This statistic shows grocery store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2017. In 2017, U.S. grocery store sales amounted to about 641.04 billion U.S. dollars. Among the leading grocery retailers in the U.S. were Wal-Mart Stores and The Kroger Co., generating around 362.82 and 110.22 billion U.S. dollars respectively in 2016.
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This statistic shows grocery store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2017. In 2017, U.S. grocery store sales amounted to about 641.04 billion U.S. dollars. Among the leading grocery retailers in the U.S. were Wal-Mart Stores and The Kroger Co., generating around 362.82 and 110.22 billion U.S. dollars respectively in 2016.
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This statistic shows grocery store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2017. In 2017, U.S. grocery store sales amounted to about 641.04 billion U.S. dollars. Among the leading grocery retailers in the U.S. were Wal-Mart Stores and The Kroger Co., generating around 362.82 and 110.22 billion U.S. dollars respectively in 2016.
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- April 2018
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- United States
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- 1992 to 2017
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Numbers have been rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.
Figures are not adjusted for price changes. Retail and food services total and other subsector totals may include data for kinds of business not shown. Additional information on sample design, estimation procedures, and measures of sampling variability can be found here.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 1992 to 2017
- Supplementary notes
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Numbers have been rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.
Figures are not adjusted for price changes. Retail and food services total and other subsector totals may include data for kinds of business not shown. Additional information on sample design, estimation procedures, and measures of sampling variability can be found here.
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