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What the market is telling us

derivzero tracks the economic and competitive forces shaping grocery retail — and publishes what we find. One post every week. No filler.

Why Grocery Planning Is Strained — And What Comes Next

The supermarket channel has lost nearly 40 share points to Walmart, Costco, Amazon, and Aldi. Price gaps are widening. Units are declining. Traditional planning models were not built for this environment.

This paper examines what changed — and what a modern planning system looks like.

Newsletters

US Grocery Market Navigator

An in-depth Grocery Industry newsletter covering the supply chain, units, and sales. Updated monthly.

Grocery Earnings Navigator

Summarizes quarterly earnings transcripts, press releases, and ID sales for public US Grocery Retailers. Updated quarterly.

Newsletter tracking the Grocery Market supply chain, units and sales

May 2025

Newsletter tracking Company Earnings

CY 2026 Q1

Blog Posts

US Grocery Sales Forecasts

Eric Karlson
erickarlson@derivzero.com
916.406.5817

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