By Type of Store
Grocery Store — Any
retail store selling a line of dry grocery, canned goods
or nonfood items plus some perishable items.
Supermarket—Any full-line self-service
grocery store generating a sales volume of $2 million or more
annually
Convenience Store— Any full-line, self-service
grocery store offering limited line of high-convenience items.
Open
long hours and provides easy access. The majority sell
gasoline with
an annual sales of $2 million or more.
Independent — An
operator of fewer than 11 retail stores.
Chain — An
operator of 11 or more retail stores.
By Store Format
Conventional
Supermarket - The original supermarket format offering
a full line of groceries, meat, and produce with
at least $2 million in annual sales. Conventional
stores will realize 9% of their sales in GM/HBC. These stores typically
carry approximately 15,000 items, offer a service deli
and frequently a service bakery.
Superstore - A larger
version of the conventional supermarket with at least 40,000
square feet in total selling area and 25,000 items. Superstores
offer an expanded
selection of non-foods (at least 10% GM/HBC).
Food/Drug Combo - A combination
of superstore and drug store under a single roof, with common
checkouts. GM/HBC represents at least one-third
of the
selling area
and approximately 15% of store sales. These stores also have a pharmacy.
Warehouse Store - A low-margin grocery store offering reduced variety,
lower service levels, minimal decor, and a streamlined merchandising
presentation, along with aggressive pricing. Generally, warehouse
stores don't offer
specialty
departments, e.g., Xtra.
Super Warehouse - A high-volume, hybrid
format of a superstore and a warehouse store. Super warehouse stores
typically offer a full
range of service departments,
quality perishables, and reduced prices, e.g., Cub Foods.
Limited-Assortment Store - A "bare-bones," low-priced grocery
store that provides very limited services and carries fewer than 2,000
items with
limited-if any-perishables, e.g., Aldi and Sav-A-Lot.
Other - The small corner grocery store that carries a limited selection
of staples and other convenience goods. These stores generate approximately
$1 million in
business annually.
Convenience Store (Traditional) - A small,
higher-margin store that offers an edited selection of staple
groceries, non-foods,
and other
convenience
food items,
i.e., ready-to-heat and ready-to-eat foods. The traditional format
includes those stores that started out as strictly convenience
stores but might
also sell gasoline.
Convenience Store (Petroleum-Based) - The
petroleum-based stores are primarily gas stations with a
convenience store.
Non-Traditional Grocery
Hypermarket - A very large food and
general merchandise store with approximately 180,000 square
feet of selling space. While
these
stores typically devote
as much as 75% of the selling area to general merchandise,
the food-to-general merchandise
sales ratio is typically 60/40, e.g., Bigg's.
Wholesale Club - A membership
retail/wholesale hybrid with a varied selection and limited
variety of products presented
in
a warehouse-type
environment.
These 120,000 square-foot stores have 60% to 70% GM/HBC
and a grocery line dedicated
to large sizes and bulk sales. Memberships include both
business accounts and consumer groups, e.g., Sam's Club, Costco,
and
BJ's.
Mini-Club - A scaled-down version of the
wholesale club. The mini-club is approximately one-fourth the size of a typical wholesale club and carries about 60% of the SKUs, including all of the major food and sundry depatments and a limited line of merchandise (soft goods, office supplies, and opportunistic, one-time buys), e.g. Sam's Club, Costco, and Bjs.
Supercenters- A large food/drug combination store and mass merchandiser under a single roof. The supercenters offer a wide variety of food, as well as as non-food merchandise. These stores average more than 170,000 square feet and typically devote as much s 40% of the space to gorcery items, e.g., Wal-mart, Kmart, Super Target, Meijer, and Fred Meyer.
Deep-Discount Drug Store-A low-margin, GM/HBC store with approximately 28,000 square feet of selling space and 25,000 SKUs. These stores typically carry fewer sizes but more GM/HBC brands than a supermarket. Food accounts for 20% of store sales, e.g., PharMor and Drug Emporium.
Internet- An Internet-based grocery distribution operator. Included in this format are all Internet operators who use the Internet as the primary means of accepting grocery orders for home delivery or pickup. Also included are major food retailers that generate a portion of their sales through Internet-based sales. Internet suppliers typically offer 12,000 SKUs or more for home delivery, e.g. Peapod.
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