Trends · data through August 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Salinas, CA

Iceflower tracks 90 stores from 61 grocery & convenience chains in Salinas, CA. Grocery Outlet grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Trader Joe's and 7-Eleven.

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
61
Tracked stores
90
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. Grocery Outlet and Trader Joe's sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Grocery Outlet logo Grocery Outlet - +18.4%
2 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's - +9.8%
3 7 7-Eleven logo 7-Eleven - +7.5%
4 S Safeway logo Safeway - +5.8%
5 L Lucky Supermarkets logo Lucky Supermarkets - -10.1%
6 C Costco logo Costco - -42.8%
  • Grocery Store
  • Convenience Store
  • Liquor Store
  • Warehouse Club
  • Produce Store
  • Farmers Market
  • Food or Beverage Store
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

90 tracked store locations in Salinas, CA, colored by category.

  • Grocery Store (54)
  • Convenience Store (15)
  • Liquor Store (10)
  • Warehouse Club (4)
  • Produce Store (3)
  • Farmers Market (2)
  • Food or Beverage Store (1)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Safeway logo Safeway 8
  • 2 7 7-Eleven logo 7-Eleven 6
  • 3 C Costco logo Costco 4
  • 4 L Lucky Supermarkets logo Lucky Supermarkets 4
  • 5 Q Quik Stop logo Quik Stop 3
  • 6 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 3
  • 7 G Grocery Outlet logo Grocery Outlet 3
  • 8 B BevMo! logo BevMo! 2
  • 9 A ampm logo ampm 2
  • 10 F Foods Co logo Foods Co 2
  • 11 S Santa Fe Foods 2
  • 12 S Smart & Final logo Smart & Final 2
  • 13 M MaxFit Meals 1
  • 14 F Filipino Indian Market 1
  • 15 P Peninsula Produce 1
  • 16 C Cork 'N Bottle Liquors 1
  • 17 B Barn Fresh Produce 1
  • 18 T The Meatery 1
  • 19 V Village Market 1
  • 20 O Ord Community Commissary 1
  • 21 T The Cheese Shop 1
  • 22 S Seaside Liquors 1
  • 23 S Steve's Filipino Asian Market 1
  • 24 T Troia's Market 1
  • 25 L Lopez Fine Wines Liquor & Taqueria 1
  • 26 P Pezzini Farms 1
  • 27 R Rodriguez Ranch 1
  • 28 O Ord Terrace Liquors 1
  • 29 M MaxFit Market Marina 1
  • 30 C Corral Market & Deli 1
  • 31 F Food Corner Market 1
  • 32 L Las Lomas Market 1
  • 33 M Mal's Marketplace 1
  • 34 L Lopez Liquors & Fine Wines 1
  • 35 C Cardenas Markets logo Cardenas Markets 1
  • 36 E El Rey Market 1
  • 37 T The General Store 1
  • 38 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 1
  • 39 R Raley's logo Raley's 1
  • 40 S Save Mart logo Save Mart 1
  • 41 T Total Wine & More logo Total Wine & More 1
  • 42 E Elroy's Fine Foods 1
  • 43 V Vallarta logo Vallarta 1
  • 44 A Asian Filipino Market 1
  • 45 G Grove Market 1
  • 46 R Rocket logo Rocket 1
  • 47 B Bruno's Market & Deli 1
  • 48 P Pleyto Country Store 1
  • 49 K Kwik Service 1
  • 50 C Cornucopia Community Market 1

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