The document discusses trends in the food industry and consumer landscape in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. It notes that consumers are increasingly demanding and face changing demographics. The food supply chain is driven by the consumer, who wants value, convenience, quality, and transparency. Major trends include the rise of discount stores and ethnic retailers, online grocery growth through companies like Amazon, and evolving retail formats. Strategic opportunities lie in understanding diverse consumers and adapting quickly to their changing needs.
3. Tell Me and I Forget
Teach Me and I Remember
Involve me and I Learn
Ben Franklin
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4. Previous Presentations
• 2013: The Consumer will change your
business whether you like it or not!
• 2012: Speed: The Consumer is Changing
Faster than the Food Industry can change!
• 2011: Seek to stay out in front and don‟t look
back!
• 2010: The World is Changing Faster than you
are!
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5. Goals/Objectives
• Who‟s Driving the Bus (food industry)?
• Economic Impact of a leaderless nation.
• Food Industry Perspective
– Winners and Losers
– New Developments
• A review of Key Players/Concepts
• Strategy: Key Issues and Opportunities
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6. Consumers are becoming more demanding and
retail/foodservice operations face tougher questions.
CONSUMER
Increasingly fast-
paced lifestyles
Tech-savvy
Ageing population Single households
Uncertainty
over economy
MARKET
Legislation
Saturation Urbanisation
Rising commodity
prices
Rise of
e-commerce
I want
value
I want
that
NOW
I want
convenience
I want
quality
Where does
my food
come from?
Can online
work alongside
our outlets?
How can we cope
with rising costs?
How will we cope
with restrictive
legislation around
„unhealthy‟ food?
What
technology
will work
best?
How can our
menus/products
best reflect
ethnic and
ethical trends?
16. Observations about the Consumer
• Consumer behavior is changing faster
than our abilities to change the FCPG
supply chain (OMNI-Channel) !!
• Demographics don’t work!!!
– 5 W’s: Who, What Where, When, Why?
• Different drivers affect decision making
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17. 5 W’s
• Who?
• What?
• Where?
• When?
• Why?
As consumers we are diverse in
thought, purchase behaviors, and
the use of technology. We are
individuals.
The successful marketer
understands the weaknesses of
„labeling‟ people; therefore, they
keep a record of
purchases, responses to
promotions, emails, feedback etc
to build „customized‟ shopping
suggestions.
IE., Amazon
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19. Reality Check
American Employment???
• Available Workforce: 155 million
• Unemployed/underemployed: 29.7 million
• Real Rate: 19%
• Rutgers Study: 2006-2011
– 27% of the graduating students have full time jobs
– 33% are unemployed
• The median family income dropped 39% since
2007
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7.7
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22. Reality Check
• 1 in 6 Americans; 1/10
Canadians are
challenged to feed
themselves
• 2 Billion people
worldwide do not have
enough food to eat!
• 40% of global food
resources are wasted
– Not harvested
– Spoils
– Thrown away
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23. 4 Biggest Economic Factors
• Payroll tax increases: The expiration of payroll
tax cuts on January 1 hit lower- and middle-income
consumers especially hard.
• Housing recovery is not real: Many of the
purchases are speculators: Investment Groups
• Healthcare: Rising premiums will continue to
funnel consumer spending to healthcare rather than to
food & retail consumption
• Energy Costs: Significantly impacts consumer
budgets
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24. Future FCPG Industry
Supply Value Chain
Command Center
Control Tower
Roles can not
be defined
Retailers
Google
Microsoft
Amazon
The Consumer
Distributors
Third Party
Alliances,
Partners
Manufacturing
Network
Regional, global plants
Bulk, Semi-finished,
Filling Finishing,
Suppliers
Information Information
InformationInformation
Information
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25. Thought for Today
“Insanity is doing the same
thing, over and over again, but
expecting different results.”
