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REPORT ON ‘THE UK FOOD RETAILING INDUSTRY’ – CASE STUDY
1.0 TERMS OF REFERENCE
Being appointed as a new trainee management consultant with South Bank consultants, I was asked to examine strategic aspects of the UK Food Retailing Industry situation and produce a short written research report based on my findings. The first part of the report examines present situation in the UK Food Retailing Industry, analyses business environment (PEST) and the nature of competition (5 Forces) among existing players on the market. The second part looks into most important grocery multiples in the UK food retailing industry and explains why Tesco is a dominant player on the market. ... 0 PROCEDURE/METHODS OF INVESTIGATION
The information, which this report is based on, was gathered by investigating ‘THE UK FOOD RETAILING INDUSTRY’ case study in a casebook. ... 1 Nowadays Food retailing industry is a very fast growing sector in the UK economy consisting of many different businesses but dominated by the major grocery multiples. For the year 2001 according to (IGD) the UK food-retailing market was valued at £103. ... Food Retailing market as a whole consist of four major strategic groups, which are: supermarkets, convenience stores, discounters and petrol forecourts. ... 2 For the purposes of this report PEST model and the five forces framework were used to analyse UK Food Retailing Industry. ... 3 There are four leading grocery multiples in the UK food retailing market which are: Tesco, J Sainsbury’s, Safeway and ASDA. These companies expand both geographically and in terms of food and non-food offer putting great pressure on smaller food retailers and convenience stores. Tesco as the market leader in UK food retailing industry remains dominant player. ... UK Government regulations on health and safety had an impact on food retailing sector especially regarding to major grocery multiples with their move toward longer working hours and night shifts.
Approximate Word count = 1497
Approximate Pages = 6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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