The cost of farming
"With BPS being phased out and dramatically rising costs, what are the prospects for the 2023 UK harvest?"
Food and Groceries sector
Tagged Articles
Spotlight: Agri-food sustainability
Contains 2 articles"Commitments to enhanced environmental standards are becoming common across agri-food supply chains"
Spotlight: UK Grocery Report – 2022
Contains 2 articles"Ongoing headwinds dampen consumer confidence"
Investor demand remains strong in the UK supermarket sector
"Ongoing demand for secure income on long-leased assets has supported supermarket investment through 2021"
Spotlight: European Food and Groceries Sector
Contains 9 articles"Consumer confidence remains suppressed; however, the grocery sector shows strong resilience. The key question remains, how to predict consumer behaviour in the new normal"
United Kingdom: Strong occupational growth set to continue
"With a significant pandemic-related uptick in grocery spending, strong annual portfolio growth is set to continue, particularly from the value-orientated brands"
France: Covid-19 has seen significant improvement in performance for the top 10 foodstore operators
"With significant pandemic-related improvements in trading results across all major foodstore operators, there has been little shift in their market share positions nationally"
Spain: Mercadona remains dominant in the market in what has been a positive year for all foodstore operators
"Pandemic-related uptick in trading results has been felt across all brands and sectors; however, independent retail operators have gained traction in the market in a year where consumers have stayed at home and increased their local grocery consumption"
Italy: Domestic brands dominate the market, giving them the confidence to expand as performance improves
"In a market where online grocery provision is less mature than in other European countries, it is the domestic operators with the confidence to grow, whilst the international brands take stock and rationalise"
Germany: Most brands have chosen to err on the side of caution amidst the pandemic
"With a significant pandemic-related improvement in trading results across all major foodstore operators, there has perhaps surprisingly been little acquisition activity from the top 10 retailer operators"
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