The economic contribution of small to medium-sized grocery ...

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Figure 2.1 Breakdown of components of retail turnover, 2006 5
Figure 2.2 Grocery store turnover as a proportion of retail turnover 6
Figure 2.3 Comparison of food price inflation and total CPI 7
Figure 2.4 Breakdown of food retailing turnover in the year to January 2007 9
Figure 2.5
Figure 2.6
Summary of economic information relating to the supermarket
and grocery industry
Breakdown of store numbers and percentage of stores by
operator across Australia
Figure 2.7 Geographic spread of population, grocery stores and retail trade 11
Figure 2.8
Food retailing employment as a proportion of the total labour
force
Figure 2.9 Product segmentation and share of revenues in grocery retailing 13
Figure 2.10 Growth in market share of Woolworths and Coles, 1975-2006 14
Figure 2.11 International comparison of grocery market share concentration 15
Figure 2.12 Comparison of average spending patterns at SMEs and MGRs 16
Box 1 The “Third Force” in grocery retailing 17
Figure 2.13 Trend in AWE and the Participation Rate 18
Box 2 Competition in the grocery retail industry 22
Figure 2.14 Measuring aggregate economic impacts of SMEs 23
Figure 3.1 Industry Value-Added by business size in the retail sector, 26
2004/05
Box 3 The IGA Network 27
Box 4 Contribution to retail trade by business size 29
Figure 4.1 Retail turnover nationwide and in Western Australia 30
Figure 4.2 Food retailing compared with total retail turnover in WA 31
Figure 4.3 SMEs as a proportion of total retailer numbers in Australia and 32
WA
Figure 4.4 Breakdown of supermarket and grocery retail employment in 33
Australia and WA
Box 5 The deregulation debate for trading hours 34
Figure 5.1 Estimation of business value of SMEs in WA 35
Figure 5.2
Comparison of growth rates of the number of businesses in total
and in retail trade in Australia and WA
Box 6 Small helping small 37
Figure 5.3 Comparison of growth rates of the number of employees in total 38
and in retail trade in Australia and WA
Figure 5.4 Employment contribution by business size 38
Figure 5.5
Comparison of labour intensity in the grocery retail sector,
2005/06
Figure 5.6 Comparison of food price inflation in Sydney and Perth 39
Box 7 Comparative Economic Impacts – SMEs v MGRs 41
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The economic contribution of grocery SMEs in Australia and WA
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