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Amazon breaks its silence on grocery business: CEO Andy Jassy is 鈥渧ery bullish鈥� about retailer鈥檚 prospects as more customers stock up on everyday essentials.

Growth rates will decline, but digital grocery will remain a key focus for retailers looking to drive incremental sales dollars in ecommerce.

US sales of private label grocery brands grew 3.9% in 2024, outpacing the 1.0% growth of national brands, according to the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA).

SNAP rollbacks could shrink grocery baskets and curb discretionary spend: With household spending already under strain, further benefit cuts risk triggering a broader pullback in consumer demand.

How can retailers in grocery, the second-largest ecommerce category, optimize their online business to succeed?

Every step of the grocery shopping journey is being digitized; how do consumers feel about it?

Last month, M&M's launched its first loyalty program, Fun Club, allowing consumers to earn points by completing activities and redeem them for sweepstakes entries or M&M's merchandise. While loyalty programs are typically associated with high-frequency purchases鈥攍ike groceries, travel, or restaurants鈥攅ven low-frequency brands are using loyalty to increase engagement, gather data, and drive sales amid rising competition.

As customers grab the same grocery staples they have for decades, Walmart is betting that gamifying the experience will challenge those habits. The retailer plans to launch Walmart Unlimited, a three-part miniseries that features the entrepreneurs behind its products. Launched last month on Spatial, the game includes full commerce integration that enables in-app purchases.

Grocery sales shifting online is a lasting legacy of the pandemic: We expect 13.7% of grocery sales to occur online this year, more than double the 6.2% share in prepandemic 2019.

Tariffs could add $12,000 to new car prices, drive up costs for electronics, and inflate grocery bills. Marketers must pivot to value-driven messaging as economic uncertainty reshapes spending.

Egg prices are up, and so are consumers鈥� concerns about affording groceries amid rising cases of avian flu, inflation, and President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs. Here鈥檚 how grocery shopping may change in the year ahead and what retailers need to know.

A lot happens in a week, so every Friday we're going to analyze all the new data and provide you with some of the key takeaways. Welcome to the Friday 5. This week, price comparisons drive online shopping, consumers consider their grocery necessities, and retail media proves its effectiveness to consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands.

Grocery is the second-largest ecommerce category we track, garnering $220.48 billion in 2025, according to our 鈥淯S Digital Grocery Forecast 2025鈥� report. Walmart is the top digital grocery retailer, capturing 31.6% of US grocery ecommerce sales in 2025, followed by Amazon (22.6%) and Kroger (8.6%).

The Super Bowl is one of the few collective experiences left: That鈥檚 why Walmart, Amazon, and Aldi are going head-to-head on grocery deals, and retailers like Abercrombie are making plays related to the game.

The National Retail Federation鈥檚 (NRF) Big Show closed earlier this week, bringing together retailers, tech companies, and industry experts to discuss the future of retail. Key takeaways included Gen Z鈥檚 influence on shopping, which will last even if TikTok goes away, the accelerating trend cycle, hesitation to adopt new payment technologies, and the transformation of digital grocery. Here are four takeaways from the event.

Credit card issuers can steal share from debit cards by expanding grocery-focused rewards and promoting budgeting tools

Households with GLP-1 users slash their spending on groceries: Food companies need to adapt to the shifting buying patterns of consumers on GLP-1s to stay competitive.