10 most popular grocery stores in New Orleans metro
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Walmart is the most popular grocery chain in the New Orleans metro area, with 39.4% of the market share as of last year, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick and Erin Davis report.
- Sam's Club and Rouses are the second- and third-most-popular grocers, with 11.9% and 11.5% of the local market share, respectively.
- That's according to new data from Chain Store Guide, which tracks the retail and food service industries.
The big picture: While national grocery behemoths such as Walmart are typically among the most popular grocers — if not the most popular — in any given city, local and regional favorites can give the big box stores a run for their money.
- Shoppers often develop allegiances toward their local favorites. Rouses Markets, based in Thibodaux, came in third and is known for its Louisiana flair and freshly boiled crawfish.
- Dorignac's, a family-owned store across the parish line in Metairie, made the list too.
Why it matters: At a time when politics divides opinion nationally on many big brands, grocery brands have been able to maintain loyalty and trust across demographics by maintaining a steady presence in their communities, Axios' Sara Fischer and Emily Peck write.
By the numbers: The amount Americans spend on groceries is getting crushed by the amount we spend dining out in the post-pandemic era.
- People spent 20.7% more at restaurants than they spent on groceries in 2022 — and that figure rose to 29.5% in the first two months of the year, according to Commerce Department data compiled by JLL, Axios' Nathan Bomey writes.
What's next: Amazon — which acquired Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.4 billion — is looking to dramatically expand the grocery wing of its commerce empire, Axios' Richard Collings and Kimberly Chin write.
- "We need a broader physical store footprint given that most of the grocery shopping still happens in physical venues," Amazon CEO Andy Jassy recently wrote in a letter to shareholders.