Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

Iceflower tracks 166 stores from 123 grocery & convenience chains in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC. Food Lion grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Catawba County Abc and Ingles.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
123
Tracked stores
166
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Food Lion and Catawba County Abc sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 F Food Lion logo Food Lion - +8.7%
2 C Catawba County Abc - +0.3%
3 I Ingles - -2.3%
4 L Lowes Foods logo Lowes Foods - -7.0%
5 A ALDI logo ALDI - -15.7%
6 M Market Basket logo Market Basket ▲1 -22.4%
7 J Jack B Quick Stores ▼1 -100.0%
  • Supermarkets
  • Other grocery stores
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas
  • Farm
  • Liquor Store
  • Food & Beverage Store
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

166 tracked store locations in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, colored by category.

  • Supermarkets (48)
  • Other grocery stores (37)
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas (21)
  • Farm (14)
  • Liquor Store (14)
  • Food & Beverage Store (6)
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers (6)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Food Lion logo Food Lion 21
  • 2 C Catawba County Abc 8
  • 3 L Lowes Foods logo Lowes Foods 5
  • 4 M Market Basket logo Market Basket 4
  • 5 A ALDI logo ALDI 3
  • 6 I Ingles 3
  • 7 J Jack B Quick Stores 3
  • 8 C Country Market 2
  • 9 S Shop 'n Save logo Shop 'n Save 2
  • 10 P Propst Superette 2
  • 11 S South Mountain Distilling Co 1
  • 12 H Hermanos Chavez 1
  • 13 T The Farmers' Daughter 1
  • 14 S Super Estrella 1
  • 15 A Advent Grocery 1
  • 16 T Tims Discount Foods 1
  • 17 3 3-Way Supply 1
  • 18 E East West Convenience Store 1
  • 19 F Freedom Farm 1
  • 20 T The Rustic Hyde 1
  • 21 H Happy Day Grocery 1
  • 22 F Fisherman's Catch II 1
  • 23 B BT Sales 1
  • 24 C C & W Convenience Store 1
  • 25 T The Healthy Pour Nutrition 1
  • 26 O On The Hill General Store 1
  • 27 H Hilltop Mart 1
  • 28 H Hickory Farms 1
  • 29 E Enola Crossroads Grill 1
  • 30 T This and That Variety 1
  • 31 T True Cut Ranch 1
  • 32 A ABC Store logo ABC Store 1
  • 33 P Perry's Berry's Vineyard & Winery 1
  • 34 M Morganton Natural Foods 1
  • 35 T Trading Post Produce 1
  • 36 P Penny Patch Produce & Garden Center 1
  • 37 B Banana Box Grocery Drexel 1
  • 38 C Case Farms 1
  • 39 L Lisa's Seafood Market 1
  • 40 L Lake Lookout Market 1
  • 41 F Fyreside Bottles and Brews 1
  • 42 C Coca-Cola Bottling Co. logo Coca-Cola Bottling Co. 1
  • 43 V Vinai Asian International Market 1
  • 44 P Propst Farms 1
  • 45 R Rincon Hispano 1
  • 46 S Saunders Family Farms 1
  • 47 S Shop & Save 1
  • 48 S Sunshine Farm 1
  • 49 T Tienda Hispana 3 Hermanos 1
  • 50 B BYPASS BEVERAGE 1

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