- Marketing Industry Overview
- by Rick Bohs, National Marketing
Director
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- The Sept. 18 issue of Supermarket News included an insightful
article about potential consolidations in the supermarket industry
entitled “The Future of Consolidation.” Citing fluctuating
company valuations and a changing antitrust climate as catalysts,
SN made the following projections on the “Big Five”
supermarket chains based on discussions with top industry analysts:
- Ahold USA - May
move into California where it could buy Stater Brothers, Save
Mart or Raley’s or could enter Florida and pursue Publix.
Likely will remain in the East, where it could purchase Giant
Eagle based on ownership of other Giant chains.
- Albertson’s
- Could pursue Midwest expansion by purchasing Fleming/Rainbow
or Fleming/Sentry, or go west for Furr’s or Raley’s.
Another scenario has them buying New England-based Shaw’s
to accompany the Osco drug stores they acquired when they purchased
Jewel-Osco.
- Delhaize America
- While integrating Hannaford, the company may want to strengthen
itself in the East with the purchase of Pathmark or Weis Markets.
- Kroger Co. - Having
adopted the strategy of purchasing smaller chains, one analyst
sees them moving into the Northeast after Shaw’s, Wegmans
or Giant Eagle. They could also try to get Furr’s and integrate
it with their Smith’s operation in the West.
- Safeway - With
its history of growth via acquisition, H.E. Butt and Publix are
high on Safeway’s wish list. They could also be interested
in Pathmark (to combine with their Eastern division), Giant Eagle,
Schnucks or Winn Dixie.
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- “The Future of Consolidation,”
by Elliot Zwiebach
Supermarket News Sept. 18, 2000 Volume 48, Number 38
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- Potential Buyers: Potential Sellers:
- Ahold USA Fleming
- Albertson’s Grand Union
- Delhaize America Pathmark Stores
- Kroger Co. Shaw’s
- Safeway Weis Markets
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- From the Northwest/Western Canadian
region:
- • Pacific Periodicals of New Westminster B.C will now
have all their distribution work performed through their parent
agency in Calgary, Ab.
- • Albertson’s Stan Carter will be leaving at the
end of the year, but a replacement has not been named.
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- From the Southwest region:
• Jan Taketomo has been hired as a buyer at Ralph’s.
- • Ralph Ryan will assume buying duties for Vons.
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- From the South Central region:
• Bob Callahan resigned as buyer for H.E. Butt and will
join TDS as a VP of Marketing.
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- From the Northeast region:
• Derica Gobeil assumes buying duties for Shaws/Star Supermarkets.
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