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Executive Summary Gross Value Added (GVA) of retail trade, food, beverage and alcohol manufacturing, road transport, and transport services and storage was approximately equal to over 11% of GDP in financial year 2006, indicating the strong economic contribution that retailing and its support services make to the national economy Revenues generated in the supermarket and grocery sector over the year to January 2007 were $63 billion. If sales of groceries outside traditional supermarkets are included (eg sales direct from wholesalers to the hospitality sector), the total grocery revenues are approximately $74 billion, of which SMEs account for approximately $15 billion (as seen below) Characteristics associated with market participants in the grocery industry Market Participants % Turnover Top 2 – Woolworths & Coles 78-79% Top 4 – Woolworths, Coles, ALDI & Pick ‘n Pay (Franklins) 80% Independent grocery banner groups – IGA, FoodWorks, Ritchies 18.9% Other independent grocery retailers 1.1% Stores Turnover FTEs 1,493 (24%) 108,833 $59 billion 1,683 (43%) (27%) 2,140 (35%) 144,267 $15 billion 3,291 (57%) (53%) FTEs per store 65 32 TOTAL 100% 6,183 $74 billion 253,100 Around 6,183 supermarket and grocery retailers operate across Australia. Close to 73% of these are independent grocery retailers who hold close to 20% market share (based on turnover) IGA is the largest banner group of independent retailers. However, IGA is only one of several large banner groups which include FoodWorks and Ritchies. Independent retailers which are part of these banner groups account for around 18.9% of total market share with 2,140 stores (or 35% of total store numbers) around Australia Sales increased by 6.3% for IGA stores and by 6.0% for Foodworks stores in financial year 2006. This compares favourably with Australian retail sales growth of 4.3% Industry Value-Added (IVA) for the supermarket industry in 2006/07 is estimated at $18.6 billion (or close to 27% of total industry revenues). SMEs account for approximately 56% of total retail IVA Western Australia WA’s Gross State Product (GSP) reached approximately $108 billion as of June 2006, approximately 12% of Australia’s GDP, with only 10% of the population The WA retail market has significantly outperformed the national retail market over a 10 year period and food retailing has kept pace with growth in retail turnover. The higher rate of retail market growth in WA is due to factors including strong commodity prices coupled with population and wages growth being generally above the national averages The economic contribution of grocery SMEs in Australia and WA PricewaterhouseCoopers 27 June 2007 iv
Executive Summary Retail turnover nationwide and in Western Australia 11.0% WA Retail as a % of National Retail WA Retail Turnover National Retail Turnover WA as % of National Retail Trade 10.5% 10.0% 9.5% 98 Jan-2004 Jul-2004 Jan-2005 Jul-2005 Jan-2006 Jul-2006 Jan-2007 WA retail trade accounts for 11% of total retail turnover in Australia and retail employment accounts for 10% of nationwide retail trade employment, approximately equal to their contribution to the population Retail trade in WA has consistently grown as a proportion of nationwide retail trade, growing from approximately 9.8% at the end of 2003, to approximately 10.9% of total Australian retail trade as at January 2007 Total retail turnover represents 20% of WA’s GSP in 2006. Across Australia retail turnover equates to 23% of national GDP The supermarket and grocery trade for the year to January 2007 accounted for approximately $6.8 billion in turnover, consistent with the national average of approximately 29% of total retail trade WA has the highest proportion of independent grocery stores when compared with all other Australian States and Territories WA grocery SMEs have 32% of share of total grocery turnover and 81% of stores. This compares to the national average for SMEs which have 20% of total grocery turnover and 73% of total stores 128 123 118 113 108 103 Index (Jan 2004 = 100) SMEs as a proportion of total grocery retailer numbers in Australia and WA Australia Western Australia 6,183 grocery stores 494 grocery stores 27% 19% 73% 81% SMEs 20% market share MGRs SMEs 32% market share MGRs Employment generation The retail and food sector is the largest employer in the Australian economy. Its proportion of the total labour force has risen from 4.7% in 1985 to almost 5.5% in 2006. The economic contribution of grocery SMEs in Australia and WA PricewaterhouseCoopers 27 June 2007 v
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