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Grocery and Gourmet Food

Grocery and Gourmet Food shows low returns (0.1%), but a small market ($30K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

52
Worth a look
Market size 8Growth 26Conversion 41Competition 63Returns 99Price range 70Avg price 81Brand share 84Review moat 44Quality gap 48
This niche Category average

Is Grocery and Gourmet Food profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Grocery and Gourmet Food is a £30K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (53K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 51% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.

Grocery and Gourmet Food: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +0.9% over the last 90 days and 3.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£30K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1K
Search volume / yr+0.9%53K
Conversion rate3.3%
Avg price£17.35

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 51% of demand, so 49% of the market is open.

49%

open market share

Brands · sellers20 · 21
Top-5 product click share47%
Open market49%
Avg brand age48 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 21 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,059

Top Grocery and Gourmet Food products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 47% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

51%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

44%

  • Tracklements20%
  • Mr Filbert's9%
  • Tilz8%
  • Cottage Delight7%
  • Modern Gourmet Foods6%
  • SERIOUS PIG5%

Grocery and Gourmet Food demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume53KCVR3.3%Products21Brands20Top 5 Brands51%OOS Rate18.6%Rating4.5★Reviews2,059Avg BSR#20
23K18KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 48.4×

Top Grocery and Gourmet Food search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.

  • foodie gifts20K/yr
  • foodie gifts for men15K/yr
  • gifts for foodies9K/yr
  • pate gift set9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Grocery and Gourmet Food

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Gifting Purpose39%

Birthday gift

Taste-Overall17%

The coffee is delicious

Quality-Overall15%

Great products good variety

Value For Money8%

Good value for money

Flavor4%

Good selection of flavours

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews
Value For Money24%

Abit pricey

Size-Overall15%

Very small bottles

Taste-Overall10%

However, I didnt taste the nuts fully

Quality-Overall6%

not as good as it sounds

Material Quality3%

Not the best material

Grocery and Gourmet Food return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

28%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
27%
2Gifting Purpose
14%
3Quality-Overall
13%
4Value For Money
11%
5Defective Material/Parts
9%

Common Grocery and Gourmet Food questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Grocery and Gourmet Food 52/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £30K/yr across 21 tracked products. Search demand moved +0.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Grocery and Gourmet Food on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 48.4× the quietest.