Some supermarket retailers rely on private label brands for up to 20% of their revenue. There are many private label food manufacturers that supply products to supermarkets and other retailers. Some of the top private label food manufacturers include: TreeHouse Foods: A US based food manufacturer that specializes in private label products, [...]
The Food Foundation (TFF) is an independent charity focused on challenges in the UK food system. They maintain an online food price tracker that tracks changes in food price indices using CPI data from the UK's Office for National Statistics and they chart data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of [...]
Some basic facts about Supermarkets: The supermarket industry employs 4.8 Million people Average size of a traditional supermarket is 51,507 square feet Average weekly sales per supermarket equals $638,756 30% of transactions are made using self-checkout systems This data comes from FMI - The Food Industry Association (formerly Food Marketing Institute) which [...]
In the U.S. food is sold in a variety of ways. Consumers spend their food dollar at mega-companies like Walmart and Amazon to small restaurants and farmer markets. Generally speaking, most food in the U.S. is sold through one of two channels: food retail or foodservice. According to the USDA's Economic Research [...]
Even if the American shopper can't fully articulate it in economic terms, most know that inflation is hitting them where it hurts - in the shopping cart. The US Government has a complicated process to determine what the inflation rate is in the economy and they claim that the inflation rate is [...]
You can find a variety of lists and reports online that define Top Grocers in the United States. Check out some of these: The FoodIndustry.Com Top 10 U.S. Grocers list - We began publishing our Top 10 Grocers list in 2019. New lists take time to compile but should be published mid-year, [...]