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2018 Market Analysis & Industry Outlook: Grocery Wholesalers
Overview: the U.S. Grocery Wholesalers Industry
This section provides answers to key questions about the industry:
- What is the total market size (industry revenue)?
- What is the industry outlook?
- Market Analysis: Is the market growing or declining, and how quickly?
- Are long-term forecasts positive or negative?
- What is the average company size in the industry?
- How many companies are in the industry?
Market Size & Industry Statistics
The total U.S. industry market size for Grocery Wholesalers:
Industry statistics cover all companies in the United States, both public and private, ranging in size from small businesses to market leaders.
In addition to revenue, the industry market analysis shows information on employees, companies, and average firm size.
Investors, banks, and business executives use growth rates and industry trends to understand the market outlook and opportunity.
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| Total Firms | ||
| Total Employees | ||
| Average Revenue Per Firm | ||
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Market Forecast
Market forecasts show the long term industry outlook and future growth trends. The following five-year demand forecast projects both short-term and long-term trends.
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Product & Services Breakdown
Research products and services in the Grocery Wholesalers industry generating sales. Note that products are broken into categories with different levels of classification.| Product Description | Number of Companies | Sales ($ millions) | Percent of Total Sales |
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Industry Total |
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Miscellaneous Home Furnishings, Including Household Containers, Flatware, Pans, Baskets, And Kitchen Utensils |
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Restaurant And Hotel Equipment And Supplies |
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Electric And Gas Household Appliances, Excluding Plumbing |
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Other Small Electric Household Appliances |
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Commercial Laundry And Dry-Cleaning Equipment And Supplies |
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Paper And Plastic Products |
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Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical Supplies, Cosmetics, And Toiletries, Including Body And Hand Soaps |
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Packaged Frozen Food |
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Frozen Meals |
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Frozen Fish And Seafood Products |
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Frozen Vegetables |
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Frozen Fruits And Fruit Juices |
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Frozen Meat Products |
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Frozen Baked Goods |
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Other Frozen Foods, Excluding Frozen Dairy Products |
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Frozen Poultry Products |
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Dairy Products, Excluding Dried, Canned, Condensed, And Evaporated Dairy Products |
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Butter |
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Cheese |
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Milk And Cream, Excluding Raw Milk And Cream |
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Ice Cream And Other Frozen Dairy Products |
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Raw Milk And Cream |
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Other Dairy Products |
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Yogurt |
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Eggs, Poultry, And Poultry Products, Excluding Canned And Frozen Poultry Products |
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Poultry Not Slaughtered On Location, Excluding Frozen And Canned Poultry Products |
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Confectioneries, Including Candy, Nuts, Chips, And Popcorn |
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Candy, Including Chocolate |
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Chewing Gum |
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Nuts, Except Raw |
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Chips And Popcorn |
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Other Confectioneries |
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Fish And Seafood, Excluding Canned And Frozen Fish And Seafood |
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Fresh Meat And Meat Products |
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Beef Not Slaughtered On Location |
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Veal Not Slaughtered On Location |
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Lamb And Mutton Not Slaughtered On Location |
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Pork Not Slaughtered On Location |
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Sausage And Prepared Meats Made On Location |
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Sausage And Prepared Meats Not Made On Location |
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Meat From Animals Slaughtered On Location |
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Other Meat And Meat Products, Including Bison, Venison, Deli (Sliced) Meats, And Edible Organs |
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Fresh Fruits And Vegetables |
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Coffee, Tea, And Powdered Drink Mixes |
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Coffee, Excluding Bottled And Canned |
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Tea, Excluding Bottled And Canned |
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Powdered Drink Mixes |
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Bread, Baked Goods, And Baking Ingredients |
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Bread And Rolls |
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Cookies And Cakes |
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Cooking Oils And Margarine |
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Flour |
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Refined Sugar |
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Spices |
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Baking Mixes And Dough |
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Other Baked Goods, Including Crackers |
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Nonperishable (Canned And Packaged) Food |
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Nonperishable (Canned And Packaged) Fruits And Vegetables |
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Baby Food |
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Nonperishable (Canned And Packaged) Meat |
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Nonperishable (Canned And Packaged) Fish And Seafood |
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Nonperishable (Canned And Packaged) Milk |
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Pickles And Olives |
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Preserves, Jellies, Jams, Peanut Butter, And Honey |
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Sauces, Salad Dressing, Dips, And Vinegar |
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Condiments |
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Soup |
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Other Nonperishable (Canned And Packaged) Food, Including Nonperishable Poultry Products |
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Soft Drinks, Bottled Water, Juices, And Nonalcoholic Beverages |
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Packaged Soft Drinks |
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Pre-Mix And Post-Mix Bulk Soft Drinks |
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Bottled Water |
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Nonalcoholic Beer And Mixers |
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Sport And Energy Drinks, Including Bottled And Canned Coffee And Tea |
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Nonfrozen Fruit And Vegetable Juices |
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Food And Beverage Basic Materials, Including Flavoring Extracts, Fruit Peel, Sausage Casings, Hop Extract, Malt, And Yeast |
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Grocery Specialties |
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Breakfast Cereals And Bars |
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Pasta |
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Rice |
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Packaged Meals, Excluding Frozen |
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Other Grocery Specialties |
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Grains, Beans, And Seeds |
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Pets And Pet Supplies |
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Pet Food |
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Chemicals And Allied Products, Excluding Agricultural Chemicals, Plastics, Industrial And Natural Gases, Liquefied Petroleum (Lp |
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Other Chemicals And Allied Products |
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Home Cleaning Chemical Solutions, Polishes, And Waxes |
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Beer, Ale, And Brewers' Products |
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Wine And Distilled Alcoholic Beverages |
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Farm Supplies |
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Tobacco And Tobacco Products |
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Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods, Including Wigs, Yarns, And Leather Products |
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Service Receipts And Labor Charges, Including Installed Parts |
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Miscellaneous Commodities |
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Rental And Operating Lease Receipts |
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U.S. Geographic Distribution: Revenue Statistics by State
Market Size by State ($ millions) indicates how the industry's competition is distributed throughout the country. State-level information can identify areas with higher and lower industry market share than average.
