Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Tucson, AZ

Iceflower tracks 234 stores from 157 grocery & convenience chains in Tucson, AZ. Costco grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Trader Joe's and Safeway.

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
157
Tracked stores
234
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. Costco and Trader Joe's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Costco logo Costco - +5.7%
2 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's - +3.3%
3 S Safeway logo Safeway - +0.1%
4 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market - -0.2%
5 F Food City logo Food City - -2.3%
6 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market - -3.6%
7 F Fry's Food Stores logo Fry's Food Stores - -3.7%
8 B Bashas' logo Bashas' - -6.3%
9 A Albertsons logo Albertsons - -7.6%
  • Supermarkets
  • Other grocery stores
  • Liquor Store
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers
  • Butcher Shop
  • Warehouse Club
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

234 tracked store locations in Tucson, AZ, colored by category.

  • Supermarkets (74)
  • Other grocery stores (36)
  • Liquor Store (29)
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas (20)
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers (20)
  • Butcher Shop (18)
  • Warehouse Club (8)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Fry's Food Stores logo Fry's Food Stores 23
  • 2 S Safeway logo Safeway 19
  • 3 F Food City logo Food City 8
  • 4 A Albertsons logo Albertsons 8
  • 5 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market 7
  • 6 B Bashas' logo Bashas' 7
  • 7 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 4
  • 8 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 3
  • 9 C Costco logo Costco 3
  • 10 T The Honey Baked Ham Company logo The Honey Baked Ham Company 2
  • 11 N Natural Grocers logo Natural Grocers 2
  • 12 P Primo Water logo Primo Water 2
  • 13 T Total Wine & More logo Total Wine & More 2
  • 14 T Tony's Liquors 1
  • 15 C Carniceria Camacho 1
  • 16 V Valencia Market 1
  • 17 W Watermill Express logo Watermill Express 1
  • 18 D Dolce Pastello 1
  • 19 M Marana Heritage Farm 1
  • 20 S Sells District Service Station 1
  • 21 M Market Friendly 1
  • 22 T Tucson Herb Store logo Tucson Herb Store 1
  • 23 T The Good Leaf 1
  • 24 H Heirloom Farmers Market 1
  • 25 W Wagon Wheel Post 1
  • 26 D Del Sol Marketplace 1
  • 27 M Mount Lemmon General Store and Gift Shop 1
  • 28 Q QN Market 1
  • 29 F Food Mart 1
  • 30 R Red's Roasters 1
  • 31 S Sam's Club logo Sam's Club 1
  • 32 I India Dukaan 1
  • 33 W Wildcat Drive Thru Liquors 1
  • 34 L La Cima Market 1
  • 35 S Sun Oriental Market 1
  • 36 I Islas Meat Market 1
  • 37 S Sonora Market 1
  • 38 G Gu Achi Trading Post 1
  • 39 S Supercarniceria Del Valle 1
  • 40 F Family Food Store 1
  • 41 G Gus's Liquor Store 1
  • 42 M Mei Mei 1
  • 43 B Bulldog Bakery & BBQ 1
  • 44 S San Xavier Co-Op Farm logo San Xavier Co-Op Farm 1
  • 45 M Midtown Liquor & Deli 1
  • 46 I India Food & Gifts 1
  • 47 H Henry's Market 1
  • 48 S Super 99 Cent Plus Store 1
  • 49 G George Wine Shop 1
  • 50 A Alejandro 1

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