― Albert Einstein
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36. Same Store Sales
% Change from last year
May -2.09%
April -5.15%
March +2.53%
February -0.67%
January +1.67%
December - -0.94%
November -0.26%
October +0.58%
September -0.88%
August -0.81%
July +0.85%
June -2.01%
May +1.17%
April +1.84%
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Inflation Rate: 1+% At Home
2.3% Away
37. 2013 Retail Market Share
Number of
Stores
Dollar Share Annual Millions
Traditional Grocery 40,333 42.9% $480,138
Total C Stores 152,513 15.6% $158,546
Total Non Traditional
Grocery
54,325 39.1% $387,529
Dollar Stores 23,418 2.4% $21,492
Total All Formats 247,081 100% $1,026,215
Future of Food Retailing, 2012 Willard Bishop
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39. Key Developments
• McDonald’s Seen Overhauling U.S. Menu From 145
Choices
• Kroger Powers DC with Food Waste
• Six Food Recalls a Day in the U.S. and Counting
• Whole Foods Mulls Larger Stores, Acquisitions
• Bright Farms to Build Greenhouse in DC Food
Desert
• Loblaw Rolls Out Digital Loyalty Program
• Fresh and Easy TBD
• Walgreen’s Energy Free Store
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40. Retail Developments
• Supervalu returns to its roots
• C&S supplies Winn Dixie
• Target opens in Canada
• KROGER Turkey Hill signs distribution deal with
CORE-MARK
• TARGET and other US Retailers test Google same-day
delivery
• 7-Eleven Owner to More Than Double North America
Stores
• Costco to open 150 more warehouses
• Sweet Bay/Harvey’s goes to Bi Lo
• Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market to expand
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41. Retail Developments
• WAWA goes to Florida: 100 stores
• America runs on Dunkin‟
• Deep Discount Stores (Family Dollar, Dollar
General: 500 stores+
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52. McDonald’s and Yum! Brands will extend their leadership through penetration of
international markets and adapting to local consumer behaviour.
US chains dominate, holding
all spots in the top 10.
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20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
McDonald'sYum! BrandsBurger King Subway Starbucks Wendy's Dunkin' Brands Darden DineEquityDomino's Pizza
RetailBannerSales(USDmn)
Total Banner Sales 2011-2016
2011
2016
McDonald’s will remain the
market leader, as it continues to
enhance its brand image and adapt
product ranges to local tastes.
Burger King is currently playing
catch-up after suffering during
the downturn, but is forecast to
drop to fifth by 2016.
Dunkin’ Brands is set to move up
to sixth by 2016 with the Dunkin‟
Donuts banner focusing on
expansion in Europe and Baskin-
Robbins concentrating on the US.
Domino’s Pizza will retain its
position through international
growth and e-commerce drives.
Source: Planet Retail
57. Bricks-NA
• WINCO FOODS plans new DC in Phoenix
• ALDI NORD Trader Joe’s to build DC in
Pennsylvania
• ALDI NORD'S Trader Joe's chooses Texan
DC site
• ALDI SÜD to start work on south Florida
DC soon
• Grocers Supply to build in Dallas
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58. Bricks
• SCHWARZ GROUP Lidl builds new DC in
France
• TESCO One Stop DC for northern England
• CPALL to expand distribution network
• MERCADONA equips new DC with Witron
automation
• CARREFOUR plans new DC near Marseille
• DIA to open new warehouse in Argentina
• DELHAIZE GROUP begins construction of
Serbian DC
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59. Pick Up Sites: Peapod
• Chevy Chase, Columbia, Clarksville, MD
• Amazon partnerships: Rite Aid, Staples, 7-11
• Walmart: a retail store.
• Europe: click and pick common at store level
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60. Clicks
• MARKS & SPENCER opens new multi-
channel DC
• AMAZON to open Czech Republic DC
• WAKEFERN introduces online case ordering
• SEARS offers fulfilment service for other
retailers
• TESCO plans new dotcom warehouse in
Didcot
• Peapod building new DC in North Jersey
• Fresh Direct new DC in the Bronx
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61. Social Media
• Facebook buys Instagram
• Google purchases Wildfire
• Salesforce buys Buddy media
• Yahoo purchases Tumbler
• Oracle buys Involver and Virtue
• Over $3 billion was spent to access social
media.
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62. Thought for Today
“A mind is like a parachute.
It doesn’t work if it is not open.”
