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Grocery Food Shopping

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But products sell for $3.91 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Grocery Food Shopping is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 31% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +4 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£159K/yr677K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
20%top-5 click share · 34 brands · 244 sellers

Flapen Score

Grocery Food Shopping against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Grocery Food Shopping is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Grocery Food Shopping market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Grocery Food Shopping 677K times last year and spent an estimated £159K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Jun. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 677K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £159K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
677K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.2%
Conversion, latest week
6.0%
Market size, estimated
£159Ka year
Peak month
June10.5× the quietest month
Top search term
amazon food92K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.91.

Listings sell for £3.91 on average, from £0.40 to £32.29. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £3.91 that is £391 to £978 a year per listing.

Average price
£3.91under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.40–£32.29
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£391–£978
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 99% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #14 within Beverage Syrups & Concentrates. It carries 4,682 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
99%
Out of stock, average day
2.0%
Average rank
#14in Beverage Syrups & Concentrates
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,682per listing
Listings tracked
122

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 13 of last year's 22 launches as successful.

22 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 13 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 57 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
22
Successful launches
13Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
57 months

Products

Top Grocery Food Shopping products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 20% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£3K£6K£10K£13K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

34 rising

Sellers

244

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

20%

Top 20: 50%

Open market

13%

  • by Amazon63%
  • Robinsons16%
  • Morrisons4%
  • DKNY2%
  • Vimto1%
  • Andrex1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (28 brands, 13%)

Demand

Grocery Food Shopping search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

125K75KSpike '25JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Mar, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 10.5×

Search terms

Top Grocery Food Shopping search terms shoppers use

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

  • amazon food92K/yr
  • offers84K/yr
  • amazon groceries60K/yr
  • subscribe and save offers88K/yr
  • by amazon groceries49K/yr
  • orange and pineapple squash25K/yr
  • tesco groceries online shopping43K/yr
  • groceries amazon pantry prime30K/yr
  • asda groceries online shopping37K/yr
  • amazon food groceries32K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Grocery Food Shopping

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Quality-Overall12%−0.03

Far from quality

Bad quality

Poor quality control

Taste-Overall12%+0.54

Weird after taste

Almost tasteless

Awful taste

Size-Overall9%−0.07

Not fit for purpose

TO SHORT

Quite small

Thickness7%−0.07

Too thick

not as thick as I would like

make it thicker look

Value For Money7%+2.95

a little expensive

Not worth it

Overpriced

Love

Value For Money30%+2.95

Competitive price

Very affordable

Great deal

Taste-Overall17%+0.54

Clean taste

Yummy coffee

Absolutely delicious

Quality-Overall13%−0.03

Good quality seeds

Absolute quality

Great value for satisfying quality

Flavor3%+0.13

Lemon flavor

Brilliant flavour

Bursting with flavor

Smell3%

Beautiful smell

Great fragrance

smells fresh

Return

0.1% Return rate 44% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall30%▄▄▄▅▅█

Not fit for purpose

TO SHORT

Quite small

Quality-Overall18%█▇▇▄▆▄

Far from quality

Bad quality

Poor quality control

Value For Money7%▂▅▄▅█▄

a little expensive

Not worth it

Overpriced

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▁▄█▃▂▂
Leak-Proof5%▁▃▃█▅▄

FAQ

Common Grocery Food Shopping questions

Answered from the same tracked data.