Organic Garage Grows with Higher COVID-19 Demand and New Store Set to Open in 2021

November 17, 2020 - Baystreet.ca


eResearch Corp. (www.eresearch.com) published a 29-page initiation equity Research Report on Organic Garage Ltd. (TSXV:OG).

Organic Garage is an independent Canadian chain of grocery stores providing organic and natural products in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area in southern Ontario, Canada. The Company focuses on providing customers with healthy food choices at low cost.

Its store concept checks many boxes with today’s food customer: healthy food, good value, small store convenience, and an overall premium shopping experience.

With the upswing in food retail due to the stay-at-home measures from the current COVID-19 health crisis, Organic Garage recognized revenue increases in the past two quarters of 19% and 29% year-over-year, respectively. We believe this sales trend should continue well into 2021.

Fortuitously, in January, the Company entered into an agreement with Cornershop to utilize Cornershop’s app and website for online ordering and home delivery that met the surge in digital demand. Online sales, currently representing 6.0% of sales, should continue to increase as customers embrace the Ecommerce lifestyle.

Organic Garage’s new store, located in the fashionable neighbourhood of Leaside, is set to open in 2021 and could boost revenue by as much as 25% once fully operational.

Operational margins should improve in 2021 as a result of cost reductions implemented in the past year and the shift to a decentralized distribution model by closing its central warehouse.

Organic Garage competes with Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) subsidiary, Whole Foods Market, and Empire Company Limited (TSX:EMP.A) subsidiary, Farm Boy; however, our recent market research indicates that Organic Garage prices were 10-20% less expensive.

For more information about eResearch's 29-page initiation equity Research Report on Organic Garage, please visit eResearch's website (www.eresearch.com).

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