as the first-ever official grocer of Team Canada, Sobeys’ parent company, Empire, has launched the “Feed the Dream” movement to support and celebrate the nation’s athletes on the road to the Tokyo Olympic Games. We look at how this is being executed in-store. Potential to celebrate two Olympic events Empire formed a partnership with the Canadian Olympic Committee, enabling its f...
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Major markets we cover in North America


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USA

Presentations

Costco profile
10/05/2021
A guide to the retailer and its operations today. Updated quarterly to include latest information on performance, strategic developments, marketing initiatives, key personnel and must see stores.
The Americas grocery market sizes 2020-2022
05/05/2021
This report will help you understand the importance of key markets in North America and Latin America, including the USA, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, and their prospects through to the end of 2022.
Revising centre store categories
30/04/2021
Centre store categories are of significant interest and importance for grocery retailers and suppliers. While on one end the centre store drives revenue for suppliers and retailers, the latter benefit from the traffic it attracts to their stores. Centre store categories also provide retailers with the opportunity to encourage shoppers to trade up or drive incremental volume.
Discount as a channel of growth in North America
29/04/2021
Discounters in North America will be adding more than $12bn to the grocery retail industry by the end of 2022, more than the supermarkets and hypermarkets channel together. This is a channel of growth for the future offering many opportunities for suppliers.
Walmart profile
27/04/2021
A guide to the retailer and its operations today. Updated quarterly to include latest information on performance, strategic developments, marketing initiatives, key personnel and must see stores.
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