The Edeka Group was the leader on the German food retail market, with a 25 percent share in 2022. The Rewe Group and Schwarz Group followed. Rewe operates a chain of supermarkets around Germany of the same name, while the Schwarz Group is behind such well-known names as Lidl, a discount supermarket, and Kaufland, a discount hypermarket.
Food retail in the time of corona
German food retail companies rely on various activities, factors, and sectors on a massive scale. These include domestic agriculture performance, imports, manufacturing and production, ongoing climate developments and their influence on crops, as well as a functioning workforce. The latter, relating to both food retail and corresponding industries, has posed a continuous challenge during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic years. Repeated infection waves regularly lead to various establishments and enterprises being understaffed, in turn causing delays and putting supply chains under strain. While the pandemic restrictions have long been lifted, the ongoing energy crisis and German inlfation levels create additional challenges for the industry. Despite this, German supermarkets are still widely present.
Current events
While the weekly trip to the supermarket might still end with a full shopping bag, the experience itself has changed for most people, due to food prices rising and wheat export shortages around the world. Consumer spending on food has been growing annually in Germany, as evidenced by various timelines. As of 2022, expenditure amounted to almost 190 billion euros.
Market share of the leading companies in food retail in Germany from 2009 to 2022
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Edeka Group
Rewe Group
Schwarz Group
Aldi Group
Metro Group
Lekkerland
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Prior-year figures were retrieved from earlier annual reports of the BVE. There was no information provided by the source regarding the missing values for the companies 'Globus' and 'Bartels-Langness'.
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BVE. (June 8, 2023). Market share of the leading companies in food retail in Germany from 2009 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/505129/leading-companies-in-food-retail-germany/
BVE. "Market share of the leading companies in food retail in Germany from 2009 to 2022." Chart. June 8, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/505129/leading-companies-in-food-retail-germany/
BVE. (2023). Market share of the leading companies in food retail in Germany from 2009 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/505129/leading-companies-in-food-retail-germany/
BVE. "Market Share of The Leading Companies in Food Retail in Germany from 2009 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/505129/leading-companies-in-food-retail-germany/
BVE, Market share of the leading companies in food retail in Germany from 2009 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/505129/leading-companies-in-food-retail-germany/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Market share of the leading companies in food retail in Germany from 2009 to 2022 [Graph], BVE, June 8, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/505129/leading-companies-in-food-retail-germany/