1. Shopper Insight Report- Beer Category
HGCA and VCR² Kent Business School Report

2. Contents Providing Shopper Insights Objectives
Data Sharing Restrictions
Executive Summary
Analysis
Appendix

3. Health Warning!
The dunnhumby data offers unparalleled breadth and depth but it does not tell us why shoppers behave the way they do
Further research is warranted in order to understand the purchasing drivers (e.g. attitudes, perceptions, motivations) before changes are made to the marketing mix (product, price, place, promotion) or resources are deployed for the development of new products

4. Providing Shopper Insights

5. Providing Shopper Insights
Collaboration between HGCA and the Centre for Value Chain Research at Kent Business School since 2005
Sponsorship of PhD students
Access to panel of 1.4 million supermarket shoppers
Provide generic and tailor made insight reports for the industry free of charge

6. Centre for Value Chain Research

7. Objectives

8. Objectives
Provide an overview of shopper behaviour and shopper segmentation for Beer products
Identify opportunities for market/product development
Highlight potential areas for further research
Demonstrate the breadth and depth of shopper insight that is available to farmers and small food producers

9. Data Sharing Restrictions

10. Data Sharing Restrictions
This information is supplied by Kent Business School on the strict understanding that recipients use it exclusively as part of their own marketing and product development activities. Under no circumstances should the information provided be shared with third parties, without our prior consent. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in the organisations involved being denied further (subsidized) access to the dunnhumby data and may jeopardise this service provision for farmers and small food producers in the future.

11. Executive Summary

12. Executive Summary
The category appeals largely to Young Families, with differences observed when looked at the different types of beer. Regional differences are mainly observed when local products are considered but this would deserved further analysis before concluding on the performance of such products.
Cross shop analysis reveals that premium products are only a occasional purchase for beer consumers who have bought it along with other beer products. Barrier to repeat purchase other than price should be considered as this may generate increase in sales.

13. Composition of Beer Category
Analysis
Composition of Beer Category

14. Composition of Beer Category
Ales and Stouts
Lager
Premium Beer Bottles
Premium Beer Cans
Regional Beers

15. Analysis
Shopper Segmentation

16. Shopper Segmentation
Shopper profiles are presented in index form, with 100 representing the average for all supermarket shoppers
Over-indexing segments purchase a disproportionately high share – they find them appealing
Under-indexing segments purchase a disproportionately low share – they find them less appealing.
In looking for potential target segments (those which are under or over performing) attention is drawn to those which over-index or under-index by at least 10%
Further segmentation, by geo-demographics and detailed lifestyle can be provided upon request

17. Lifestage segmentation: Beer – total (12 wks to 27 Jul 08)
Looked in general the Beer category appeals the most to Young Families and does not attract as much Pensioners

18. Finer foods shoppers seem to be the most attracted by beers
Lifestyle segmentation: Beer – total
(12 wks to 27 Jul 08)
Finer foods shoppers seem to be the most attracted by beers

19. Regional segmentation: Beer – total (12 wks to 27 Jul 08)
Regional differences are not so pronounced, East England slightly over perform the other regions whilst London and Northern Ireland are the worst performing regions

20. Young families over index over the different subgroups
Lifestage segmentation: Beer – Ales, Stout and Lager (12 wks to 27 Jul 08)
Young families over index over the different subgroups
Pensioners prefer Ales and Stout in comparison to Lager and Regional Beer

21. Finer Foods and Healthy shoppers interested in Regional beers
Lifestyle segmentation: Ales, Stout and Lager (12 wks to 27 Jul 08)
Lager seem to have an equal appeal to all lifestyles whilst less appealing to Traditional shoppers
Finer Foods and Healthy shoppers interested in Regional beers

22. Regional segmentation: Ale, Stout and Lager (12 wks to 27 Jul 08)
Regional beers have bee grouped all together so many regions tend to over index die to their local products, however Northern Ireland is the worst performer there which means they may be opportunity to launch a product with regional attribute

23. Lifestage segmentation: Premium Beer(12 wks to 27 Jul 08)
Cans appeal more to Older Adults than Bottles whilst the opposite is observed for Young Families.

