dollar stores | Beverage Industry

Channel Strategies

Value, variety spur growth for drug, dollar outlets

Shopping shifts prompt growth for limited assortment stores

February 21, 2023

As consumer behavior has changed significantly since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation is having a momentous impact on drug and dollar store channels, experts note.

Channel Strategies

Variety, convenience spur growth for dollar, drug outlets

Unemployment, increased foot traffic contribute to channels’ performance

Lauren Sabetta

February 21, 2022

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As the dollar and drugstore channels are expected to continue with revenue increases, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic carries mixed impact for retailers.

Discount variety stores sustain modest 4 percent growth to 2019

Value-focused ALDI features easy store layout, less selection but cheaper prices

Barbara Harfmann

February 17, 2020

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The discount retailer channel generated $87.4 billion in sales at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4 percent.

Limited-assortment, discount stores performing well

Channel outpacing retail food as a whole

Taylor Karg

February 1, 2019

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Dollar and limited-assortment stores are upgrading their offerings and allowing consumers to “save that money” when shopping for consumables.

Dollar, limited-assortment retailers poised for growth

Private label plays strategic role for deep-discount retailers

Jessica Jacobsen

February 13, 2018

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Limited-assortment stores, dollar stores and supercenters are the fastest-growing segments of the brick-and-mortar retail food industry.

Beverage companies release summer-friendly packaging

Coca-Cola, Dollar General team up for military campaign

July 14, 2017

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Liquid Management Partners, the manufacturer of Liquid Ice Energy Drink, announced the launch of its first seasonal packaging: Liquid Ice America. With its red, white and blue patriotic packaging, Liquid Ice America will be available throughout the summer in 12-ounce cans at participating retailers in more than 40 states through select Anheuser-Busch, MillerCoors, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola distributors.

Beverage sales vary across discount retailers

Expanded, healthy offerings drive foot traffic

Barbara Harfmann

February 10, 2017

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As today’s consumers spend their dollars across more channels and store formats, retailers are facing increased competition for dollar share, experts note. Despite this fact, the overall discount retail channel performed “quite well” last year as dollar stores drove growth of nearly 7 percent, notes Jon Hauptman, senior director of retail at Long Grove, Ill.-based Willard Bishop Co., an Inmar analytics company.

Consumers shop for quality products at discount retailers

Discount retailers stocking more beverage brands

Barbara Harfmann

February 15, 2016

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Between 2010 and 2015, high unemployment, stagnant disposable income, volatile energy costs and a changing mass-market perception of dollar stores contributed to a 3.3 percent growth rate, $66.7 billion in revenue and a $2.6 billion profit for the channel, according to IBISWorld’s September 2015 report titled “Dollar & Variety Stores in the US.”

Dollar Tree, Dollar General both attempt to acquire Family Dollar

Bottled water, RTD coffee and tea, and aseptic juice sales on the rise in discount channel

Jennifer Storelli

February 12, 2015

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During the recession, the countercyclical discount retail channel experienced years of growth, even to the point of becoming one of the fastest-growing retail channels during the time period, according to “Dollar & Variety Stores in the US,” an April 2014 report by IBISWorld.