How Walmart Became the Top Grocery Retailer
Skyhigh grocery bills are inflicting pain at the supermarket checkout counter. Foodathome prices in 2022 jumped and are expected to increase by 5 in 2023. By comparison, prices rose just 0. 7 in 2019. In an effort to stretch their grocery dollars further, a growing number of Americans are turning to Walmart. The Arkansasbased retailer is Americas largest grocer, more than twice the size of its next biggest competitor. Known for its low prices and massive footprint, Walmart takes in more than one in four grocery dollars in the U. S., a one and a half percent increase from 2021. Walmarts low prices are also resonating with highincome consumers who made up about half of the companys market share gains in food in the fiscal quarter that ended January 2023. But with inflation cooling and prices leveling off, will Walmart be able to hang on to its newly acquired shoppers Key Points: 00:00 Introduction 01:20 The Impact of Rising Grocery Prices 03:45 Walmart s Marke
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