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. Cubbard Express and Tropicana Supermarket sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
Cubbard Express
|
▲4 | +17.6% |
| 2 | T Tropicana Supermarket | ▲1 | +17.3% |
| 3 |
S
Save A Lot
|
▲4 | +16.7% |
| 4 |
S
Sprouts Farmers Market
|
▲1 | +15.1% |
| 5 | K Kwik Stop | ▲6 | +14.9% |
| 6 | E EPMart | ▲7 | +13.7% |
| 7 |
Q
Quik Mart
|
▲2 | +12.7% |
| 8 |
S
Sam's Club
|
▲2 | +12.1% |
| 9 |
T
Total Wine & More
|
▲2 | +11.8% |
| 10 | T Tommy's Mini Mart | ▲2 | +10.8% |
| 11 | E Express Mart | ▲2 | +10.7% |
| 12 |
T
The Spice & Tea Exchange
|
▲2 | +8.9% |
| 13 |
D
Duck Thru
|
▲5 | +8.6% |
| 14 |
B
BJ's Wholesale Club
|
- | +6.4% |
| 15 |
T
Trader Joe's
|
- | +6.3% |
Store footprint
Store map
4,187 tracked store locations in North Carolina, colored by category.
- Grocery Store (2,026)
- Convenience Store (1,458)
- Liquor Store (260)
- Farm (106)
- Food or Beverage Store (100)
- Butcher Shop (69)
- Farmers Market (57)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
F
Food Lion 528
-
2
C
Circle K 415
-
3
H
Harris Teeter 184
-
4
S
Sheetz 138
-
5
7
7-Eleven 114
-
6
L
Lowes Foods 83
-
7
A
ALDI 79
- 8 I Ingles 73
-
9
P
Publix 60
-
10
R
Refuel 53
-
11
P
Piggly Wiggly 51
- 12 H Handy Mart 37
-
13
C
Carlie C's IGA 29
- 14 S Short Stop Food Mart 27
-
15
L
Lidl 26
-
16
T
The Fresh Market 26
-
17
S
Sam's Club 24
-
18
S
Sam's Mart 22
-
19
C
Compare Foods 20
-
20
M
Minuteman Food Mart 19
-
21
W
Whole Foods Market 16
- 22 S Scotchman 16
-
23
W
Wawa 15
-
24
T
Total Wine & More 14
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25
T
Trader Joe's 13
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26
D
Duck Thru 12
-
27
H
Han-Dee Hugo's 11
-
28
S
Stop & Shop 10
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29
B
BJ's Wholesale Club 10
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30
A
ABC Store 10
- 31 S Scotchman Store 10
- 32 E Express Mart 9
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33
C
Costco 9
- 34 Q Quality Mart 7
- 35 S Sav-Mor Foods 7
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36
S
Shop 'n Save 6
- 37 T Tropicana Supermarket 6
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38
S
Save A Lot 6
- 39 H Hot Spot 5
- 40 F Fastop 5
- 41 C Country Store 5
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42
E
Earth Fare 5
- 43 T The Spot 5
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44
S
Sprouts Farmers Market 5
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45
M
Mecklenburg County ABC Store 5
- 46 K Kwik Stop 5
-
47
W
Wegmans 4
-
48
B
Brew Thru 4
-
49
H
HotSpot Convenience Stores 4
- 50 O One Stop 4
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