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3 Trends Shaping the Grocery Sector Right Now
Discover the 2025 grocery sector trends driving growth across value, fresh, traditional, and ethnic formats. Learn how shifting consumer behavior, bifurcated spending, and short-trip missions are reshaping retail competition.
Placer Research
September 22, 2025

Articles & Executive Insights

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Sprouts Farmers Market: A Specialty Grocer With a Traditional Twist
Sprouts Farmers Market is performing well in 2024, with a strong Q2 under its belt and an increase in comparable store sales. How did it perform in Q3 2024? We took a closer look at the data to find out.
Lila Margalit
October 15, 2024
4 minutes
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Albertsons Q3 Check-In
Albertsons Companies operates over a dozen regional grocery banners and serves millions of shoppers nationwide. We looked at some of the trends and visitation patterns that drove visits in 2024 and dove into the demographics of some of its largest markets.
Bracha Arnold
October 7, 2024
3 minutes
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Trader Joe's: Continuing to Thrive in 2024
Dive into the location analytics to explore Trader Joe's nationwide performance and visitor trends in its home state of California.
Ezra Carmel
October 2, 2024
4 minutes
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Placer.ai White Paper Recap – September 2024
Read on for a taste of our findings from one of our white papers released in September 2024: The Healthcare Opportunity in Grocery, which explores wellness offerings' impact on grocery store visitation patterns.
Lila Margalit
September 26, 2024
3 minutes
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Placer 100 Index for Retail and Dining: August 2024 Recap
How did the Placer 100 Index for Retail & Dining fare in August 2024? We dove into the data to find out.
Ezra Carmel
September 11, 2024
4 minutes
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Retail Trends in College Towns: A Back-to-School Snapshot
With summer winding down and undergrads nationwide heading back to campus, we analyzed the data to explore consumer behavior in college towns. How does college life impact local retail performance?
Lila Margalit
August 21, 2024
5 minutes
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Albertsons Companies: H1 2024 Recap
Albertsons Companies, one of the country's largest grocery holding companies, operates many well-known grocery banners, such as Albertsons, Safeway, and Jewel-Osco. We examine the brand's major banners to see how visits are faring as the second half of the year gets underway.
Bracha Arnold
July 16, 2024
3 minutes
Industry Trends
The Industry Trends Report offers insight into how visitation has changed over time across a variety of industries and regions in the United States. Easily view foot traffic metrics and compare year-over-year changes for the industries and states that interest you.
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Grocery in 2025: Visitation Trends and Consumer Behavior
Dive into the data to see the trends shaping the grocery space in 2025 and uncover actionable insights for strategic decision-making in the competitive food-at-home market.
Placer Research
May 15, 2025
8 minutes
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10 Top Brands to Watch in 2025
Dive into Placer’s list of 10 top brands – and three potential surprises – for 2025, and find out what the data says about these brands’ growth accelerators.
Placer Research
January 16, 2025
14 minutes
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Retail Trends to Watch in 2025
Which retail trends are poised to dominate in 2025? We take a look at the location intelligence to uncover shifts poised to shape the retail landscape in the coming year.
Placer Research
November 18, 2024
12 minutes
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Specialty and Value Chains Transform Grocery in 2024
Specialty and value grocery chains have emerged as top performers in Q3 2024. What insights can location analytics provide about this trend? We dove into the data to find out.
Placer Research
November 7, 2024
8 minutes
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