We have way too many choices at the grocery store. Even though the typical person has the same 20 or 30 items in their fridge or pantry, the size of grocery stores has gone to 45,000 square feet. Around 50 years ago the average size was 24,000 square feet.
Your supermarket has seriously upgraded its offerings in the past few years—but there’s also been a real change to its actual footprint. According to the Food Marketing Institute, the median total store size was 42,800 square feet in 2015, up from 35,100 square feet in 1994.
Grocers are getting better at tailoring displays, including fruit and veggie offerings, to the demographic makeup of the neighborhood.
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