Data: Chain Store Guide; Note: Stores under the same brand name have been combined, e.g. Walmart and Walmart Supercenter; Chart: Axios Visuals
Kroger is once again the dominant grocery store chain in the Columbus area, per 2023 data from the sales-tracking firm Chain Store Guide.
State of play: The Cincinnati-based chain has held the top spot for several years now.
Kroger had a 40.6% market share in 2021, which slipped to 38.9% in 2022.
Its market share rose to 42.9% last year, more than double the second-place competitor, Walmart.
👀 Eye-popping stats: That amounts to nearly $3.5 billion in sales at 58 area Kroger stores.
Dollar General (96 area stores) and Whole Foods Market (just three) have roughly the same market share, around 2%.
Go deeper: Kroger and Albertsons, a western U.S. grocery chain, are selling hundreds of stores to encourage federal approval of a massive merger, Richard Collings writes for Axios Pro. (🔒)