Most urban convenience stores still have a large space for development

This year, convenience stores in most cities in China have achieved different degrees of growth compared with last year, and the development differences between cities are gradually expanding, and the development trend continues to sink to the markets of fourth- and fifth-tier cities; The development of convenience stores in most cities in China still has a large room for improvement, and the development of convenience stores in some cities in the northwest and southwest regions is relatively quantitative, the market tends to be saturated, and the competition is more intense; The continuous high rent and labor costs of most convenience stores are the biggest challenges

The 2022 China Urban Convenience Store Development Index was released a few days ago, which is the 9th consecutive year that the China Chain Store and Franchise Association has released the China Urban Convenience Store Development Index, aiming to promote the further development of China's convenience store industry and understand the current degree of development of

The core data of the index are the saturation of convenience stores in various cities, the growth rate of the total number of stores, the proportion of 24-hour convenience stores and the business environment

Convenience stores in cities across the country maintain healthy development and steady progress Although affected by uncertain factors such as the occurrence of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the development of convenience stores in cities across the country has still maintained healthy development and steady progress

In addition, the development of convenience stores between cities is gradually expanding

The economic development level of some cities does not match the development of convenience stores Through the survey, it is found that in terms of urban convenience store saturation, compared with the mature market of convenience stores in the world, the saturation of most cities in China is much higher than 2500 people / store

Convenience stores in various cities are still dominated by regional brands, and there are still few national chain brands From a nationwide perspective, convenience stores in various cities are still dominated

Rent and labor costs are the main challenges facing the development of convenience stores in various cities As a physical retail format, rent and labor costs are the challenges

Increasing the proportion of 24-hour convenience stores can improve the level of urban services From a nationwide perspective, the proportion of 24-hour convenience stores in cities is still not high, and regional differentiation is obvious

In addition, 24-hour convenience stores in the community can take more responsibility for meeting the daily emergency needs of

Supporting policy support in various cities is the guarantee for the healthy development of convenience stores Since the Ministry of Commerce and 11 other departments jointly issued the "Guidelines for the Construction of Convenient Living Circles in Cities in a Quarter of An Hour" last year, the competent departments of commerce in various cities have also successively issued supporting policies to support the development of

According to the China Chain Store & Franchise Association, a total of 39 cities were surveyed, including 26 provincial capitals and capital cities, 4 municipalities directly under the central government, 4 cities listed separately in the plan and 5 other cities

In terms of survey methods, this year's survey of the total number of convenience store stores in each city adopted the same method

China Food News (2022-09-14 02 edition)

(Editor-in-charge: Zhou Yan)