Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Akron, OH

Iceflower tracks 314 stores from 232 grocery & convenience chains in Akron, OH. The Honey Baked Ham Company grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Giant Eagle and ALDI.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
232
Tracked stores
314
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked grocery & convenience chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. The Honey Baked Ham Company and Giant Eagle sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 The Honey Baked Ham Company - +11.6%
2 Giant Eagle - +2.3%
3 ALDI - +1.7%
4 Sam's Club - -1.3%
5 Marc's - -2.4%
6 Heinen's - -2.8%
7 Acme Fresh Market - -9.1%
8 ACME Markets - -17.7%

Store footprint

Store map

314 tracked store locations in Akron, OH, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 68 of the 314 stores (22%); 216 of the 232 tracked chains have a single store here. 12% of the tracked grocery & convenience stores here are discount grocers, against 8% across Ohio.

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Giant Eagle 20
  • 2 ALDI 14
  • 3 Save A Lot 12
  • 4 Acme Fresh Market 11
  • 5 Marc's 11
  • 6 ACME Markets 4
  • 7 The Honey Baked Ham Company 4
  • 8 Sam's Club 3
  • 9 Heinen's 3
  • 10 Mars Electric 3
  • 11 The Farmer's Rail 3
  • 12 Grandpa's CheeseBarn 2
  • 13 Edible Arrangements 2
  • 14 Metropolis Popcorn 2
  • 15 Gordon Food Service Store 2
  • 16 Meijer 2
  • 17 Far East Oriental Market 1
  • 18 Zaiqa Indian Food & Grocery 1
  • 19 Fruitlands Farm Market 1
  • 20 Tierra Verde Farms 1
  • 21 Portage Meats & Deli 1
  • 22 Indian Grocery Store 1
  • 23 Lovers Lane Market 1
  • 24 V Food & Beverage 1
  • 25 Chappy's Cruise Thru 1
  • 26 Roush's Market 1
  • 27 Ashwim Market INC 1
  • 28 Jesmae Salt 1
  • 29 North Quick Stop 1
  • 30 Gorkhali Mart 1
  • 31 Baho Convenience Store 1
  • 32 Tiendas Guatelinda 1
  • 33 Sunrise Springs Water Co. 1
  • 34 Orange Rose Apothecary 1
  • 35 Sunrise Food Mart 1
  • 36 Loyal Oak Wine & Beverage Center 1
  • 37 Midwest Market 1
  • 38 Costco 1
  • 39 Grant Drive Thru 1
  • 40 Lafa Store 1
  • 41 Jaco's Beverage Drive-Thru 1
  • 42 Valley Mart 1
  • 43 Gene's Drive-Thru 1
  • 44 Sam's Corner Store 1
  • 45 Lepcha Asian Grocery 1
  • 46 Kent Bp 1
  • 47 Copley Mini Mart 1
  • 48 Lakeview Market 1
  • 49 Khatiwoda Minimart 1
  • 50 Gray Mart 1

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