• Placer.ai is out with new research saying that grocery stores that "saw big visit gains during the pandemic … aren’t giving them up easily. They’re still holding their own against dollar and discount stores, which are starting to offer grocery options of their own … Placer.ai’s Indexes show that visits to grocery stores overall are down a bit from last year, but are still tracking above pre-pandemic levels. During the week of September 26, visits to grocery stores were down 3% year-over-year, but up 0.6% compared to 2019."
Among the brands that seem to be performing the best are Food Lion, which "saw visits up more than 32% during Q3 2022 compared to Q3 2019. Likewise, Aldi and Trader Joe’s saw visits up 25.9% and 16.4%, respectively, during the same period."
