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Food retail in the United States - Important statistics
- 1. U.S. food retail market
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Total retail and food services sales in the U.S. 1992-2017Total retail and food services sales in the United States from 1992 to 2017 (in trillion U.S. dollars)
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Annual sales of retail food and beverage stores in the U.S. 1992-2017Annual sales of retail food and beverage stores in the United States from 1992 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Grocery store sales in the U.S. 1992-2017Grocery store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- U.S. supermarket and other grocery store sales 1992-2017
Supermarket and other grocery store sales in the United States from 1992 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
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Food service and drinking place sales in the U.S. 1992-2017Food service and drinking place sales in the United States from 1992 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Drinking place sales in the U.S. 1992-2017Drinking place sales in the United States from 1992 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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U.S. retail trade and food service sales 2017, by store typeRetail trade and food service sales in the United States in 2017, by type of store (in million U.S. dollars)
- 2. Structure of the U.S. food retail industry
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Number of food retail stores in the U.S. 2011-2017, by formatNumber of food retail stores in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by format*
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Food retail store sales in the U.S. by format 2013-2017Food retail store sales in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by format (in million U.S. dollars)*
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Number of supermarket stores in the U.S. 2011-2017, by formatNumber of supermarket stores in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by format
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Supermarket sales in the U.S. by format 2013-2017Supermarket sales in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by format (in million U.S. dollars)
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Number of supermarket stores in the U.S. by operator 2013-2017Number of supermarket stores in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by operator
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Sales of supermarket stores in the U.S. by operator 2013-2017Sales of supermarket stores in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by operator (in million U.S. dollars)
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Sales of supermarket chain stores in the U.S. by sales range 2013-2017Sales of supermarket chain stores in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by sales range (in million U.S. dollars)
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Sales of independent supermarket stores in the U.S. by sales range 2013-2017Sales of independent supermarket stores in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by sales range (in million U.S. dollars)
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Number of U.S. supermarket chain stores by sales range 2013-2017Number of supermarket chain stores in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by sales range in million U.S. dollars
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Number of independent supermarket stores in the U.S. by sales range 2013-2017Number of independent supermarket stores in the United States from 2013 to 2017, by sales range in million U.S. dollars
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Supermarket sales share in the U.S. by department 2017Supermarket sales share in the United States in 2017, by department
- Perishable food supermarket sales share U.S. 2017, by product department
Supermarket sales share of perishable food in the United States in 2017, by product department
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Supermarket sales in the U.S. 2017, by product categorySupermarket sales in the United States in 2017, by product category (in million U.S. dollars)
- 3. Leading U.S. food retailers
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Leading U.S. food and grocery retailers 2018, based on salesSales of the leading food and grocery retailers in the United States in 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
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Sales growth of the fastest-growing food retailers in the U.S. 2013-2018Sales growth of the fastest-growing food and grocery retailers in the United States from 2013 to 2018*
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Leading supermarkets in the U.S. 2017, based on retail salesLeading supermarkets in the United States in 2017, based on retail sales (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Number of stores of the leading supermarkets in the U.S. 2017Number of stores of the leading supermarkets in the United States in 2017
- 4. Leading three U.S. food retail companies
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Walmart's net sales worldwide from 2008 to 2018, by divisionWalmart's net sales worldwide from 2008 to 2018, by division (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Number of Walmart stores worldwide 2006-2018, by divisionNumber of Walmart stores worldwide from 2006 to 2018, by division
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Retail sales area of Walmart 2010-2018, by divisionRetail sales area of Walmart from 2010 to 2018, by division (in million square feet)
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Kroger's sales in the U.S. 2007-2017Kroger's total sales in the United States from 2007 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Kroger's number of stores 2009-2017Kroger's number of retail food stores from 2009 to 2017
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Kroger's total food store sales area 2009-2017Kroger's total food store sales area from 2009 to 2017 (in million square feet)
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Costco's net sales worldwide 2011-2018Net sales of Costco worldwide from 2011 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
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Costco's number of warehouses worldwide 2011-2018Number of Costco warehouses worldwide from 2011 to 2018
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Costco's average sales per warehouse worldwide 2011-2018Average sales per warehouse of Costco worldwide from 2011 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
- 5. U.S. consumer behavior
- U.S. household food expenditure on average 2000-2017
Average annual household food expenditure in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in U.S. dollars)
- Average annual food at-home expenditure of U.S. households 2000-2017
Average annual food at-home expenditure of United States households from 2000 to 2017 (in U.S. dollars)*
- Average annual food away-from-home expenditures of U.S. households 2010-2017
Average annual food away-from-home expenditures of United States households from 2010 to 2017 (in U.S. dollars)*
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Weekly U.S. household grocery expenditure by household type 2018Weekly household grocery spending in the United States 2018, by household type (in U.S. dollars)
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How often U.S. consumers shop for groceries by distribution channel 2018Frequency of food and beverage shopping in the United States as of March 2018, by distribution channel*
- Grocery shopping: U.S. consumers' weekly trips per household 2006-2018
Consumers' weekly grocery shopping trips in the United States from 2006 to 2018 (average weekly trips per household)
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U.S. distribution of in-store and online grocery shopping 2017Distribution share of in-store and online grocery shopping in the United States in 2017
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Amount of groceries U.S. consumers buy online 2018Amount of groceries that consumers purchased online in the United States in 2018
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Methods used by consumers to purchase groceries U.S. 2017How do you normally purchase groceries?
