ADMS 4900 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Costco, Sobeys, Walmart

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 4900
• Professor: Jung- Chin Shen

Document Summary

Suppliers: a super market was like a landlord letting out shelf space for rent: mega-grocers took a long-term view of the relationships with suppliers as part of ensuring cost-efficiencies and seamless in operations. Competitors: smaller stores were facing tough times as 418 closed in 2002. Grocery chains: loblaw faced competition from sobeys, metro, a&p and canada. Wholesale clubs: launch of sam"s clubs in canada by wal-mart posed a direct threat to costco which had first movers advantage for many years: unlike sam"s club, which went after bargain hunting wal-mart customers, Specialty chains: specialty chains operated smaller stores in niche segments such as ethnic groceries (rising due to immigration) and organic foods (whole foods competing) Convenience stores: complemented supermarkets by allowing consumers to fill up between shopping trips. Online shopping: new families and young singles were driving online grocery sales in. Canada, but e-security was a barrier to shopping online for some consumers.