IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution)

Congratulations to Supermarco, Copenhagen, Denmark, for being voted our July Store of the Month! 🎉 Supermarco is the largest Italian specialty store in the Nordics, offering over 4500 products. We chose this store as our July Store of the Month for a number of reasons, including: 🥇 Its experienced-based design, enticing #foodservice proposition and inspirational category elevation ♻ Its approach to #efficiency, transitioning to LED lighting and upgrading to more energy-efficient refrigeration and heating counters 🍝 Its store design, including using colours of the national flag as key elements, and the Italian themed shelving across the store 🍷 Its wine selection, with over 500 items in the range and a wine bar for customers to enjoy in store 📱 Its #loyalty scheme with 20000 subscribers, giving access to competitions, recipes, wine promotions and invitations to exclusive events To view our 2024 Stores of the Month and find out more about our consulting solutions, visit our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eNyKPtS8 👈

🌟 ✨ It's time for our latest edition of our LinkedIn Newsletter, Retail Insights 🌟 ✨ This edition from our Senior Insight Analyst Michela Helen Pearson summarises recent retail #trends, including Conad reporting their annual sales, which surpassed €20 bn in 2023! 💰 Coop Danmark also changed ownership, leadership structure and is also closing stores 🏬 Click the link below to read more on our latest retail #insights, and make sure to subscribe for expert advice to help you and your business stay informed, inspired and ahead of the competition ⬇

Following on from our new #election report released yesterday, our #economics team have today published their new Viewpoint report: New government, new direction? 👉 https://lnkd.in/dJijQX8Z 👈 This report includes a summary of the sluggish economic landscape the new government inherits, our new food #inflation forecasts, and an overview of consumer sentiment. It also includes our teams view on a number of the new government's priorities with particular relevance to food and consumer goods. 🍏 Download this report on our website now to stay informed about what this election result could mean for our industry 🗳

In case you haven't heard (👀), the UK had a General Election last week 🗳 The first changeover in Government for 14 years led to 34% of UK #shoppers feeling more #optimistic about the year ahead! 🌞 Our ShopperVista team launched a snap poll over the weekend to get shoppers' immediate reaction to the #election results! Our Insight Analyst Bryony Perkins highlights the impact of this poll in our new report that subscribers can view on our website 💻 👉 https://lnkd.in/d2pBSih6 👈

It’s our annual Virtual Work Experience Week this week! 🎉   This week we have 12 companies across the FMCG industry coming together to inform and #inspire the next generation on the wide range of #career opportunities that are available in this rewarding industry 🌎 The companies involved this week include Aldi UK, Mondelēz International, Greencore, Sainsbury's, Procter & Gamble, Waitrose & Partners, Tesco, Saputo Dairy UK Ingredients, Speedibake, PepsiCo, Allied Bakeries | part of Associated British Foods plc and The Compleat Food Group. 👏 The employees of these companies who have selflessly given up their time hold a variety of positions in these companies, such as CEO, HR Director, Brand Manager, Sales Controller and Packaging Technologist, showing the breadth of opportunity available in this sector 🥦   We kick off this exciting week today with an ‘Introduction to Industry’ masterclass, supported by senior leaders. For the rest of the week, we have masterclasses covering food science, sales, marketing, engineering, and employability skills!   Thank you so much to everyone involved in this year’s Virtual #WorkExperience week 💗

Happy Friday LinkedIn, what better way to end the week than applying for a new role at IGD! 🎉 We’re #hiring for a #Director of Communications and External Affairs to help us grow our profile and expertise through B2B #comms and also lead successful communications campaigns. Are you an inspirational leader who can motivate a great team? If so then this may be the role for you! To apply for this position follow this link 👉 bit.ly/4f1EwxA 👈 , or contact Paul Farmer for more details 😊

Our analysts Rosie Young and Juliet H. ran two workshops last month asking #shoppers about their awareness and use of in-store tech, as well as analysing over 2000 UK food and grocery shoppers about their attitudes towards in-store tech over 2 days. These findings have inspired this new report 'In-store #technology: a shopper view' 👉 https://lnkd.in/eHMNi6NJ 👈 In this report, IGD subscribers can see the results of these workshops and the review the opinions of UK shoppers about in-store tech. This report is vital for retailers to get a real overview on how in-store tech appeals to shoppers and how they can reduce some friction caused along the shopper journey 🛒 Download this report now to see what #opportunities your business can take to increase the use of in-store tech with shoppers 📲

We’re excited to be taking part in Mmmake Your Mark, an exciting new sector-wide campaign that has been built by – and for – the UK’s food and drink industry! 🍎 🥛 Together, we’ll celebrate our amazing sector and #inspire new talent to envision their future in our sector. Find out more by watching this short video, and if you’d also like to get involved, get in touch at mmmakeyourmark@igd.com. 🙌 #fmcgindustry #careers

🌟 ✨ It's time for our latest edition of our LinkedIn Newsletter, Retail Insights 🌟 ✨ This edition from our Senior Insight Analyst Dan Butler provides detail on the most recent retail #trends, including Colruyt Group recently increasing their annual #revenue by 11.9%, breaking the €10 billion annual threshold! Our insight team recently spent time with Colruyt to understand their #strategy better, and this is included in an exclusive report that you can access via this newsletter! 😍 Click the link below to read more on our latest retail #insights, and make sure to subscribe for expert advice to help you and your business stay informed, inspired and ahead of the competition ⬇

We are very excited to be hosting our Evolving Commercial Relationships event on 15 October in London, which we've designed with industry professionals working across Commercial Account Management! 📣 Designed specifically for colleagues in #commercial teams across the food & consumer goods industry, this event will guarantee to stretch your thinking and give you plenty of actionable takeaways. The day will be packed full of exciting and inspirational presentations, case studies, panel discussions and breakout sessions delivered by #retail & #supplier experts, who will provide first hand examples of how to collaborate for sustainable #growth. Don't miss out on this opportunity and book your tickets now 👉 https://lnkd.in/evr7BKDe 👈