Ship-to-Home drove vast majority of the 8% drop in total sales while delivery also contracted
The US online grocery market generated $8.5 billion in sales and accounted for nearly 12% of total grocery spending during January, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey fielded January 29-30, 2022.
Total January sales were down 8% versus the prior year with mixed results across the three receiving methods (Pickup, Delivery, and Ship-to-Home). Only Pickup made sales gains, growing almost 2% to $4.0 billion. Delivery contracted 7% to $3.0 billion and Ship-to-Home sales plummeted 30% to $1.5 billion, driving nearly two-thirds of the total YOY sales decline.