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Grocery Food Shopping

Grocery Food Shopping shows low returns (0.1%), but pricing outside the sweet spot ($3.91 avg) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look
Market size 33Growth 21Conversion 67Competition 95Returns 100Price range 54Avg price 11Brand share 31Review moat 25Quality gap 37
This niche Category average

Is Grocery Food Shopping profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Grocery Food Shopping is a £159K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (677K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Jun. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Grocery Food Shopping: 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 -8.2% over the last 90 days and 6.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£159K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr-8.2%677K
Conversion rate6.0%
Avg price£3.91

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers34 · 244
Top-5 product click share20%
Open market14%
Avg brand age57 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 · 122 products

Sponsored placement91%
New entrants (1y)22· 13 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews4,682

Top Grocery Food Shopping 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (20% combined) — 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%)

Grocery Food Shopping demand & seasonality

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

Volume677KCVR6.0%Products122Brands34Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate2.0%Rating4.5★Reviews4,682Avg BSR#14
125K75KSpike '25JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

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

Top Grocery Food Shopping search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Grocery Food Shopping

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

What buyers love

76% of reviews
Value For Money30%

Competitive price

Taste-Overall17%

Clean taste

Quality-Overall13%

Good quality seeds

Flavor3%

Lemon flavor

Smell3%

Beautiful smell

What buyers complain about

58% of reviews
Quality-Overall12%

Far from quality

Taste-Overall12%

Weird after taste

Size-Overall9%

Not fit for purpose

Thickness7%

Too thick

Value For Money7%

a little expensive

Grocery Food Shopping return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

44%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
30%
2Quality-Overall
18%
3Value For Money
7%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
5%
5Leak-Proof
5%

Common Grocery Food Shopping questions

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

Flapen scores Grocery Food Shopping 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £159K/yr across 122 tracked products. 13 of 22 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -8.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Grocery Food Shopping on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Mar–Jun, where the busiest month runs 10.5× the quietest.