Trends · data through September 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Rochester, MN

Iceflower tracks 81 stores from 67 grocery & convenience chains in Rochester, MN. Hy-Vee grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sunshine Foods and Andy's Liquor.

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
67
Tracked stores
81
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. Hy-Vee and Sunshine Foods sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Hy-Vee - +2.9%
2 Sunshine Foods - -4.9%
3 Andy's Liquor - -6.8%
  • Liquor Store
  • Supermarkets
  • Other grocery stores
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers
  • Butcher Shop
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas
  • Farm
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

81 tracked store locations in Rochester, MN, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 14 of the 81 stores (17%); 57 of the 67 tracked chains have a single store here.

  • Liquor Store (28)
  • Supermarkets (17)
  • Other grocery stores (12)
  • Upscale & Natural Grocers (5)
  • Butcher Shop (3)
  • Corner Stores & Bodegas (2)
  • Farm (2)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Hy-Vee 4
  • 2 Andy's Liquor 3
  • 3 Sunshine Foods 3
  • 4 Apollo Liquor 2
  • 5 ALDI 2
  • 6 Cub 2
  • 7 Fareway 2
  • 8 People's Food Co-op 2
  • 9 Pam's Off Sale Liquor 2
  • 10 Jeff's Little Store 2
  • 11 JJ Liquors 1
  • 12 Oak Meadow Meats 1
  • 13 Buddy's Liquor 1
  • 14 Everyday Spirit Liquor and Tobacco 1
  • 15 Fiesta Foods 1
  • 16 Jack's Bottle Shop 1
  • 17 Discount Liquors 1
  • 18 El Gallo Mexican Grocery 1
  • 19 Concord Store and Locker 1
  • 20 Firehouse Beer Wine & Liquor 1
  • 21 Saigon Far East Market 1
  • 22 International Spices and Grocery 1
  • 23 Wabasha Warehouse Liquors 1
  • 24 Sekapp Orchard 1
  • 25 Joe's Liquor 1
  • 26 Valley Liquor of Elgin 1
  • 27 Northwoods Apple Orchard 1
  • 28 Rochester Farmers Market 1
  • 29 Rowan International Grocery Store 1
  • 30 Lanesboro Market 1
  • 31 Zumbro Liquor 1
  • 32 Mi mexicana Market 1
  • 33 Harmony Spirits 1
  • 34 Mazeppa Municipal Liquor Store 1
  • 35 El Buen Vino Liquor 1
  • 36 Apollo Superette 1
  • 37 Pepsi 1
  • 38 Woody's Liquor 1
  • 39 Costco 1
  • 40 Sam's Club 1
  • 41 Trader Joe's 1
  • 42 Total Wine & More 1
  • 43 Rushford IGA 1
  • 44 Lake City Fresh Market 1
  • 45 Fresh Thyme Market 1
  • 46 Natural Grocers 1
  • 47 Pam's Corner 1
  • 48 Preston Foods 1
  • 49 Silver Lake Foods 1
  • 50 Harmony Foods 1

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