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Food purchases: U.S. consumers' primary shopping location 2017Share of consumers' food purchases at their primary store in the United States in 2017, by store type
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Factors for changing grocery stores among U.S. consumers 2017Top reasons for consumers to switch local supermarkets in the United States in 2017
Food retail in the United States - Important statistics
1. U.S. food retail market
- Total retail and food services sales in the U.S. 1992-2017
- Annual sales of retail food and beverage stores in the U.S. 1992-2017
- Grocery store sales in the U.S. 1992-2017
- U.S. supermarket and other grocery store sales 1992-2017
- Food service and drinking place sales in the U.S. 1992-2017
- Drinking place sales in the U.S. 1992-2017
- U.S. retail trade and food service sales 2017, by store type
2. Structure of the U.S. food retail industry
- Number of food retail stores in the U.S. 2011-2017, by format
- Food retail store sales in the U.S. by format 2013-2017
- Number of supermarket stores in the U.S. 2011-2017, by format
- Supermarket sales in the U.S. by format 2013-2017
- Number of supermarket stores in the U.S. by operator 2013-2017
- Sales of supermarket stores in the U.S. by operator 2013-2017
- Sales of supermarket chain stores in the U.S. by sales range 2013-2017
- Sales of independent supermarket stores in the U.S. by sales range 2013-2017
- Number of U.S. supermarket chain stores by sales range 2013-2017
- Number of independent supermarket stores in the U.S. by sales range 2013-2017
- Supermarket sales share in the U.S. by department 2017
- Perishable food supermarket sales share U.S. 2017, by product department
- Supermarket sales in the U.S. 2017, by product category
3. Leading U.S. food retailers
- Leading U.S. food and grocery retailers 2018, based on sales
- Sales growth of the fastest-growing food retailers in the U.S. 2013-2018
- Leading supermarkets in the U.S. 2017, based on retail sales
- Number of stores of the leading supermarkets in the U.S. 2017
4. Leading three U.S. food retail companies
- Walmart's net sales worldwide from 2008 to 2018, by division
- Number of Walmart stores worldwide 2006-2018, by division
- Retail sales area of Walmart 2010-2018, by division
- Kroger's sales in the U.S. 2007-2017
- Kroger's number of stores 2009-2017
- Kroger's total food store sales area 2009-2017
- Costco's net sales worldwide 2011-2018
- Costco's number of warehouses worldwide 2011-2018
- Costco's average sales per warehouse worldwide 2011-2018
5. U.S. consumer behavior
- U.S. household food expenditure on average 2000-2017
- Average annual food at-home expenditure of U.S. households 2000-2017
- Average annual food away-from-home expenditures of U.S. households 2010-2017
- Weekly U.S. household grocery expenditure by household type 2018
- How often U.S. consumers shop for groceries by distribution channel 2018
- Grocery shopping: U.S. consumers' weekly trips per household 2006-2018
- U.S. distribution of in-store and online grocery shopping 2017
- Amount of groceries U.S. consumers buy online 2018
- Methods used by consumers to purchase groceries U.S. 2017
- Food purchases: U.S. consumers' primary shopping location 2017
- Factors for changing grocery stores among U.S. consumers 2017
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