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Getting Ready to Battle Grocery's Hard Discounters Getting Ready to Battle Grocery’s Hard Discounters As Aldi and Lidl aggressively grow in the US, grocers need to dispel the myths that can keep them from winning. By Kent Knudson and Mikey Vu Kent Knudson and Mikey Vu are partners in Bain & Company’s Chicago office and members of the firm’s Retail practice. The authors would like to thank Jenny Song, Neha Govindraj, Christie Currie and Cody Fischer for their contributions to this work. Research Now Group, Inc., is a global leader in digital data collection to power analytics and insights. Founded in 1999, the company was a pioneer in origi- nating online data sampling. The company provides research data solutions for its 3,000 market research, consulting, media, and corporate clients through access to over 11 million deeply profiled business professionals and consumers. Research Now currently operates in over 40 countries from more than 20 offices around the globe, with locations in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. For more information, please go to www.researchnow.com. Copyright © 2017 Bain & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. Getting Ready to Battle Grocery’s Hard Discounters Prepare to see America’s grocery landscape change before and club stores. In particular, Aldi has increased its your eyes. The same hard discount grocers that have penetration in two specific segments that together shaken up Europe are accelerating their growth in the account for about 25% of all grocery spending: Main- US, giving shoppers even more choice and creating new streamers, classic, low-maintenance shoppers whose competition for traditional supermarkets and mass re- major preference is for stores that are clean and orga- tailers. German discounter Aldi, which now operates nized; and family focused, private-label fans who actively 1,600 stores in the US, already has plans to open about seek deals, scan weekly ads and shop at the lowest- 400 more stores by the end of 2018, while simultane- priced grocery stores (see Figure 1). ously embarking on a $1.6 billion remodeling effort to give existing stores a more upscale look. And we’re in Aldi is targeting upscale areas for new store locations, the early days of Lidl’s big launch into the US market, remodeling stores for a sleeker feel, offering more which is likely to add as many as 500 locations in the organic and premium foods, increasing its assortment next five years. into nonfood categories such as baby products and selectively adding even more national brands. It is part- All told, we expect the deep discount segment in the nering with health and fitness social media influ- US to grow by 8% to 10% annually through 2020— encers, highlighting healthy-living brands in its stores that’s five times the rate of traditional grocers. This and engaging new shopper segments directly on social torrid pace of growth is fueled by discounter store eco- media. As it makes these moves, more and more middle- nomics that quickly generate cash to reinvest into both and upper-income and college-educated shoppers are store expansion and remodeling programs that attract warming to Aldi. new customers. While this could be great news for consumers looking for lower prices, it will become a huge challenge for in- The same hard discount grocers that cumbent grocers. A recent Bain & Company study of nearly 2,800 US shoppers at traditional grocers such as have shaken up Europe are accelerating Kroger and Safeway, mass retailers such as Walmart their growth in the US, giving shoppers and Target, and club stores such as Costco and Sam’s Club helps show how the grocery landscape has changed. even more choice and creating new Not only do incumbents need to be on the forefront of competition for traditional supermarkets this change, but they also need to break down four long- and mass retailers. held myths, or risk being ill-equipped to compete and win against hard discounters in this increasingly com- petitive environment. Meanwhile, as Lidl adds locations in the US, it plans Myth: Hard discounters cater primarily to low-income to replace its pure discount image with modern shoppers. They’re not representative of my shoppers. stores that feature fresh produce, bakery and floral departments, and locally sourced products, such as Reality: According to our findings, Aldi shoppers are wine, craft beer and coffee—items not typically not too different from traditional grocery shoppers associated with hard discounters. Lidl will offer more in income and education. Historically, Aldi’s strongest national brands than Aldi, but the foundation of its segments have been smaller households that are not assortment will still be private brands at hard dis- fussy about brands. However, over the last few years, count prices, making Lidl a compelling draw for the discounter has pursued more affluent, suburban many shoppers. shoppers—those who typically