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 the Detroit area's most popular grocery chain despite not actually having a store inside the city limits.
Driving the news: Kroger owned 30% of the market share as of last year, according to new data from Chain Store Guide, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick and Erin Davis report.
Cincinnati-based Kroger has several stores just outside Detroit and in surrounding counties.
Meijer and Walmartare the second- and third-most-popular grocers with 17% and 14% of the local market share, respectively.
Why it matters: Big grocery chains historically have avoided the city, although ALDI and Meijer have opened stores here in recent years.
Detroit went from 74 full-service grocery stores in 2017 to 66 in 2021, we reported last year.