24. Lifestyle segmentation: Premium Beer (12 wks to 27 Jul 08)
Finer food and Healthy are orienting their purchases towards Premium beer products.

25. Regional segmentation: Premium Beer(12 wks to 27 Jul 08)
The performance of regions varies greatly depending on the format of the product, however it is important to note that products may not match in both groups

26. Analysis
Cross Shop Analysis

27. Cross Shop Analysis Over performing segments: Young families
Convenience
Premium beer consumers are buying different types of beer
Over performing segments:
Pensioners
Traditional
Northern Scotland
Over performing segments:
Young families
Finer foods
East England
1.23% of total customers

28. Conclusion

29. Conclusions
There are always opportunities for suppliers and retailers who are a) willing to look and b) able to make changes in order to exploit consumer demand that is not met by the existing offer
Analysis reveals that different subgroup appeals to specific customers.
Increase in the number of customers resulting form a larger distribution of products has produced an incline in volume sales
Lager still leads the whole category, generating the highest volume of sales.
Consistently over-indexing shopper segments (young families, and finer foods shoppers) are good targets for increasing purchase frequency.
Consistently under-indexing shopper segments (young adults, and price sensitive shoppers) represent potential customers that may be appealed in the category by special offers and marketing activities. 29

30. Appendix

31. the dunnhumby data 2yrs of weekly supermarket purchases
1.4 million shoppers
Representative of 40% of UK households
Over 30,000 food products
Segmented by;
Lifestage (young adults, young families, older families, older adults, pensioners)
Lifestyle (Up-market, Mid-Market and Less Affluent shoppers)
Region (13 TV advertising regions)

32. The dunnhumby data: Lifestage Segmentation%
shoppers
Lifestage segment
Age & family
Adults aged 20-39
with no children
Young Adults
16%
Adults aged 40-59
with no children
Older Adults
14%
Adults with all
children under 10
Young families
15%
Adults with one or
more child over 10
Older families
16%
Adults over 60
with no children
Pensioners 9%
Multigenerational
households
Mixed
28%

33. The dunnhumby data: Lifestyle Segmentation%
shoppers
Lifestyle segment
Key Characteristics
time conscious, enjoy luxury products and are willing to experiment
Finer Foods
17%
interested in organic, environmental benefits, low fat/sugar and calorie conscious
Healthy 9%
regard food as fuel, are busy and rely heavily on the microwave
Convenience
22%
look primarily for value and rely on staple foods
Price Sensitive
16%
have broad tastes, favour established brands and are influenced by the needs of children
Mainstream
26%
enjoy the art of cooking but rely on a fixed shopping list so less likely to buy on impulse
Traditional
10%

34. The dunnhumby data: Regional Segmentation
ISBA (TV advertising) regions
North Scotland – STV North (Aberdeen, Dundee)
Central Scotland – STV Central (Glasgow, Edinburgh)
Borders – Border Television
North East – Tyne Tees Television
North West/ Lancashire – Granada Television
Northern Ireland - UTV
Yorkshire – Yorkshire Television
Midlands – Carlton Central
East England – Anglia Television
London – LWT
Wales and the West – HTV Wales & HTV West
South and South East – Meridian Broadcasting
South West – Carlton West Country

35. The dunnhumby data: Regional Segmentation%
shoppers %
shoppers
Region
Region
London
20%
Scotland 9%
Midlands
15%
Yorkshire 8%
Southern England
11%
South West 4%
Lancashire (NW)
10%
North East 3%
East of England 9%
Northern Ireland 3%
Wales & the West 9%

36. Contact Details: HGCA Rachael Arding
For further Information about how your business can obtain more information like this please contact:
Rachael Arding
HGCA Market Development Project Executive
Telephone:

37. Contact Details: VCR² and Kent Business School
For further information about the Centre for Value Chain Research at Kent Business School, please contact:
Melanie Felgate
Centre for Value Chain Research, Kent Business School, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT27PE
Tel:
Website:

38. Contact Details: VCR² and Kent Business School
For further information about the Centre for Value Chain Research at Kent Business School, please contact:
Professor Andrew Fearne
Centre for Food Chain Research, Kent Business School, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT27PE
Tel:
Website:

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