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From untangling pressing issues to shaping long-term strategies

Our team of industry experts dives into the trenches to work side-by-side with clients. Our work doesn’t stop with plans or perspectives; it’s about driving sustainable change rapidly. Retailers engage us both for targeted projects on known problem areas and for wide-ranging missions designed to identify and build capabilities that will drive future growth.

Performance Improvement — There is a specific area in focus: solving a pricing issue, upgrading a fresh department, taming an upward cost trend, evolving the private brand.
Turnaround and Transformation — There is a need for holistic review and revamp, whether to address acute challenges or to proactively strengthen market positioning.
Transactions — There is a desire for a trusted advisor to help navigate massive change that has ownership, business model, leadership, financial and strategic implications.

Case studies

$6 billion grocery merger case study

Finding synergy between two regional grocers

$6 billion grocery merger case study

Retail grocery chain

Retail sales volume improved by between 5% and 9%

Retail grocery chain

Insights

Grocery Shopper Perspectives

As wealth becomes more concentrated, shoppers are increasingly less satisfied by middle-of-the-road offerings. Instead, they gravitate toward specialists: retailers laser-focused on price, or retailers delivering value through next-level fresh food offerings and in-store experience.

Grocery Shopper Perspectives

The $100 billion opportunity for U.S. grocers

What would have happened to Hulu and Netflix had they not taken the leap from content distribution to content creation? Had they clung to...

The $100 billion opportunity for U.S. grocers

Seizing marketing opportunities in fresh food

With traditional grocery’s share of the fresh food dollar on the decline, communication about produce, protein and prepared foods is more critical than ever. In this five-part series, “Don’t Miss Out,” AlixPartners experts break down often-missed marketing opportunities grocers must seize to experience the full power of fresh for their business.

Seizing marketing opportunities in fresh food

Managing for Value, Part 1: A new way to think about winning in grocery

In this series, we discuss how an approach known as “managing for value” can help grocers develop a powerful reinvestment advantage....

Managing for Value, Part 1: A new way to think about winning in grocery

How grocery CEOs can mitigate turnover, retain leadership, strengthen culture and create a legacy

What has long been intuitive is now indisputable: Grocers that invest in relevant formal education for employees can reap short-term and...

How grocery CEOs can mitigate turnover, retain leadership, strengthen culture and create a legacy

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