has at least half the say in a grocery store’s success based on the customer’s decision on where to get their groceries. A consumer’s response to factors like prices‚ inventory‚ staff‚ and originality‚ will play an important role in the success of grocers. Both larger stores like Walmart and smaller stores like Tersteegs can achieve success with the approval from customers. One main factor that contributes to grocery store successes would be prices‚ and affordable prices are always favored by customers
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Canada Research Published by Raymond James Ltd January 16‚ 2012 Loblaw Companies Ltd. L-TSX Company Report - Initiation of Coverage Kenric S. Tyghe MBA | 416.777.7188 | kenric.tyghe@raymondjames.ca Sara Kohbodi CFA (Associate) | 416.777.4916 | sara.kohbodi@raymondjames.ca Rating & Target Consumer Products & Retail Loblaw’s Loyalty Target(s) Event We are initiating coverage of Loblaw Companies (L-TSX) with an Outperform rating and a $44.00 target price. Action We recommend
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produce in their backyards‚ the Korean grocery stores will be around for quite a while. Green grocery stores started appearing in the early 1970s and have flourished ever since. However‚ the duties of a green grocer are not as easy as they seem to be. First‚ the schedule of the grocer is rigorous to say the least. He must wake up in the early hours of the morning‚ usually around 3am to shop for the produce he will be bringing back to his store. Then he must set up his shop and have it look presentable
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Industry Overview Some 400‚000 specialty retail stores operate in the US with combined annual sales of $350 billion CAGR 2002-06: 5% Market is dominated by large players like Best Buy‚ Toys “R” Us‚ Gap‚ Sports Authority‚ etc The market size of some major product categories: o Shoes and clothing - $125 billion o Electronics and appliances - $85 billion o Jewelry - $25 billion o Sporting goods - $25 billion o Books - $25 billion Other categories include Toys‚ Music‚ Luggage‚
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Conclusion / Recommendations Conclusion: Our group researched and conducted a SWOT analysis on Whole Foods Market. The strength is being one of the top grocers in the U.S. by providing healthy and organic food. The option to purchase high quality natural food is available for consumers who are health conscious. The weakness for Whole Foods is viewed as a luxury shopping destination. Lower and middle class people with limited finances cannot afford to shop there on a regular basis. The opportunity
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product goods segment. Starbucks executives say sales from this emerging side of the business will someday match sales from its retail stores. Starbucks just opened its first Evolution Fresh juicery in Bellevue‚ Wash.‚ with plans to roll it out at grocers nationally over the next year. The Starbucks new product machine is in overdrive. Energy drinks are the fastest-growing niche in the beverage business‚ up 16% over the past year‚ says John Sicher‚ publisher of Beverage Digest. "This is a very innovative
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present.} (O. Henry describes a little bit of the hardships in which they face here‚ One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next
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SN TOP 75 2011 North American Food RetAileRs raNK CoMpaNY top eXeCUtIVe(S) Corporate/ FraNChISe StoreS A=actual sales; E=estimated sales SaLeS IN $ BILLIoNS; Date FISCaL Year eNDS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Wal-Mart Stores Bentonville‚ Ark. Mike Duke president‚ CEO 4‚721 311.0E 1/31/11 Volume total represents combined sales of all Wal-Mart formats in the U.S. and Canada‚ which account for approximately 74% of total corporate sales. WalMart operates 2‚882 supercenters in the U
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Case Study Report COMPANY INFORMATION Fresh Direct‚ www.freshdirect.com‚ Long Island City‚ New York‚ Online Grocer BACKGROUND STORY Fresh Direct offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee to their customers. They take pride in delivering foods from the farm to the table in a quick‚ precise and quality manner. Fresh Direct was started in 2001 by Joseph Fedele and Jason Ackerman in the New York area. The company set very high quality standards and staffed their 300‚000-square-foot production facility
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Westfield Stratford City Westfield Stratford City is a shopping centre in Stratford‚ London‚ owned by the Westfield Group. The centre opened on 13 September 2011‚ with a total retail floor area of 1‚883‚700 square feet (175‚000 m2) it is one of the largest urban shopping centers in Europe. It is the 3rd largest shopping centre in the United Kingdom by retail space behind the Trafford Centre and Metro Centre. Taking the surrounding shopping area into account‚ it is the largest urban shopping centre
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