SUPERMARKET FACTS

The sales per employee labor hour for supermarkets in 2026 is $237.76.

The customer per transaction average in the supermarket is currently $45.70.

Self-Checkouts average 37.3% of all transactions in a supermarket. 

Approximately 19% of total grocery sales in the U.S. come from online orders.

The number of grocery items sold online is 8.9%.

Supermarkets still dominate roughly 81% to 83% of total U.S. grocery volume purchased directly in-store.

The very first item scanned electronically was a pack of Wrigley’s gum.

The United States supermarket industry employs approximately 2.7 million to 3.1 million workers, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

About 38,500 individual supermarket businesses operate across the United States.