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specialty insights

CONSIDER

Smaller stores, more choices

Paced by millennials and men, American shoppers continue to
discover specialty foods as they become a more integral part of the
American diet, according to "Today's Specialty Food Consumer," the
annual report from the Specialty Food Association.
The $127 billion industry saw specialty food consumption jump
significantly in 2016. Sixty percent of consumers, across all age
groups, say they have bought a specialty food in the past six months,
up from 47 percent in 2015. The purchasing patterns of millennials
cover the widest range of categories and the most diverse retail channels. They are the most frequent purchasers of products like chocolates, cookies, pizza sauces, salsas and dips.

"Discovering specialty food has
become a core part of the younger
consumers' daily shopping routine.
They are moving away from the
staples that they grew up with and
embracing the new tastes and flavors
of specialty food,"

Median US supermarket store size, according to the Food Marketing
Institute, reached a tipping point in 2006 when media total store size
reached a pinnacle of 48,750 square feet. By comparison, a decade
earlier, the average was 38,600 square feet. Now the average is 46,000
square feet, and it's dropping every year.
If there's one thing every grocery shopper wants, according to
Packaged Facts, it's the convenience of being able to get in and out of
the store as quickly as possible. For a growing number of shoppers and
retailers, smaller stores are the ticket. In Europe, ALDI and Lidl have
long wielded the smaller store advantage over huge hypermarkets, and
both chains are now expanding in the United States.
As a result, the smaller store strategy will be even more important to
Walmart and Target, both of which have been fielding smaller formats
to offset inroads made by dollar stores and to fill the gap between fullsized supercenters and stores too small to warrant their investment,
according to Packaged Facts. Walmart's experiments with small-format
stores include its Neighborhood Market stores-which measure approximately less than one-quarter the size of a Walmart Supercenter-and

Median US supermarket size, according to the Food Marketing Institute,
reached a tipping point in 2006. It is now dropping every year.

Phil Kafarakis, Specialty Food Association

"Consumer preferences for specialty food products are growing
at double digits, outpacing mainstream food staples. Discovering
specialty food has become a core part of the younger consumers'
daily shopping routine," says Phil Kafarakis, president of the Specialty
Food Association.

Smaller store formats
In large part due to the success of specialty food stores, many food
retailers are embarking on a downsizing trend - as it relates to
store size.
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FAIRWAY MARKET

The ten top-selling specialty categories are similar to last year. Cheese
remains at the top and has grown 14.7 percent to $4.3 billion, but refrigerated and frozen meat/poultry/seafood and chips/pretzels/snacks
have inched up to the number 2 and 3 spots, respectively. Refrigerated
entrees and prepared meals joined the top 10 after experiencing a 34.5
percent sales increase over the past two years. Unit sales of specialty
foods grew 13.7 percent overall.



Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of instore - May 2017

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Editor's note - RETAIL FOODSERVICE: Meaningful work
CONTENTS
SPOTLIGHT - BY THE NUMBERS: Pizza
Product knowledge - CATEGORY UPDATE: Artisan breads
Specialty insights - CONSIDER: Smaller stores, more choices
Cover story - One-on one with Jewel Hunt
Feature - EMBRACING CHANGE
Feature - Speaker lineup
Feature - Something for everyone
Commissary Insider
Insight Insider: Commissaries continue their meteoric rise
Equipment: Keeping freezing operations efficient
Product Category Spotlight: Cookies catering to cravings
Packaging: Bag closure machines
Research and Development The push for non-GMO
Feature - Anuga 2017
News - Need to know
Packaging partnership targets sustainability
Frozen foods flat again
Supermarkets stealing restaurant dollars
Study: More shoppers staying on the perimeter
Feature - Hard labor
Feature - Packaging trust
Merchandising - ON DISPLAY: Clean label desserts
ON DISPLAY - Promotion Ideas
Product trends
Product showcase
AD INDEX
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instore - May 2017 - SPOTLIGHT - BY THE NUMBERS: Pizza
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instore - May 2017 - Product knowledge - CATEGORY UPDATE: Artisan breads
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instore - May 2017 - Cover story - One-on one with Jewel Hunt
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instore - May 2017 - Feature - EMBRACING CHANGE
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instore - May 2017 - Feature - Speaker lineup
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instore - May 2017 - Packaging: Bag closure machines
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instore - May 2017 - Feature - Anuga 2017
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instore - May 2017 - Study: More shoppers staying on the perimeter
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instore - May 2017 - Feature - Hard labor
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