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. Trader Joe's and Kroger sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
T
Trader Joe's
|
▲2 | +19.9% |
| 2 |
K
Kroger
|
- | +19.3% |
| 3 | Q Quick Mart | ▲1 | +16.2% |
| 4 |
S
Sam's Club
|
- | +8.4% |
| 5 | F Farm Fresh | - | +6.1% |
| 6 |
A
ALDI
|
- | +6.1% |
| 7 |
R
Royal Farms
|
- | +5.5% |
| 8 |
C
Costco
|
- | +4.6% |
| 9 |
W
Wawa
|
- | +1.8% |
| 10 |
H
Harris Teeter
|
- | +1.7% |
| 11 |
T
The Fresh Market
|
- | +1.7% |
| 12 |
V
Virginia ABC
|
- | -2.2% |
| 13 |
F
Food Lion
|
- | -6.0% |
| 14 |
L
Lidl
|
▼2 | -6.4% |
| 15 |
B
BJ's Wholesale Club
|
- | -7.7% |
- Grocery Store
- Convenience Store
- Liquor Store
- Food or Beverage Store
- Farm
- Farmers Market
- Warehouse Club
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
623 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, colored by category.
- Grocery Store (276)
- Convenience Store (162)
- Liquor Store (91)
- Food or Beverage Store (22)
- Farm (18)
- Farmers Market (18)
- Warehouse Club (14)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
F
Food Lion 86
-
2
V
Virginia ABC 70
-
3
W
Wawa 29
-
4
H
Harris Teeter 25
-
5
7
7-Eleven 21
-
6
K
Kroger 18
-
7
R
Royal Farms 12
-
8
L
Lidl 9
-
9
A
ALDI 9
- 10 T Tinee Giant 8
-
11
S
Sam's Club 6
-
12
P
Publix 5
- 13 H Happy Shopper 5
-
14
T
Total Wine & More 5
-
15
T
The Fresh Market 5
-
16
B
BJ's Wholesale Club 4
- 17 J Joe's Kwik Mart 4
- 18 S Stop & Go 3
- 19 Q Quick Mart 3
-
20
F
Fas Mart 3
-
21
C
Costco 3
- 22 F Farm Fresh 3
-
23
T
Trader Joe's 3
- 24 S Skymart 2
-
25
H
Holiday Stationstores 2
- 26 O Organic Food Depot 2
- 27 J Jr Market 2
-
28
P
Piggly Wiggly 2
-
29
D
Duck Thru 2
- 30 W Welton's Seafood Market 2
- 31 T The Spot 2
-
32
D
Dodge's 2
-
33
W
Whole Foods Market 2
- 34 3 3W's Farm Market 1
- 35 L Le Marche 1
- 36 N Neptunes 1
- 37 F Farmer Joe's 1
- 38 N Nikko's Tindahan Oriental Store 1
- 39 P Payless Tobacco Plus 1
- 40 C Copper Fox Distillery 1
- 41 D Dean & Don's Farm Market 1
- 42 T Two Drummers Butcher & BBQ Provisions 1
- 43 R Riffle Farms Market & Co-op 1
- 44 H Holland Produce 1
- 45 J Jung Ha Oriental Market 1
- 46 L Little Earle's Country Store 1
- 47 L Little Acre Farm LLC 1
- 48 J Jefferson Pit Stop 1
- 49 G Great Bottles 1
- 50 H Hop'n Shops 1
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