~ Frank Zappa
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88. • Walmart serves customers more than 245
million times per week at more than 10,857
retail units in 27 countries
• WalMart employs 2.2 million associates
globally, including almost 1.4 million in the
United States.
• Walmart is one of the largest private employers
in the U.S., the largest in Mexico and one of
the largest in Canada as well.
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91. Source: A.C. Nielsen Channel Service
Over 75% of Walmart Supercenter volume is being captured from
retailers in other major channels.
Each new Walmart Supercenter
averages $1.7million in sales per
week (roughly $900,000 in
supermarket item volume).
If Walmart takes 5% to 7% of the
$750 billion grocery industry in
2013, Walmart will add $35 - $50
billion
Supercenter
Source of Volume
33%
All
Other
32%
Grocery
Chains
22%
Walmart
Discount
Stores
13%
Other
Mass
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94. WalMart Growth
Format 2013 2014
Large Format >60,000 sq.ft. 125 125
Medium/
Small
<60,000 sq.ft. 90-100 90-100
Sam‟s Club 12 15
Total 237 240
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95. Walmart Innovations
• Experimenting with grocery home delivery
– San Jose, San Francisco, Chicago.
• Introduced „Goodies‟
– Subscription service for new products not carried in
inventory
• Offering „same-day‟ deliveries via internet
• Offering click and pick with in-store lockers
• Partnership with American Express Cards
• Offering Scan and go via smartphone
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103. Mobile Ecommerce
103
Social media marketing is going to blow the shingles
off the roof once people really figure out how to use it
Megan O’Connor, Levi Strauss
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104. Online grocery shopping is most prevalent among shoppers in the Asia region. Growth is being
spurred by retailers embracing e-commerce as young, affluent, tech-savvy consumers opt to shop
via the channel.
10%
7%
7%
27%
10%
8%
33%
31%
11%
13%
Proportion of web shoppers who
have made grocery purchases online.
Source: Planet Retail’s Online Shopper Survey data.
119. Value Chain Initiatives
• 1. Develop an Omni Channel Strategy:
– Pick from a DC; Direct to Consumer
– Pick from a DDC; Direct to Consumer
– Pick from a DC; Pick up at the store
– Pick from a DC; Pick up via a locker
– Pick from retail store; direct to consumer
– Pick from retail store; pick up at the store
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120. • 2. Take fingerprints off the “box”
• Remove the number of touches in the value
chain
– Collaboration
– Flow Through
– Cross Dock
– Reduce back door receiving
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Value Chain Initiatives
122. • 3. Effectively manage transportation services
– Professional traffic team to control all purchase orders.
– Audit team to review freight bills.
– Move to intermodal where appropriate
– Review energy resources: Natural Gas, Electric
– Hedge your energy commitment
– Black box/satellite connections with all assets
– Balance the work load : Offer incentives for „slow
days'
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Value Chain Initiatives
124. • 4. Invest in Technology: Goal is to go
paperless; immediate response time
– Internet of things:
• Wearables
• Scannables
• Flyables
– Traceability of products, support equipment,
people.
– Big Data: capture; analyze; manage
– Cloud: SaaS
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Value Chain Initiatives
126. Technology
• Outside IN: Respond to
the market
– Social Media
– Industry Resources
– Trend Watching
– Utilize the Digital
Natives
• Demand Shaping
• Customer Relationship
Marketing (CRM)
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127. Technology Tools
• Brands go online direct to consumer
• On-line food shopping continues to grow
significantly
• An explosion of mobile shopping/scanning
apps
• Digital dialogue widens/expands
• Front end checkouts are eliminated
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128. • What value does your company? Your team?
bring to the
– Consumer?
– Customers?
– Neighborhood?
– Industry?
• If your contribution is strictly moving product,
your role will be diminished and/or eliminated!
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Value Chain Initiatives
129. Closing Thought
• It‟s not the strongest companies
that survive,
nor the most intelligent,
but the ones most responsive to change!
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Key Channel Trend from the last five years. I have used Discount which reflects the CAGR growth on the last page (though you do not have to base your decision solely on CAGR if there is something more interesting to say about another channel)