DUBLIN–Research and Markets has announced the addition of the 'The Future of Food Retailing in the U.S.: Shopper Insights and Market Opportunities, 4th Edition' report to their offering.
The retail market for foods and beverages is undergoing some of its greatest changes since supermarkets came to the fore in the 1940s and '50s. Economic, demographic, lifestyle and technological changes have created not only a fertile environment but the absolute necessity for new concepts to engage shoppers, capture share of stomach, and re-invent food and beverage retailing.
While the greatest competition to supermarkets and grocery stores comes from supersized 'one-stop shopping? venues like supercenters and warehouse clubs, the threat has spread out across myriad retail channels, including drugstores, dollar stores, limited assortment chains, and (the elephant in the room) online grocery shopping. Although supermarkets remain the majority force in food shopping, they are no longer calling the shots, a role now shared with Whole Foods and Trader Joe's on the natural/specialty side, Walmart, club stores, and dollar stores on the value front, and farmers markets and food trucks in trend-setting.
The Future of Food Retailing provides in-depth analysis of trends in four key retail channels through which foods and beverages are sold:
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