Retail grocery quantity will develop modestly in Northern and Southern Europe via 2030 whereas declining in Central and Jap areas. That’s in keeping with a brand new report by McKinsey & Firm titled “The State of Grocery Retail Europe 2025.”
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In 2025 McKinsey surveyed roughly 14,500 customers throughout 13 international locations in Europe. In accordance with the report, 42% of Gen Z customers and 37% of Millennials purchase ready-to-eat meals at the least weekly.
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Moreover, respondents throughout all age classes plan to buy fewer environmentally sustainable grocery merchandise (regionally sourced and socially accountable) in 2025 in comparison with 2024.
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The McKinsey report cites the will for consolidation and scale amongst retail grocers as driving an rising variety of merger and acquisition offers since 2021.