Trends · data through August 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Wilmington, NC

Iceflower tracks 237 stores from 134 grocery & convenience chains in Wilmington, NC. Han-Dee Hugo's grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Harris Teeter and Food Lion.

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
134
Tracked stores
237
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. Han-Dee Hugo's and Harris Teeter sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Han-Dee Hugo's logo Han-Dee Hugo's ▲1 +11.3%
2 H Harris Teeter logo Harris Teeter - +2.5%
3 F Food Lion logo Food Lion - +1.3%
4 L Lowes Foods logo Lowes Foods - -6.5%
5 P Publix logo Publix - -9.2%
6 C Circle K logo Circle K - -10.2%
7 S Scotchman Store - -12.0%
8 S Scotchman - -15.3%
9 M Minuteman Food Mart logo Minuteman Food Mart ▼1 -56.3%

Store footprint

Store map

237 tracked store locations in Wilmington, NC, colored by category.

  • Grocery Store (92)
  • Convenience Store (92)
  • Liquor Store (19)
  • Food or Beverage Store (19)
  • Farm (4)
  • Butcher Shop (3)
  • Farmers Market (3)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Circle K logo Circle K 25
  • 2 F Food Lion logo Food Lion 24
  • 3 L Lowes Foods logo Lowes Foods 12
  • 4 S Scotchman 12
  • 5 H Harris Teeter logo Harris Teeter 11
  • 6 H Han-Dee Hugo's logo Han-Dee Hugo's 6
  • 7 P Publix logo Publix 6
  • 8 S Scotchman Store 5
  • 9 M Minuteman Food Mart logo Minuteman Food Mart 4
  • 10 S Sheetz logo Sheetz 3
  • 11 B Belville ABC 2
  • 12 P Piggly Wiggly logo Piggly Wiggly 2
  • 13 7 7-Eleven logo 7-Eleven 2
  • 14 L Lidl logo Lidl 2
  • 15 A ALDI logo ALDI 2
  • 16 U Uncorked by the Sea Wine Shop & Gallery 1
  • 17 E E-Z Mart logo E-Z Mart 1
  • 18 C Civietown Mini Mart 1
  • 19 L Leaf and Barrel Provision Co. 1
  • 20 B B and K General Store 1
  • 21 I Inergy Market 1
  • 22 W Wilmington Distillery 1
  • 23 T The Wine Sampler 1
  • 24 1 17th Street Market 1
  • 25 B Blackburn Brothers Seafood 1
  • 26 T The Grape & Ale 1
  • 27 A AB Food Mart 1
  • 28 Q Quik Stop logo Quik Stop 1
  • 29 T Thomas Tackle & Seafood 1
  • 30 A Angie's Fresh Produce 1
  • 31 A Atlantic Seafood Retail Market 1
  • 32 Y Yaya Mini Mart 1
  • 33 B Boone's Neck Pantry 1
  • 34 H Holden Beach Seafood 1
  • 35 E End of Days Distillery 1
  • 36 C CrossRoads Farm 1
  • 37 F Fairhaven Mini Mart 1
  • 38 I Island Seafood Company 1
  • 39 C Clem's Seafood 1
  • 40 C Coastal Seafood & Propane 1
  • 41 T Tommy's Mini Mart 1
  • 42 D Doug's Seafood 1
  • 43 T The Island Market 1
  • 44 T Trask Family Farms 1
  • 45 S Sunny Point Tiger Mart 1
  • 46 T The Farmer's Shed 1
  • 47 H Handy Mart 1
  • 48 K Kicking Mule Beverage Barn 1
  • 49 T The Gator Hole Country Store 1
  • 50 B Bob's EZ Way 1

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