LONDON -- Consumers are increasingly purchasing a small number of items—six or fewer—from large-format grocery stores shows a new report from U.K.-based Dunnhumby, pointing to mounting convenience-store competition coming from grocers.
The report measures “small basket,” “medium basket” and “large basket” grocer visits, which are essentially shopping carts that contain three items or fewer, six items or fewer, or seven items or more, respectively. Since last year, Dunnhumby reports a 2.5% increase in the number of small basket visits at large grocers around the world. Consumers now use small or medium baskets for 60% of their grocery occasions.
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