Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Lexington-Fayette, KY

Iceflower tracks 255 stores from 207 grocery & convenience chains in Lexington-Fayette, KY. Kroger grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Meijer and ALDI.

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
207
Tracked stores
255
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. Kroger and Meijer sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Kroger logo Kroger - +4.9%
2 M Meijer logo Meijer - -6.5%
3 A ALDI logo ALDI - -8.0%
4 L Liquor Barn logo Liquor Barn - -15.9%
5 S Save A Lot logo Save A Lot - -20.3%
  • Liquor Store
  • Supermarkets
  • Other grocery stores
  • Farm
  • Food & Beverage Store
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas
  • Discount Grocers
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

255 tracked store locations in Lexington-Fayette, KY, colored by category.

  • Liquor Store (67)
  • Supermarkets (42)
  • Other grocery stores (35)
  • Farm (22)
  • Food & Beverage Store (16)
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas (15)
  • Discount Grocers (12)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 K Kroger logo Kroger 24
  • 2 S Save A Lot logo Save A Lot 9
  • 3 L Liquor Barn logo Liquor Barn 6
  • 4 M Meijer logo Meijer 3
  • 5 A ALDI logo ALDI 3
  • 6 B Bluegrass Distillers 2
  • 7 T The Honey Baked Ham Company logo The Honey Baked Ham Company 2
  • 8 C Crossroads IGA 2
  • 9 S Supermercado Aguascalientes 2
  • 10 T Total Wine & More logo Total Wine & More 2
  • 11 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 2
  • 12 S Sam's Club logo Sam's Club 2
  • 13 P Publix logo Publix 2
  • 14 M Maple Leaf Farm 1
  • 15 F Full Circle Market 1
  • 16 S Sabor Hispania Market 1
  • 17 E Emo Express 1
  • 18 C Cupcake Apothecary 1
  • 19 4 420 Liquor 1
  • 20 R RD1 Spirits 1
  • 21 F Fruteria Las Veracruzanas 1
  • 22 L La Chiquita 1
  • 23 T Tates Creek Farm 1
  • 24 S Southland BP 1
  • 25 B Blue Moon Farm 1
  • 26 F Fresh Bourbon 1
  • 27 C Cibon 1
  • 28 K K-N-F Corner 1
  • 29 B Boone Creek Creamery 1
  • 30 E European Market & Deli 1
  • 31 H Hickman Street Grocery 1
  • 32 S Super Mercado La Princesa 1
  • 33 M Mingua Beef Jerky 1
  • 34 N Northeast Woodford Water District 1
  • 35 J Jot 'Em Down Store 1
  • 36 C Costco logo Costco 1
  • 37 L Liquors Hub 1
  • 38 W Woodhill Food Mart 1
  • 39 E Eastland Liquor 1
  • 40 S Split Rock Farm 1
  • 41 S Sai Super Bazar Farmers Market 1
  • 42 W Wildcat Market 1
  • 43 A Anniston Mini Mart 1
  • 44 T Town and Country Farms 1
  • 45 W Winn Avenue Market 1
  • 46 B Barrel House Distilling Company 1
  • 47 C Crystal Liquors 1
  • 48 F Fasig-Tipton 1
  • 49 L Loradale Market 1
  • 50 C Corner Liquor 1

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