Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked grocery & convenience chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Lowes Foods and Total Wine & More sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
L
Lowes Foods
|
▲1 | +13.1% |
| 2 |
T
Total Wine & More
|
- | +11.0% |
| 3 |
R
Refuel
|
▲1 | +10.8% |
| 4 |
M
Mecklenburg County ABC Store
|
▲1 | +10.2% |
| 5 | I Ingles | - | +6.1% |
| 6 |
C
Compare Foods
|
- | +5.8% |
| 7 | K Kingsway | ▲1 | +5.5% |
| 8 |
S
Sam's Club
|
- | +3.2% |
| 9 |
H
Harris Teeter
|
- | +2.6% |
| 10 |
W
Whole Foods Market
|
- | +0.7% |
| 11 |
C
Costco
|
- | +0.7% |
| 12 |
T
The New York Butcher Shoppe
|
- | +0.3% |
| 13 |
F
Food Lion
|
- | 0.0% |
| 14 | W Wow Supermarket | ▲1 | -0.3% |
| 15 |
P
Publix
|
- | -0.5% |
- Grocery Store
- Convenience Store
- Liquor Store
- Food or Beverage Store
- Farm
- Produce Store
- Warehouse Club
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
1,026 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, colored by category.
- Grocery Store (478)
- Convenience Store (377)
- Liquor Store (75)
- Food or Beverage Store (24)
- Farm (20)
- Produce Store (15)
- Warehouse Club (15)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
C
Circle K 130
-
2
F
Food Lion 119
-
3
7
7-Eleven 89
-
4
H
Harris Teeter 75
-
5
A
ALDI 34
-
6
P
Publix 28
-
7
S
Sam's Mart 23
-
8
L
Lidl 10
-
9
C
Compare Foods 9
-
10
L
Lowes Foods 8
-
11
S
Sam's Club 8
- 12 I Ingles 6
-
13
T
Total Wine & More 6
-
14
S
Sheetz 6
-
15
T
The Fresh Market 6
-
16
E
Earth Fare 5
-
17
M
Mecklenburg County ABC Store 5
- 18 C Crenco 5
-
19
W
Whole Foods Market 4
-
20
H
HoneyBaked Ham Company 3
-
21
I
IGA 3
- 22 Q Quick Stop 3
- 23 W Wow Supermarket 3
-
24
R
Refuel 3
-
25
T
Triveni Supermarket 3
- 26 K Kingsway 3
-
27
T
The New York Butcher Shoppe 3
-
28
T
Trader Joe's 3
-
29
C
Costco 3
-
30
B
BJ's Wholesale Club 3
-
31
S
Savory Spice Shop 2
- 32 S Silver Express 2
- 33 E Express Mart 2
- 34 D Danny's Place 2
-
35
W
Winestore 2
- 36 S Saltwater Markets 2
-
37
S
Super G Mart 2
- 38 L Local Market 2
- 39 Q Quality Mart 2
- 40 C Cramerton ABC 2
- 41 C Country Store 2
- 42 P Patterson Farm Market & Tours 2
-
43
S
Shop 'n Save 2
- 44 F Farm Fresh 2
-
45
J
Joe's Kwik Marts 2
- 46 S Statesville ABC Board 2
-
47
P
Project LeanNation 2
- 48 R Rowan/Kannapolis ABC S 2
- 49 L Lincoln County ABC Store 2
- 50 C Cashion's Quik Stop 2
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