Note: includes foods that people regularly buy from a grocery store; for at-home consumption; excludes restaurant, food service, and drinking place sales
Additional Note: Fresh and frozen foods includes perimeter departments of a grocery store such as dairy, produce, meat, seafood, bakery, deli, and prepared foods, as well as frozen and refrigerated foods. Sales can occur through channels outside of traditional grocers or supermarkets, such as warehouse clubs and superstores, convenience stores, gas stations, pharmacies, drugstores, and online delivery and meal-kit subscription services. EMARKETER benchmarks its US total retail sales figures against US Department of Commerce data from 2018 onward. The last full year measured was 2024.
Methodology: Estimates are based on the analysis of data from other research firms and government agencies, historical trends, reported and estimated revenues of major online retailers, consumer online buying trends, and macro-level economic conditions.