Grocery Spending news and trends

Gen X Shoppers Cut Back on Groceries the Most Amid Inflation
Consumer Insights // May 21, 2024

As consumers rethink their spending on groceries amid inflation, PYMNTS Intelligence research reveals, Gen X shoppers are quicker to make changes to everything from what products they buy to where they are buying them.  By the Numbers The 2023 PYMNTS Intelligence study “Consumer Inflation Sentiment Report: Consumers...

Walmart Monitors Consumer Appetite; Amazon Bags More Grocery Aisle Space 
Retail // December 08, 2023

As Walmart is observing a reduction in customers’ grocery expenses due to the use of appetite-suppressing medications, Amazon is exploring opportunities with third-party grocery providers to enhance its presence in the grocery market.  These actions come as both retailers, like everyone else, grapple not only...

Online Grocery Customers Spend 32% More Per Purchase Than In-Store
Retail // June 07, 2023

Online grocery may only account for a small fraction of total grocery purchases, but those who have adopted digital channels represent grocers’ biggest spenders. By the Numbers According to data from PYMNTS’ study “Tracking the Digital Payments Takeover: Catching the Coming eCommerce Wave,” created in...

Kroger: Shoppers Continue to Seek Discounts as Inflation Concerns Decline
Retail // June 02, 2023

Grocery shoppers’ anxieties around food price inflation may be easing somewhat, but they continue to pinch pennies wherever possible. In an interview with PYMNTS, Barbara Connors, vice president, strategy and acceleration at 84.51°, Kroger’s retail data science, insights and media company, spoke to how consumers’ grocery...

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Retail Sales Show Dining Out Declines and eCommerce Gains Ground as Consumers Pull Back

March 17, 2025
There’s increasing evidence that consumers are triaging their spending — picking and choosing where they will (or even can) allocate their money as tariffs and macro uncertainty cloud near-term economic horizons.  The latest data on retail sales show that in February, per the initial reading from the Census Bureau indicate that retail sales were up […]

Walmart Monitors Consumer Appetite; Amazon Bags More Grocery Aisle Space 

December 08, 2023
As Walmart is observing a reduction in customers’ grocery expenses due to the use of appetite-suppressing medications, Amazon is exploring opportunities with third-party grocery providers to enhance its presence in...