Tag Archives: Food retailing

The Scottish Convenience Store Sector 2023

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Leigh Sparks

Due to University commitments I was unfortunately unable to attend the Scottish Parliament Cross-Party Group on Independent Convenience Stores Tuesday evening. The technological advances in hybrid meetings however meant I was able to present online. I was delighted to accept … Continue reading →

Posted in Association of Convenience Stores, Convenience, Convenience stores, Cross Party Group, Food Retailing, Go Local, Grocery retailing, Healthy Living, Local Multiplier, Local Retailers, Retailers, Retailing, Scottish Grocers Federation, Scottish Retailing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Grocery Market Shares in Great Britain (GB) 1997-2023

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Leigh Sparks

It’s July and that can only mean one thing – it is time again to update the grocery market share data for Great Britain in the latest instalment of slow data for this series. Regulars to this blog know that I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Aldi, Asda, Brands, Competition, Data, Discounters, Food Retailing, Grocery retailing, Inflation, Kantar, Lidl, Market Shares, Morrisons, Retailers, Sainsbury, Tesco, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Food Shopping Habits – A “Massive Shift” ?

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Leigh Sparks

There can be no denying the impact of food inflation on the national psyche and individual lives. The cost-of-living crisis in the UK is significant and sustained. The exact combination of factors behind its origins and now its longevity are … Continue reading →

Posted in Aldi, Consumer Change, Cost of Living, Covid19, Discounters, Discounts, Food Retailing, Greedflation, Internet shopping, Kantar, Loyalty Schemes, Marks and Spencer, Office for National Statistics, Online Retailing, Pandemic, Shrinkflation, Tesco, Tesco Clubcard | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Scottish Retail Sales Performance

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Leigh Sparks

The monthly Scottish Retail Sales Monitor (SRSM) is a valuable publication on retail sales in Scotland produced by the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC). It has featured on a number of occasions in this blog, most recently when I took issue … Continue reading →

Posted in BRC, Covid19, Food Retailing, Non-food retailing, Retail Sales, Scottish Retail Sales, Scottish Retailing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Public Health, Taxation and Food Retailing

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Leigh Sparks

Following hard on the heels of our recent publication on transformative food retailing, my commentary on a recent paper on the taxation of soft drinks has just been published. This was an invited commentary, though peer reviewed, and is published … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumers, Food Retailing, Government, Health, Pricing, Producers, Public Health, Retailing, Soft Drinks Industry Levy, Sugar Tax, Tax | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Transformative Food Retailing, Data and Consumers

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Leigh Sparks

The knowledge that retailers and especially food retailers have around their customers and their behaviours has been a topic of interest and concern for decades. The small independent corner shop of old and the localism of buying are historical illustrations … Continue reading →

Posted in Behavioural Economics, Consumer Change, Consumers, Customisation, Data, Food Retailing, Health, Loyalty Schemes, Personal, Personalisation, Public Health, Public Policy, Sustainability, Transformative Food Retailing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Grocery Market Shares in Great Britain (GB) 1997-2022

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Leigh Sparks

It’s July and that can only mean one thing – it is time to update the grocery market share data for Great Britain. Forget global warming and the heatwave and the cost-of-living crisis (not really for either), this is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Asda, Brands, Consumers, Cooperative Group, Cost of Living, Covid19, Discounters, Food Retailing, Grocery, Inflation, Kantar, Lidl, Market Shares, Morrisons, Pandemic, Private brands, Private Label, Retail brands, Retail Change, Retailers, Sainsbury, Tesco | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

The Co-operative Group Results 2021

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Leigh Sparks

A few weeks ago I was asked to provide a short analysis on the Co-operative Group’s results for 2021. This has now been published in Coop News. I repost it below. If nothing else it shows the impact of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Availability, Community, Cooperative Group, Cooperatives, Covid19, Food Retailing, Membership, Retailing, Supply Chains | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Stirling – Still All at C

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Leigh Sparks

I had no intention of adding to my last post about the perverse decision of Stirling Council to go against official recommendation and permit a new ASDA superstore on a greenfield site further out from Stirling than any other retail … Continue reading →

Posted in Asda, Car Dependency, Climate Emergency, Closure, East Kilbride, Employment, Food Retailing, High Streets, Local Authorities, Marks and Spencer, Out of Town, Place Principle, Places, Planning, Politicians, Retail Planning, Social Inequality, Spatial Planning, Stirling, Stirling Council, Sustainability, Town Centres, Towns, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Scottish Retail Sales: Covid Impacts against the Long Term Data

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Leigh Sparks

The British/Scottish Retail Consortium has been producing its Scottish Retail Sales Monitor for a long time.  I have been charting the results since last century (!) and have commented on the monthly figures in this blog before, for example here … Continue reading →

Posted in BRC, Covid19, Food Retailing, Lockdown, Non-food retailing, Pandemic, Retail Sales, Retailers, Sales, Scotland, Scottish Retail Consortium, Scottish Retail Sales, Scottish Retailing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment