PRESENTATION ON FOOD & GROCERY RETAIL

SECTOR IN INDIA By T HARI KUMAR(131449)

MARKET SIZE - The food and grocery (F&G) market is the biggest retail segment in India. It touches up to Rs 17,12,000 crore currently and will expand to touch Rs 27,41,961 in 2015.

GROWTH - The total food and grocery retail market has been growing at a CAGR of 14 percent and is estimated to grow at 17 per cent per annum by 2015.

The food and grocery segment is the highest contributor to the retail sector (60%) with minimum penetration of organized Retailing.

Hypermarkets and supermarkets are the best suited retail structure for this segment.

OVERVIEW - SECTOR ANALYSIS

RETAIL MARKET IN INDIA

ORGANIZED & UN-ORGANIZED RETAILING

The food and grocery segment is the highest contributor to the retail sector with maximum contribution coming from traditional retailing.

Indian household spending on food is one of the highest in the world with 48% of income spent on food and grocery.

With growing urbanization and consumerism and acceptance to modern retail this sector exhibit huge untapped potential.

Which gives a wider scope for the upcoming Retailers to tap the untapped segment.

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES IN FOOD AND GROCERY RETAIL

SOME OF THE KEY PLAYERS

Reliance Fresh, a chain of convenience stores, is a part of Reliance Retail (RRL). The company has over 1,000 Reliance Fresh outlets across India. These sell fresh fruits and vegetables, staples, groceries and dairy products. A typical Reliance Fresh store is about 3,000-4,000 Sq.ft. in size. Apart from Reliance Fresh, RRL sells food through two other formats: Reliance Super, a mini-mart concept, and Reliance Mart, an all-under-one roof supermarket concept. These formats provide a wide range and assortment of products required for daily household needs of consumers and are quite popular.

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