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. Costco and Brown Jug sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costco | - | +4.5% |
| 2 | Brown Jug | - | +3.9% |
| 3 | Carrs | - | +1.0% |
| 4 | Three Bears Alaska | - | -0.0% |
| 5 | Fred Meyer | - | -1.0% |
| 6 | Safeway | - | -7.6% |
- Supermarkets
- Liquor Store
- Other grocery stores
- Corner Stores & Bodegas
- Food & Beverage Store
- Military Commissaries & Exchanges
- Warehouse Club
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
278 tracked store locations in Alaska, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 73 of the 278 stores (26%); 181 of the 196 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked grocery & convenience stores here are food & beverage stores, against 3% across the United States.
- Supermarkets (85)
- Liquor Store (59)
- Other grocery stores (38)
- Corner Stores & Bodegas (25)
- Food & Beverage Store (18)
- Military Commissaries & Exchanges (11)
- Warehouse Club (8)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Brown Jug 20
- 2 Safeway 16
- 3 Fred Meyer 15
- 4 Carrs 11
- 5 Three Bears Alaska 11
- 6 Costco 5
- 7 Alaska Commercial Company 3
- 8 Exchange 2
- 9 AAFES 2
- 10 Anchorage Wine House 2
- 11 Coast Guard Exchange 2
- 12 AC Value Center 2
- 13 Breeze In 2
- 14 Alaskan Liquor Store 2
- 15 Bosco's 2
- 16 Dominican Grocery 1
- 17 Gold Star Liquor 1
- 18 Swansons 1
- 19 Uncharted Alaska Distillery 1
- 20 Coghill’s General Store 1
- 21 Oil & Vinegar 1
- 22 Thai Market 1
- 23 Twin Rivers Store 1
- 24 The Spice & Tea Exchange 1
- 25 Glass Door Bar 1
- 26 Lucky Market 1
- 27 Maggie's General Store 1
- 28 Fishhook Food Mart 1
- 29 Sutton General Store and Jonesville Cafe and Java 1
- 30 Arctic Brewing Supply 1
- 31 Estes Brothers Grocery 1
- 32 Juneau Natural 1
- 33 Nichol's Front Door Store 1
- 34 EuroStyle 1
- 35 Alaska International Market 1
- 36 Port Chilkoot Distillery 1
- 37 Asian Groceries and Gifts, LLC 1
- 38 Nagley's General Store 1
- 39 La Villa Market 1
- 40 Bear Country Coffee and Convenience 1
- 41 Alaska Water Technologies 1
- 42 Y2K Liquors 1
- 43 Blue Market AK 1
- 44 Kasilof Mercantile 1
- 45 Lucky 7 Mart 1
- 46 Knik Kountry Liquor 1
- 47 Asian Food Market 1
- 48 Inlet Grocery 1
- 49 Jolly Wally's 1
- 50 Miller's Market 1
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