As a results of the coronavirus outbreak, one fifth of respondents who were surveyed on March 25, 2020 in the United States stated that they now always sanitize carts and/or baskets before using them in-store. A further 15 percent of respondents claimed that a permanent change to their shopping behavior was keeping a distance from other shoppers in stores.
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In what ways do you think your shopping behavior has permanently changed, as a result of the coronavirus outbreak?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Sanitizing carts/baskets before use
20%
Staying at a distance from other shoppers in stores
15%
Making fewer store trips in general
14%
Purchasing more non-perishable groceries
13%
Stocking-up on groceries/household consumables
12%
Buying one or two extra units of specific products
11%
Buying more/stocking up on specific products like toilet paper
11%
Using store pickup (or more often) for grocery shopping
7%
Spending more money on groceries
6%
Shopping with different stores than before outbreak
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Field Agent. (March 26, 2020). In what ways do you think your shopping behavior has permanently changed, as a result of the coronavirus outbreak? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108995/coronavirus-permanent-changes-in-shopping-behavior-us/
Field Agent. "In what ways do you think your shopping behavior has permanently changed, as a result of the coronavirus outbreak?." Chart. March 26, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108995/coronavirus-permanent-changes-in-shopping-behavior-us/
Field Agent. (2020). In what ways do you think your shopping behavior has permanently changed, as a result of the coronavirus outbreak?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108995/coronavirus-permanent-changes-in-shopping-behavior-us/
Field Agent. "In What Ways Do You Think Your Shopping Behavior Has Permanently Changed, as a Result of The Coronavirus Outbreak?." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108995/coronavirus-permanent-changes-in-shopping-behavior-us/
Field Agent, In what ways do you think your shopping behavior has permanently changed, as a result of the coronavirus outbreak? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108995/coronavirus-permanent-changes-in-shopping-behavior-us/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
In what ways do you think your shopping behavior has permanently changed, as a result of the coronavirus outbreak? [Graph], Field Agent, March 26, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108995/coronavirus-permanent-changes-in-shopping-behavior-us/
