Retail industry: number of stores of the leading retailers in Italy 2018

In 2018, the leading retailer in terms of number of stores in Italy was Crai. With 3.6 thousand stores, the supermarket chain is present all over the country and registered a turnover of approximately 1.7 billion euros in 2017. Second in the ranking came Conad, another supermarket chain and food cooperative which registered a turnover of 1.3 billion euros in 2017. Food retail industry in Italy The food retail industry in Italy is dominated by superstores and supermarkets. These retail formats detain over 40 percent of the market share of food retail industry. The polarization of the market is extremely harmful for smaller and traditional groceries, whose market share has been decreasing constantly and is expected to decrease further, reaching 16.3 percent of the total market in terms of retail sales. Organic food on the rise A relatively new trend in the food industry is the organic segment. Since 2010, sales of organic food in Italy increased steadily, reaching a value of approximately 3.1 billion euros in 2016. Moreover, according to a survey published at the beginning of 2019, 19 percent of Italians planned to increase their expenditure on organic and healthy food in the future.

2018年，意大利店铺数量最多的零售商为Crai。该连锁超市遍布全国，拥有3.6千家门店，并在2017年实现了约17亿欧元的营业额。排名第二的是Conad，另一家超市连锁及食品合作社，2017年的营业额约为13亿欧元。意大利的食品零售行业主要由大型超市和超级市场主导。这些零售业态占据了食品零售行业超过40%的市场份额。市场的两极分化对较小的传统杂货店极为不利，其市场份额持续下降，预计将进一步下降，在零售销售额中占比将达到总市场的16.3%。有机食品市场日益崛起，成为食品行业的一个相对新兴趋势。自2010年以来，意大利有机食品的销售额稳步增长，到2016年已达约31亿欧元。此外，根据2019年初发布的一项调查，19%的意大利人计划未来增加他们在有机和健康食品上的支出。