Income Statement (Average Financial Metrics)
Financial metrics provide a snapshot view of a benchmark "average" company. Key business metrics show revenue and operating costs. The data collected covers both public and private companies.| Industry Average | Percent of Sales (Industry Benchmark) | |
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Operating Expenses | ||
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| Rent paid on business property | ||
| Charitable Contributions | ||
| Depletion | ||
| Domestic production activities deduction | ||
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| Depreciation | ||
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Financial Ratio Analysis
Financial ratio information can be used to benchmark how a Grocery Wholesalers company compares to its peers. Accounting statistics are calculated from the industry-average for income statements and balance sheets.| Profitability & Valuation Ratios | Industry Average |
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| Company valuation can be measured based on the firm's own performance, as well as in comparison against its industry competitors. These metrics show how the average company in the Grocery Wholesalers industry is performing. | |
| Profit Margin Gross Profit Margin, Operating Profit Margin, and Net Profit Margin. Show company earnings relative to revenues. |
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| Return on Equity (ROE) Return on Equity (ROE) is net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Shareholders' Equity is defined as the company's total assets minus total liabilities. ROE shows how much profits a company generates with the money shareholders invested (or with retained earnings). |
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| Return on Assets (ROA) Return on Assets (ROA) is net income relative to total assets. The market research on Grocery Wholesalers measures how efficiently the company leverages its assets to generate profit. ROA is calculated as Net Income divided by Total Assets. |
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| Bankers and suppliers use liquidity to determine creditworthiness and identify potential threats to a company's financial viability. | |
| Current Ratio Measures a firm's ability to pay its debts over the next 12 months. |
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| Quick Ratio (Acid Test) Calculates liquid assets relative to liabilities, excluding inventories. |
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| Efficiency Ratios - Key Performance Indicators | Industry Average |
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| Measure how quickly products and services sell, and effectively collections policies are implemented. | |
| Receivables Turnover Ratio If this number is low in your business when compared to the industry average in the research report, it may mean your payment terms are too lenient or that you are not doing a good enough job on collections. |
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| Average Collection Period Based on the Receivables Turnover, this estimates the collection period in days. Calculated as 365 divided by the Receivables Turnover |
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| Inventory Turnover A low turnover rate may point to overstocking, obsolescence, or deficiencies in the product line or marketing effort. |
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| Fixed-Asset Turnover Generally, higher is better, since it indicates the business has less money tied up in fixed assets for each dollar of sales revenue. |
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Compensation & Salary Surveys for Employees
Compensation statistics provides an accurate assessment of industry-specific jobs and national salary averages. This information can be used to identify which positions are most common, and high, low, and average annual wages.| Title | Percent of Workforce | Bottom Quartile | Average (Median) Salary | Upper Quartile |
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| Management Occupations | 5% | Order at top of page |
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| Chief Executives | 0% | |||
| General and Operations Managers | 2% | |||
| Sales and Related Occupations | 16% | |||
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing | 12% | |||
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing | 12% | |||
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 12% | |||
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | 20% | |||
| Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and Distributing Workers | 10% | |||
| Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | 6% | |||
| Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | 6% | |||
| Production Occupations | 6% | |||
| Transportation and Material Moving Occupations | 43% | |||
| Motor Vehicle Operators | 22% | |||
| Driver/Sales Workers and Truck Drivers | 22% | |||
| Driver/Sales Workers | 10% | |||
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | 9% | |||
| Material Moving Workers | 18% | |||
| Laborers and Material Movers, Hand | 15% | |||
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 10% | |||
Grocery Wholesalers Industry Market Share [PREMIUM]
Largest companies in the industry and related industries, with private company revenue estimates.| Company | Address | Revenue Estimate |
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Innovation News
Top Innovators
| Company | Innovation Score |
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| Kraft Foods Group | 1944 |
| Sysco | 589 |
| Ribocor | 23 |
| SPFM | 21 |
Additional companies, details and innovation scoring in the full report.
