In 2017 the Management Board of Dino Polska S.A. anticipates that the retail food trade will continue to grow, in the proximity supermarket segment, too, and that the positive market trends observed in 2016 will persist.
“H1 2017 was a good period for the overall market in the retail food trade and for the proximity segment in which Dino operates. We are steadily growing sales in our new and existing stores, continuing the trends observed in 2016. We have secured a pipeline of over 400 sites to build new stores and reach our target of having more than 1200 stores by the end of 2020. We would like to ramp up the number of new store openings this year, just as we have done in previous years. We usually open more stores in the second half of the year. Therefore, we will accelerate the pace of new store openings in the upcoming months.
We are constantly expanding our product range to include new and interesting branded products and we unwaveringly attach great attention to our fresh product offering that accounts for roughly 37% of our sales. We have observed robust sales in our new and existing stores. The overall market context supports further improvement in consumer sentiment. Consumer spending is climbing in conjunction with the resurgence of inflation. Poles’ rising income lends a helping hand to consumer spending. It is primarily driven by the favorable circumstances on the labor market, the 500+ program and the minimum wage hike implemented in January 2017. The upswing in disposable income translates into more frequent and more extensive shopping. The growth rate of consumer prices visible since the end of 2016 has also contributed to higher top line revenues measured by like for like sales.
The positive market trends observed in H1 2017 portend well for the upcoming months of 2017. We expect that they will act as a boon to the ongoing rapid growth of proximity supermarkets like Dino where customers shop several times a week. According to market forecasts, the proximity segment may be the fastest growing segment of the retail food trade in Poland measured using the cumulative average growth rate in the number of stores up to 2020”, says Szymon Piduch, CEO of Dino Polska S.A.
“H1 2017 was a good period for the overall market in the retail food trade and for the proximity segment in which Dino operates. We are steadily growing sales in our new and existing stores, continuing the trends observed in 2016. We have secured a pipeline of over 400 sites to build new stores and reach our target of having more than 1200 stores by the end of 2020. We would like to ramp up the number of new store openings this year, just as we have done in previous years. We usually open more stores in the second half of the year. Therefore, we will accelerate the pace of new store openings in the upcoming months.
We are constantly expanding our product range to include new and interesting branded products and we unwaveringly attach great attention to our fresh product offering that accounts for roughly 37% of our sales. We have observed robust sales in our new and existing stores. The overall market context supports further improvement in consumer sentiment. Consumer spending is climbing in conjunction with the resurgence of inflation. Poles’ rising income lends a helping hand to consumer spending. It is primarily driven by the favorable circumstances on the labor market, the 500+ program and the minimum wage hike implemented in January 2017. The upswing in disposable income translates into more frequent and more extensive shopping. The growth rate of consumer prices visible since the end of 2016 has also contributed to higher top line revenues measured by like for like sales.
The positive market trends observed in H1 2017 portend well for the upcoming months of 2017. We expect that they will act as a boon to the ongoing rapid growth of proximity supermarkets like Dino where customers shop several times a week. According to market forecasts, the proximity segment may be the fastest growing segment of the retail food trade in Poland measured using the cumulative average growth rate in the number of stores up to 2020”, says Szymon Piduch, CEO of Dino Polska S.A.
