America’s Favorite Grocery Store Is …
Ever wonder what America’s favorite grocery store is? We have the surprising answer thanks to Eat This, Not That. Love it or hate it, grocery shopping is one of those necessities that just about everyone has to do. And since we have to do it so frequently, most people have a favorite place to shop. Some folks like to look for deals and discounts at stores like Aldi or Lidl, while others want the specific brand and specialty products at Trader Joe’s.
A new survey reveals America’s most popular and favorite grocery store and it turns out, it’s not a traditional supermarket at all … it’s 7-Eleven. It’s a surprising choice, but the poll’s popularity scores are based on more than 20-million survey responses from folks all over the country. It’s not even a grocery store!! Haha. Millennials are the generation that gives 7-Eleven the highest popularity score of 65% and the convenience store chain is also most popular among men. Female respondents prefer the German-owned discount chain Aldi and both Gen X and baby boomers prefer Kroger.
- 7-Eleven 62% popularity (the % of people who have a positive opinion of a grocery store)
- Aldi 61% popularity
- Kroger 61% popularity
- Trader Joe’s 58% popularity
- Whole Foods 53% popularity
- Albertsons 46% popularity
- Safeway 45% popularity
- Piggly Wiggly 45% popularity
- Circle K 44% popularity
- Publix 43% popularity
The ALDI grocery chain has its roots going all the way back to Essen, Germany in 1913. A shop opened by the mother of ALDI founders Karl and Theo Albrecht. There are some secrets about the successful company that you may not know about.
- ALDI had a much different name originally – the first name was Albrecht Diskont (German work for discount) and the chain now has thousands of stores all over the world in four continents.
- ALDI owns Trader Joe’s – Aldi North and Theo Albrecht bought the chain back in 1979 12 years after the first TJ’s opened in Pasadena, CA.
- The best deals are on Wednesdays – new products are stocked on Wednesdays according to Taste of Home and produce goes on sale and markdowns on old items as well on this day of the week.
