This statistic shows the supermarket sales in the United States in 2016, by product category. In that year, about 121.38 billion U.S. dollars were generated by grocery food products sales in U.S. supermarkets.
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This statistic shows the supermarket sales in the United States in 2016, by product category. In that year, about 121.38 billion U.S. dollars were generated by grocery food products sales in U.S. supermarkets.
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- July 2017
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 52 weeks ended December 31, 2016
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* General merchandise includes tracked and untracked data.
Numbers are based on internal calculations and have been rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 52 weeks ended December 31, 2016
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* General merchandise includes tracked and untracked data.
Numbers are based on internal calculations and have been rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.
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