Alternative food-retailing formats have something for everyone.
nsumers through their sheer ubiquity, drug stores have convenience on their side, and dollar stores and club stores are approaching customers from the low and high ends, respectively.
On the following pages, SN examines the role food offerings play at the leading companies in each of these four channels. While each of the companies is taking a serious approach to its food merchandising -- and in many cases increasing its food offerings -- the challenges each faces, and the strategies for implementing a grocery offering, differ by banner.
