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Simply Market Leading The Viticultural Way

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Simply Market Leading The Viticultural Way

French retailer Simply Market is proving itself to be a European leader in the large-scale distribution of wine.

It has on offer, in the words of Auchan's chief wine buyer, Guy Maurin, "20 per cent more brands of wine than a supermarket traditionally would have" [Simply Market stocks about 350]. The company's annual wine sales increased by 5 per cent, compared to the average figure of 2 per cent for other French retailers.

The quality of produce and marketing lie behind the retailer's viticultural success: 50 per cent of its wines have medalled in the prestigious Guide Hachette.

Simply.fr, the retailer's e-commerce resource, allows customers to purchase wine online and have it delivered to their homes (though, at present, this is only available in Paris and the Petit-Couronne).

Perhaps the most successful wine promotion of Simply Market's is that of the Saint-Émilion wine Château La Gaffelière. To satisfy the demand, the retailer has purchased about 50,000 bottles of it.

© 2014 European Supermarket Magazine – your source for the latest retail news. Article written by Peter Donnelly

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