Top 10 Companies in Canada Wholesale and Distribution Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2
LIST OF FIGURES 5
LIST OF TABLES 7
INTRODUCTION 10
Reasons to purchase 10
Definitions 10
CANADIAN WHOLESALE & DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRY: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON IT 13
Overview 13
Estimated spending by technology segment 15
Estimated IT spending by channel 17
EMPIRE COMPANY LIMITED 19
Budget overview 19
Empire Company Limited, estimated spending on IT 20
Empire Company Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 24
METRO INC. 26
Budget overview 26
Metro Inc., estimated spending on IT 27
Metro Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 31
Metro Inc., IT Contracts 33
KRAFT CANADA INC. 35
Budget overview 35
Kraft Canada Inc., estimated spending on IT 36
Kraft Canada Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 40
SOCIETE DES ALCOOLS DU QUEBEC 42
Budget overview 42
Societe des alcools du Quebec, estimated spending on IT 43
Societe des alcools du Quebec, estimated IT spending by channel 47
COLABOR GROUP INC 49
Budget overview 49
Colabor Group Inc, estimated spending on IT 50
Colabor Group Inc, estimated IT spending by channel 54
COLABOR INCOME FUND 56
Budget overview 56
Colabor Income Fund, estimated spending on IT 57
Colabor Income Fund, estimated IT spending by channel 61
BRI-CHEM CORP. 63
Budget overview 63
Bri-Chem Corp., estimated spending on IT 64
Bri-Chem Corp., estimated IT spending by channel 68
DOMINION CITRUS LIMITED 70
Budget overview 70
Dominion Citrus Limited, estimated spending on IT 71
Dominion Citrus Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 75
DOMINION CITRUS INCOME FUND 77
Budget overview 77
Dominion Citrus Income Fund, estimated spending on IT 78
Dominion Citrus Income Fund, estimated IT spending by channel 82
HURON COMMODITIES INC 84
Budget overview 84
Huron Commodities Inc, estimated spending on IT 85
Huron Commodities Inc, estimated IT spending by channel 89
APPENDIX 91
Methodology 91
Further reading 92
Disclaimer 93

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Top ten companies in the Canadian wholesale & distribution industry, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2009 and 2010 13
Figure 2: Top ten companies in the Canadian wholesale & distribution industry, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2009 15
Figure 3: Top ten companies in the Canadian wholesale & distribution industry, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 17
Figure 4: Empire Company Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 20
Figure 5: Empire Company Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 22
Figure 6: Empire Company Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 24
Figure 7: Metro Inc, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 27
Figure 8: Metro Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 29
Figure 9: Metro Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 31
Figure 10: Kraft Canada Inc., estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 36
Figure 11: Kraft Canada Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 38
Figure 12: Kraft Canada Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 40
Figure 13: Societe des alcools du Quebec, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 43
Figure 14: Societe des alcools du Quebec, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 45
Figure 15: Societe des alcools du Quebec, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 47
Figure 16: Colabor Group Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 50
Figure 17: Colabor Group Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 52
Figure 18: Colabor Group Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 54
Figure 19: Colabor Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 57
Figure 20: Colabor Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 59
Figure 21: Colabor Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 61
Figure 22: Bri-Chem Corp., estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 64
Figure 23: Bri-Chem Corp., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 66
Figure 24: Bri-Chem Corp., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 68
Figure 25: Dominion Citrus Limited, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 71
Figure 26: Dominion Citrus Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 73
Figure 27: Dominion Citrus Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 75
Figure 28: Dominion Citrus Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 78
Figure 29: Dominion Citrus Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 80
Figure 30: Dominion Citrus Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 82
Figure 31: Huron Commodities Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 85
Figure 32: Huron Commodities Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 87
Figure 33: Huron Commodities Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 89
Figure 34: Research methodology 91

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Definitions: IT segments and sub segments 11
Table 2: Definitions: channels 12
Table 3: Top ten companies in the Canadian wholesale & distribution industry, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2009 and 2010 14
Table 4: Top ten companies in the Canadian wholesale & distribution industry, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2009 16
Table 5: Top ten companies in the Canadian wholesale & distribution industry, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 18
Table 6: Empire Company Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 19
Table 7: Empire Company Limited, IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 19
Table 8: Empire Company Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 21
Table 9: Empire Company Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 23
Table 10: Empire Company Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 25
Table 11: Metro Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 26
Table 12: Metro Inc., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 26
Table 13: Metro Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 28
Table 14: Metro Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 30
Table 15: Metro Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 32
Table 16: IT Contracts: Metro Inc. – Fujitsu services 33
Table 17: Kraft Canada Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 35
Table 18: Kraft Canada Inc., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 35
Table 19: Kraft Canada Inc., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 37
Table 20: Kraft Canada Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 39
Table 21: Kraft Canada Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 41
Table 22: Societe des alcools du Quebec, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 42
Table 23: Societe des alcools du Quebec, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 42
Table 24: Societe des alcools du Quebec, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 44
Table 25: Societe des alcools du Quebec, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 46
Table 26: Societe des alcools du Quebec, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 48
Table 27: Colabor Group Inc, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 49
Table 28: Colabor Group Inc, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 49
Table 29: Colabor Group Inc, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 51
Table 30: Colabor Group Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 53
Table 31: Colabor Group Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 55
Table 32: Colabor Income Fund, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 56
Table 33: Colabor Income Fund, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 56
Table 34: Colabor Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 58
Table 35: Colabor Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 60
Table 36: Colabor Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 62
Table 37: Bri-Chem Corp., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 63
Table 38: Bri-Chem Corp., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 63
Table 39: Bri-Chem Corp., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 65
Table 40: Bri-Chem Corp., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 67
Table 41: Bri-Chem Corp., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 69
Table 42: Dominion Citrus Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 70
Table 43: Dominion Citrus Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 70
Table 44: Dominion Citrus Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 72
Table 45: Dominion Citrus Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 74
Table 46: Dominion Citrus Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 76
Table 47: Dominion Citrus Income Fund, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 77
Table 48: Dominion Citrus Income Fund, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 77
Table 49: Dominion Citrus Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 79
Table 50: Dominion Citrus Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 81
Table 51: Dominion Citrus Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 83
Table 52: Huron Commodities Inc, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 84
Table 53: Huron Commodities Inc, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 84
Table 54: Huron Commodities Inc, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 86
Table 55: Huron Commodities Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 88
Table 56: Huron Commodities Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 90



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