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1.1 Presentation and definition of the butcher's and delicatessen market
A butcher's shop is an establishment specializing in the retail sale of meat products and raw meats from cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep and goats. Butchers cut, prepare and sell these meats.
Charcuterie, on the other hand, specializes in the transformation of meat into various raw or cooked products, generally for immediate consumption or after a short preparation period. Charcuterie products include sausages, hams, pâtés and andouillettes. Butcher's shops and delicatessens are often combined into a single butcher's and delicatessen. Butchers and delicatessens can be attached to a market, integrated into a supermarket or completely independent.
The butcher's and delicatessen market involves several players, including abattoirs, independent butchers and charcutiers, and large butcher's and delicatessens. There are three main types of meat:
- Pork meats
- Beef
- Ovine meats
Globally, the meat products market is expected to grow significantly between 2013 and 2023, with a compound annual growth rate of 4.6%. Asia-Pacific and Europe are the two geographic regions leading this trend.
In France, the market is following the global trend. Butchery sales rose by 49% between 2015 and 2023, while deli sales increased by 12% over the same period, despite a gradual decline in the number of outlets between 2013 and 2023. In terms of the number of butchers, the Île-de-France region is in first place, with 1,666 outlets. Delicatessens, meanwhile, are most present in Nouvelle Aquitaine and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Despite this growth, total meat consumption has fallen significantly. This decline is mainly attributable to the rise in average selling prices for most meats and poultry, but also to the emergence of dietary rediets such as flexitarianism, which favours reduced meat consumption, and vegetarianism and veganism, which eliminate it altogether. In fact, by 2020, 20% of the French population considered themselves flexitarian, a trend motivated primarily by ethical reasons, but also by health concerns.
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Cooperl slingers miss the mark - 27/06/2024
- - Cooperl sales: nearly 3 billion euros.
- - Number of Cooperl employees: 7,700.
- - Actual number of Cooperl members: 4,600
- - Number of regular suppliers: 3,000.
Coopérative U ready to double its supply of 100% U pork - 24/06/2024
Food: Intermarché turns its 56 plants to fresh produce and vegetables - 10/06/2024
- Agromousquetaires is France's fourth or fifth-largest agrifood group, focusing on beef and pork with its slaughterhouses.
- 56 plants and sales of 4.7 billion euros, up 7% year-on-year,
- The group owns the last French diaper factory.
- The industrial division produces 75% for Intermarché's own brands (Monique Ranou charcuterie, Jean Rozé meat, Pâturages dairy products, etc.).
- The fishing fleet, the largest in France with 15 boats
LDC passes the €6 billion mark in sales - 30/05/2024
- Sales: up 6% to 6.5 billion euros.
- - Net income: strong growth to 304.4 million euros.
- - Poultry consumption since 2000: up 36%.
- - Poultry Division France :
- - Sales: 4.4 billion euros.
- - Growth: 5.9% overall, and 2.3% on a like-for-like basis.
- - Catering division :
- - Sales: 911.8 million euros.
- - Growth: 10.2%. - Volume: up 1.1%.
Why chicken king LDC is betting big on the delicatessen department - 30/05/2024
- LDC Group, known for its Loué, Maître Coq and Matines brands
- Sales of 6.2 billion euros in 2023
- The company has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire 100% of the capital of Pierre Martinet, one of the market leaders in delicatessen salads and number one in tabbouleh.
- This family-run business generates sales of 230 million euros,
- The delicatessen division will exceed 1 billion euros in 2024, compared with 911 million in 2023.
- Poultry consumption continues to grow in France, up 3.4% last year.
- Leader in the poultry sector with 40% market share and sales of 4.4 billion in 2023
LDC ready to acquire caterer Pierre Martinet - 29/05/2024
Pierre Martinet
- - Sales in 2023: €230 million
- - Number of employees: 700
- - Number of sites: 5
- - Markets: France, international with notable development in Spain
- - Activities: Delicatessen salads, seafood salads, delicatessen products, savoury pastries
- - Brands: La Belle Henriette (acquired in 2010), Maison Randy (acquired in 1997)
- LDC :
- - Sales for fiscal 2023-2024: €6.2 billion
- - Number of sites: 102
- - Number of employees: 25,000 Sectors: Poultry (Le Gaulois, Maître Coq, Loué, Doux), fresh and frozen delicatessen (Marie, Traditions d'Asie), in negotiations to acquire Pierre Martinet
- Self-service (LS) catering market:
- - Sales in 2023: €8.5 bn, up 2.9
- - Sales volume: down 3.1% according to Circana to end 2023
- -lDC in negotiations with the industrial division of Les Mousquetaires for the takeover of Délices de Saint-Léonard (specialized in the manufacture of fresh and frozen pizzas, quiches, crêpes and tarts), announced for October 2023
- - Takeover of Routhiau (fresh and frozen charcuterie and delicatessen) announced in January 2024
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