Tesco has been the doyen of the supermarket sector in the UK for the last decade. Other groups have struggled - Sainsbury, for instance, lost market share, while Morrisons had a couple of terrible years after the over-ambitious acquisition of Safeway - but Tesco seems invincible.
Or at least, it did seem invincible. But this year, for the first time, it's seen sales growth falling below the other supermarkets - and has started losing market share. At the same time, other supermarkets seem to have become stronger - Sainsbury has begun to turn itself around, Asda has been a strong competitor under Wal-Mart's ownership, and Waitrose - which you might have thought would be a recession victim with its upper middle class customer base and quality, rather than price, promise - has seen some truly stunning performance after it introduced its own budget range....
Is Tesco's still the king of UK supermarket retailing?
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Tesco PLC is an international retailer. The activity of the Company is retailing and associated activities in the United Kingdom, the People’s Republic of China, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Republic of Ireland, India, Malaysia, Poland, Slovakia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey and the United States. The Company also provides retail banking and insurance services through its subsidiary, Tesco Bank. The services it offers in store, such as optician, pharmacy, phone shop or customer restaurant. As of February 25, 2012, it had over 180 opticians. Click & Collect is a component of its multi-channel offering. Its store and distribution networks give customers the opportunity to pick products whenever it suits them from over 770 stores, close to where they live or work. As of February 25, 2012, it had 45 stores, which offers grocery Click & Collect. In September 2012, it acquired Mobcast. In March 2013, the Company acquired Restaurant Group Giraffe. more »
J Sainsbury plc is engaged in grocery and related retailing. The Company is organized into three segments: Retailing (Supermarkets and Convenience); Financial services (Sainsbury’s Bank joint venture), and Property investments (The British Land Company PLC joint venture and Land Securities PLC joint venture). As of March 17, 2012, the Company operated over 1,000 stores comprising 572 supermarkets and 440 convenience stores. Investment properties held by the Company are those contained within its joint ventures with Land Securities Group PLC and The British Land Company PLC. The Company’s Click & Collect service allows customers to place general merchandise orders online by 2pm for collection the following day from over 900 stores. Its general merchandise Website offers more than 6,000 branded and own brand products. In October 2011, it acquired online entertainment company, Global Media Vault Limited. In June 2012, J Sainsbury PLC acquired HMV Group plc's holding in Anobii Limited. more »
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC is a food retailer. As of January 29, 2012, the Company had 475 stores across Britain, ranging in size from 3,000 to over 40,000 square feet. Its subsidiaries include Farmers Boy Limited, which is a manufacturer and distributor of food products; Neerock Limited, a meat processor; Wm Morrison Produce Limited, which produces packer; Safeway Limited, which is a holding company, and Optimisation Developments Limited, which is engaged in property development. During the fiscal year ended January 29, 2012, it opened 37 stores. In January 2012, it opened its third M local store at Grafton Street. On June 10, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of the ordinary share capital of Flower World Limited, a wholesale flower business. On February 28, 2011, it acquired the trade and assets of kiddicare.com Limited (Kiddicare), a multi-channel online retailer. On March 9, 2011, the Company acquired 10% in FreshDirect. more »
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I have added my own thoughts here: http://www.stockopedia.co.uk/article/view/33033/has-tesco-lost-it