WAITROSE BACKGROUND Presentation * We are an upmarket chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom and are the food division of the British retailer and worker co-operative the John Lewis Partnership. * The John Lewis Partnership is an employee-owned UK retailer which operates John Lewis department stores‚ Waitrose supermarkets and the direct services company Greenbee. * Our reputation has been built‚ above all‚ on the quality and freshness of our food. We hold a Royal Warrant with Her
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INDUSTRIAL REPORT ANALYSIS OF SOBEYS Group Members: Deng Yushi (Nate) Huang Xinyi (Cindy) Kang Yiyue (Demi) Cai Gaosong (Coulson) Grewal Jasnoor Kaur Section 8 Instructor: Carrie Barr Business Writing 5N81 Date: 2015/8/20 Introduction Sobeys Inc. is the second largest food retailer in Canada having approximately 1500 stores in 10 provinces (Sobeys. August 16th‚ 2015). It is the wholly owned subsidiary of The Empire Company Limited having its headquarters in Stellar ton‚ Nova Scotia. We analyze
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Independents‚ and Unaffiliated Indpn. - Independent sector represents 39.3% of grocery market sales. - Unaffiliated independents facing tough time a lot going out of business. - 44 Grocery Chains‚ 4 leading competitors: Sobeys‚ Metro‚ A&P‚ and Canada Safeway - Wholesale Clubs: Costco (first-mover advantage) competes with Wal-Mart - Specialty Chains (niche segments): Whole Foods competes with Loblaw’s PC Organics products - Convenience Stores: higher growth than grocery supermarkets. Operations Overview:
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Porter’s Five Forces Threat of New Entrants Grocery market in UK is primary dominate by few big organisation which including Tesco‚ Asda‚ Safeway and Sainsbury’s. Nowadays‚ grocery market has transformed into supermarket business. Customers prefer one stop shopping and supermarket usually provide more selection of products and products quality can be assure. Hence‚ it is hard and strong barrier for the new organisation to enter the market. New entrants need to have sufficient capital to set up
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groceries online and have them delivered to their homes. Target customers would include housewifes‚ pregnant mothers‚ gamers‚ and generally people who stay home a lot or too busy to go out to do grocery shopping. My two main competitors would be Safeway Online Grocery and InstaCart. They are both very well-known and are used by many customers‚ however there has been complaints about its inconvenient fee and inconsistent delivery time. These are the angles I am trying to prioritize in my business
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Writing assignment: Pick a grocery store‚ and take notes on how the store is set up‚ and what factors you see affecting common food selections by the public. When I first step into Safeway‚ the smell of fresh‚ spicy soup washes over me in waves from the soup stand‚ and on my left is a Starbucks‚ which has an enthralling aroma of its own. These impulse items‚ including flowers‚ candy‚ and snacks‚ are strategically placed at the front of a store and at the checkout. Seasonal items are also located
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Class #2: EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS - LOBLAW 1. Please give a summary of the case / problem statement • Threat of new entry in industry‚ company thinks they may need to take some action to either prevent this or stay competitive 2. What environmental components are relevant for Loblaw’s external analysis? Why? • Industry: Grocery Retail • Technological- new technologies (RFID‚ ECCNet) o Process management‚ integration of store
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Over recent years‚ Tesco has become the world’s third largest retailer and holds a dominant position in the UK’s grocery market‚ with a turnover of £42.6Billion in 2007 (FAME). Tesco has increasingly looked overseas for growth‚ with 1‚376 stores outside the UK; international sales of £11billion in 2007‚ generating £564million in trading profit. International expansion began in Hungary in 1994 but most of the company’s overseas development has occurred post 2000 and currently operates in 14 countries
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In the USA Today article titled “Kroger to buy Harris Teeter chain in $2.4B deal”‚ it clearly showed that the battle for the next Grocery King has officially begun. Kroger has confirmed their purchase of North Carolina based supermarket‚ Harris Teeter. As the second largest food retailer‚ Kroger has acquired Harris Teeter in a $2.4 billion acquisition welcoming over 200 additional stores into the family. Currently Kroger has approximately 2‚419 stores in 31 states. A combination of food and drug
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