Latest Industry News
- Bajaj Corp expects wholesale channel to pick up in Q4 - The company, which makes hair and skin care products, has said it plans to tap whitespace opportunities by enhancing its innovative pipeline.PTI | January 13, 2018, 07:50 IST NEW DELHI: FMCG player Bajaj Corp expects wholesale channel to gather momentum in ... (01/13/2018)
- Fearing Deportation, Food Vendors Are Leaving New York City's Streets - It took Hernán 14 years to build up his wholesale churro business but only one week ... But in the Queens neighborhoods of Jackson Heights, Corona, and Jamaica, where selling food and other items on the street is common practice, some vendors say they ... (01/12/2018)
- Supermarkets get letter-based grades for food safety - Agriculture and Markets made the change after meeting with stakeholders, including the Food Industry Alliance of New York State, which has 800 corporate members ranging from supermarkets and convenience stores to wholesalers and cooperatives. Three major ... (01/12/2018)
- FDA’s observed violations likely to change with new food safety rule - Statman said Registrar, a food safety consulting company, helps importers put in place compliance monitoring of their suppliers, which is required by the food safety regulations. That monitoring alerts importers if their suppliers have been on import alert ... (01/12/2018)
- Wholesaler acquires Portsmouth industrial space - A 13,224 sq ft industrial unit near Portsmouth has been acquired by food wholesaler La Española for £800,000 in a deal overseen by property consultancy Vail Williams. Acting on behalf of the vendor, Rainford & Smith, industrial property experts at Vail ... (01/12/2018)
- Conifer Expands and Extends Endorsement from the Associated Food & Petroleum Dealers (AFPD) - Our members include independent supermarkets, convenience stores, petroleum retailers, service stations, specialty food markets and bars, taverns and restaurants. Our membership also includes wholesalers, distributors and manufacturers who support the ... (01/12/2018)
- Health food grocers help students pop H-E-B bubble, find affordable deals - I explored three different Waco food suppliers, and evaluated the prices, the customer service and the quality of the food at H-E-B, Aldi and Drug Emporium. The most common and perhaps the most plentiful option for grocery shopping in Waco is H-E-B. (01/12/2018)
- Marks & Spencer slumps as food sales fall - A strong performance by its food business was offset by weak demand for products such as computer games and DVDs, while chief executive Dave Lewis also highlighted lost tobacco sales from the collapse of their wholesaler Palmer & Harvey. Lewis said ... (01/12/2018)
- Cheaper services weigh on U.S. wholesale prices; jobless claims up - The Fed’s preferred inflation measure, the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index excluding food and energy, has undershot its target since May 2012. The dollar .DXY fell against a basket of currencies on the wholesale inflation data and ... (01/11/2018)
- US producer prices slip 0.1% on cheaper food, services - WASHINGTON — U.S. wholesale prices fell 0.1% in December, led by cheaper food and lower shipping costs. The Labor Department said Thursday that wholesale prices, which measure the cost of goods before they reach the consumer, increased 2.6% last month ... (01/11/2018)
Government Contracts
In 2016, the federal government spent a total of $95,681,870 on Grocery Wholesalers. It has awarded 12,611 contracts to 282 companies, with an average value of $339,297 per company.Top government vendors:
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Growth Opportunities / Competitive Threats
Companies in other industries may also sell similar products. Since there is an overlap in the customer base, there may be an opportunity for companies in Grocery Wholesalers to sell additional products/services offered by these adjacent industries. Alternatively, these industries may identify further products in this industry to target. Products most at risk are those with the highest profit margins and lowest barriers to entry.The following industries are competing channels for sales of similar products/services.
Packaged Frozen Food
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| Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers | Competing industry | |
| General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers | Competing industry |
Sales from other industries of Packaged Frozen Food are less than those from Grocery Wholesalers. This may mean that other channels are a competitive risk of increasing their Packaged Frozen Food sales, taking market share from this industry.
Packaged Frozen Food Product Sales Report
Grocery Specialties
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| General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers | Competing industry |
Sales from other industries of Grocery Specialties are less than those from Grocery Wholesalers. This may mean that other channels are a competitive risk of increasing their Grocery Specialties sales, taking market share from this industry.
Grocery Specialties Product Sales Report
Fresh Fruits And Vegetables
Fresh Fruits And Vegetables Product Sales Report
Dairy Products
Dairy Products Product Sales Report
Fresh Meat And Meat Products
Fresh Meat And Meat Products Product Sales Report
Soft Drinks And Bottled Water
Soft Drinks And Bottled Water Product Sales Report
Nonperishable (Canned) Food
Nonperishable (Canned) Food Product Sales Report
Bread, Baked Goods, And Baking Ingredients
Bread, Baked Goods, And Baking Ingredients Product Sales Report
Confectioneries
Confectioneries Product Sales Report
Packaged Soft Drinks
Packaged Soft Drinks Product Sales Report
