RI Report: Grocery

Quarterly Retail Insider reports tracking Canada’s grocery sector, including supermarkets, discount grocers, specialty food retail, consumer value trends, digital tools, and grocery-anchored real estate. These reports provide sector-level intelligence for retailers, landlords, brokers, suppliers, investors, and retail industry professionals.

Q3 2026 Grocery: Capacity Expands as Competition for the Basket Intensifies

Craig Patterson -
Canadian grocery retailers expanded and repositioned capacity during Q3 2026 despite limited underlying supermarket volume growth. The report examines discount conversions, specialty formats, former department-store projects and changing online fulfilment models, distinguishing announced investment from additions to operating grocery capacity.

Q2 2026 Canadian Grocery: Value Reshapes the Market

Craig Patterson -
Canadian grocery retail is being reorganized around value, while discount expansion, food inflation, experiential grocery, digital tools, and grocery-anchored real estate reshape the sector.

Q1 2026 Grocery Retail Report: Discount Expansion and the Shift to Value

Craig Patterson -
Canadian grocery sector sees rising inflation, discount growth, and increased consolidation as retailers adapt to cost pressures and shifting demand.
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