
Spotlight: European Grocery Report – Q4 2025
Contains 7 articles"Europe’s grocery market adapts to convenience, disciplined value, and the cost of protecting consumers."
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"Europe’s grocery market adapts to convenience, disciplined value, and the cost of protecting consumers."

"Europe’s digital grocery future is built on bricks and mortar, with stores acting as the backbone for fulfilment, last‑mile efficiency and profitable omnichannel growth."

"Margin pressure and rising capex push grocers toward M&A, buybacks and portfolio rationalisation."

"Portfolio scale, North American capital and balance sheet recycling inject liquidity."

"Europe’s grocery sector will remain resilient, but growth is modest — leaving cost discipline, format agility and balance‑sheet strength as the key drivers of outperformance."

"Cautious consumer spending sees UK retail sales remain subdued in October 2025, but historically, this has proven to be a prelude to elevated demand during Black Friday and the festive trading season"

"Food inflation remains above the long-term average, yet the UK’s leading grocers continue to see positive performance driving investor competition for well-located supermarket assets"

"With inflation on a downward trajectory and interest rates improving, a positive year of trading is expected across the shopping centre and high street markets"

"Contrary to the narrative portrayed by the media, Christmas 2024 has been a relatively successful period for many retailers. December 2024 marked the first month to experience positive retail sales volume growth since April 2022, which has had a subsequent effect on operator performance."

"From resilience to growth"