Western Europe

In a bid to increase brand awareness, several chained players in other categories with consumer foodservice in Spain, including Papa John’s Pizzerias in limited service restaurants and Foster’s Hollywood in full-service restaurants, have begun…

As the cost of groceries continued to increase in 2023, small independent grocery stores faced intensified competition from chained outlets. Small local grocers suffer from limited bargaining power and struggle to manage rising operational expenses…

The self-service cafeterias model in Spain is closely linked to high transit locations, such as airports, railway stations and bus stations. In this regard, both inbound and domestic tourism play an important role in the growth of the category, and…

The French overall retail market saw modest growth in terms of current value sales in 2023, which, while seemingly robust, was primarily driven by inflation and a return to normalcy following the challenging conditions and lingering effects of the…

In 2023, retail e-commerce overall recorded positive current value growth in France, following the category’s decline in 2022. The count of active e-commerce sites remained on an upward trajectory, albeit at a moderated rate in 2023.