Emerging Grocery Retail Formats in the GCC

This report looks at emerging grocery retail formats across the six GCC countries. It covers five formats: discount, neighbourhood convenience, ecommerce and quick commerce, specialisation and expat-targeted concepts. It defines what the format means in a GCC context, identifies the operators and sizes the sector by sales, store count and share of the grocery market across countries and brands. Table of contents: 1) The GCC grocery retail market Market size by country The dominance of large-format and destination stores Where the innovation is happening now The factors driving it: cost of living, domestic manufacturing, government policy, urban growth and saturation 2) Discount grocery retail Definition and formats Types of discounters and the whitespace between them Who are the discount operators The market by country, retailer and store count Forecast to 2030 Operator profiles: VIVA, Dukan, SAVA, Mark & Save, GALA Discount pharmacy 3) Neighbourhood convenience Definition and formats The market by country The future of neighbourhood convience Stores in high-footfall locations: metro stations, forecourts, hotels and campuses Stores in residential areas: basic and upmarket chains Operator profiles: Trolley, Meed, Al Hatab, allday, Dash, Quickerr, SWFT, MAAR Checkout-free stores 4) Ecommerce and quick commerce Market size by country Delivery apps and market leadership Consolidation: acquisitions, exits and failures Future of ecommerce and qcommerce Proprietary apps operated by retailers Types of fulfilment and dark store models Dark store markets by country 5) Specialisation and niche formats Types of specialisation Premium grocery: the market, operators and outlook Operator profiles: Spinneys, Grandiose, Carrefour Premium Hybrid café supermarkets and grocerants Operator profiles: Jones the Grocer, The Kitchen by Spinneys Single category and specialist stores Operator profiles: Ripe Organic, Carpo 6) Expat targeted concepts The GCC expatriate population and its composition Community specialist stores Localised concepts inside mainstream retailers Operator profiles: Al Adil, Sari Sari, 1004 Gourmet