Focus on Food & Retail

Focus on Food & Retail April 2007

Focus on Food & Retail

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March 2007

In this issue:
·Food retailers Europe, new edtion 2007 ( with overview France)
·Store Study Trips
·Online Foodservice database ( with overview fast food Germany)

Welcome to our newsletter "Food & Retail" of March 2007. The newsletter is free of charge and we aim at sending it to you each month. In each newsletter you will be informed about new publications, services and market overviews. Our original background is food but that does not mean only supermarkets today. Foodservice, fashion, furniture, footwear etc. are studied and reported in the same practical way. We hope that our newsletters and reports will support you in your vision on future retail developments.

New Food Retailers Europe 2007 report

In February the new Markon Report Food retailers in Europe was published. The new report covers 32 countries and 350 retailers.
Here is the updated list of the food retailers in France:

Top 10 Food Retailers France

Rank Company name nr. of outlets turnover in mio euro

1 Carrefour 3,931 35,577

2 E.Leclerc 513 28,500 e

3 ITM 3,551 26,681

4 Casino 7,163 17,062

5 Auchan 392 14,400

6 Système U 854 15,050

7 Louis delhaize 289 7,456

8 Schwarz (Lidl) 1,250 5,102

9 Metro 108 3,885

10 Aldi 663 2,505

The price of the new report is only 625 euro.

Please go to the website here for more information.

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Store Study Trips (NEW)

Next to many visits to our websites STORE IMAGES and STORE CHECKS we get frequent requests for specific developments in Retail in Europe. We are happy that we can announce our new cooperation with MUTUAL INTEREST of Anthony Snoeks. Anthony is an absolute specialist in bringing food manufacturers and retailers together by organizing events and inspiring study trips to the latest store formats worldwide. There is trip to Dubai stores from 13-16 March and a trip to New York from 11-15 June. Send an email for more info to mutual.interest@wanadoo.nl

Online Foodservice Database

Our database is constantly expanding ad has now over 1600 operators. Recently Russia and Slovenia have been added and even Mexico will soon be published. Here is and update on Germany Fast Food:

Top 10 Fast Food in Germany

Rank Company name banners
Turnover
2005
mln €
Outlets

1 McDonalds McDonalds, Mc Café
2,424

1.265

2 Burger King Burger king
595

489

3
Nordsee Nordsee
286

367

4 Yum! Pizza Hut, KFC
127

115

5 Kamps Kamps
80e

980

6 Subway Subway
75e

295

7 Le Crobag Le Crobag
53

109

8 Ditsch Ditsch
46

172

9 Hallo Pizza Hallo Pizza
45

136

10 Kochlöffel Kochlöffel
44

95

More information on www.foodservice-index.com

Distributor Search

If you want to increase your international operations you cannot avoid using distributors. Finding the right distributors can be a long and costly process. The most effective way is to know the market well and start with a good and long list of possible distributors. Then gradually focus on the company that has the best growing chances. We supported many companies in their Distributor Search already. More information see the description on the website.

Find more information on www.veraart-research.com and may we suggest you to bookmark it?

Thank you for reading our newsletter and see you again next month. Don't forget to send the newsletter to a friend or colleague who would value its content.

Yke Veraart

Foto van Yke Veraart Yke Veraart
Veraart Research BV

Senior food marketeer in Europe, works for A-brand companies in many countries and supports manufacturers in developing concepts/ products and getting them listed at the European retailers. He visited all the major retailers in Western Europe as researcher, consultant but most of all as "salesman" on behalf of his clients.

veraart-research.com