shop at mass retailers 1 Getting Ready to Battle Grocery’s Hard Discounters Figure 1: Aldi, historically focused on smaller households with less interest in brands, is expanding into new segments Segments of Aldi shoppers (by tenure) 100% Family focused • Four-person households • Seek deals and scan weekly ads Mainstreamers • Want to get in and out of stores easily 80 • Low-maintenance, urban shoppers Disinterested • Neutral on store brands minimalists • Like clean, organized stores 60 • More likely to live alone Budget-conscious • Seek out store brands couples • Believe shopping is a chore 40 • Two-person households • Don’t believe brands matter • Look for deals and optimize for price 20 Branded boomers • Relatively older and suburban • Seek out national brands • Prefer higher quality and convenience 0 More than two yearsLess than one year Source: Bain Hard Discounter Survey, 2017 (n=2,764) Myth: Even if they resemble hard discount shoppers, my Myth: Even if they try hard discounters, my shoppers con- own shoppers won’t try hard discounters because they love tinue to strongly prefer branded goods and aren’t attracted shopping my store. to private labels. Reality: Our findings suggest a different story. On aver- Reality: On average, shoppers of all types have a favor- age, 61% of shoppers who have never shopped at an Aldi able perception of private labels. We found that 85% of before say they would likely try the discounter if one all shoppers are open to private-label products—with opened nearby; just above 71% said they would likely try a more than half of them saying private labels are as Lidl. (In both cases, respondents who were unfamiliar good as, or have even better quality than, national with the stores were shown photos and descriptions of the brands (see Figure 4). Age is more of a factor than store concepts.) The main reasons they haven’t tried hard income in private-label perception. Younger shoppers discounters yet are merely unawareness and lack of pres- are more likely than their older counterparts to believe ence. This should worry grocers in the markets where that private labels are equal to, or better than, national Aldi—and soon Lidl—are making big expansion plans: brands. However, high-income shoppers are just as across the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Texas and Cali- likely to have that same sentiment toward private labels fornia. Other reasons shoppers have stayed away include as low- or middle-income shoppers. assortment, value and quality perception—concerns that both Aldi and Lidl are systematically addressing ( s ee Furthermore, shoppers have a very positive perception Figure 2). Meanwhile, shoppers who shop primarily at of Aldi products specifically. Among our survey respon- traditional grocers but already have tried Aldi perceive dents, 75% of shoppers, regardless of their primary the discounter to be superior on value and price, which grocer, believe that Aldi’s products are as good as, or also happen to be their top two criteria (see Figure 3). better than, national brands. This holds across almost 2 Getting Ready to Battle Grocery’s Hard Discounters Figure 2: Shoppers haven’t tried Aldi largely because they don’t know about it or don’t have a store nearby “What are the top five reasons you haven’t tried Aldi?” Percentage of respondents 40% 30 20 10 0 Lack of Not in AssortmentBrand ValueQuality Freshness Prices Prepared- Loyalty awareness my area selection of produce food programs selection Barriers actively addressed by Aldi via expansion, Other barriers remodeling and introduction of new product lines Source: Bain Hard Discounter Survey, 2017 (n=2,764) Figure 3: Traditional shoppers already perceive Aldi to be superior on the two top criteria: value and price Percentage of shoppers who chose each feature as one of their top five criteria 100% 80 60 40 20 0 Good Low Convenient Fresh Organized/ Quality One-stop Get in Loyalty/ Brand Customer Organic/ Prepared- value prices location produce clean groceries shop and out rewards selection service natural food quickly programs products selection Overall importance Perceptions of Aldi Perceptions of traditional retailers Source: Bain Hard Discounter Survey, 2017 (n=2,764) 3 Getting Ready to Battle Grocery’s Hard Discounters Figure 4: Regular customers of all retailers are comfortable with store brands “Store-brand products are as good as, or better than, national name-brand products” Percentage of respondents (by primary retailer) 100% Strongly 80 agree 60 Agree 40 20 Neutral 0 Retailer Retailer Retailer Retailer Retailer Retailer Retailer Retailer Retailer Retailer Retailer A B C D E F G H I J K Traditional MassClub Note: Results exclude respondents who disagree Source: Bain Hard Discounter Survey, 2017 (n=2,764) every category, but most predominantly in milk, eggs, they are well on their way to seeing Aldi as more of a dairy, and canned and frozen foods (see Figure 5).
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