FACTS & FIGURES
The supermarket industry employs
4.8 Million people
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Supermarket Facts
When you need the facts and you need them now. Below you will find topline supermarket operations and consumer data culled from FMI’s research reports and supermarket trade publications.
Data are updated as figures are released, usually during the second half of the year.
Number of Employees
4.8 Million
Total Supermarket Sales - 2018
$701.188 Billion
Number of Supermarkets - 2018
Source: Progressive Grocer Magazine
38,307
Net Profit After Taxes for Food Retailers - 2021
2.9% Trend
Average total store size in Square Feet - 2021
51,507 Trend
Average weekly sales per supermarket - 2021
$638,756
Average number items carried in a supermarket - 2021
35,829
Average weekly grocery spending per household - October 2022
$148
% of disposable income spent on food —2019
(See Table on Normalized Food Expenditures by all Purchasers)
Weekly sales per square foot of selling area - 2021
$18.41
Sales per customer transaction - 2021
$42.07 in-store
$113 online
$113 online
Sales per Labor Hour - 2021
$182
Percent of total sales of grocery items online - 2021
6.5%
Percent of transactions used with self-checkout - 2021
30%
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