This document presents a long-term view on the future of the grocery industry from the lens of the tech’ industry – it reimagines the industry as a set of software businesses, with attendant ways of working and business models

'Digital transformation’ remains in vogue amongst grocers and organisations who supply them (e.g. food producers, CPGs)

While progress has been made in adding digital channels to these organisations the pan-industry paradigm has also moved on, perhaps to a greater extent than perceived by leaders in the industry

This short document takes the pan-industry paradigm and applies it to grocery through a series of thought experiments

The intent of this exercise is to envisage some post-digital states for grocers, describing them as businesses in a world in which digital computing is fully installed in the economy

From the thought experiments we derive a set of common capabilities that would give grocers optionality about which future state to ultimately pursue – this is important because the future is inherently uncertain