Coronavirus: online grocery usage in the U.S. in 2020, by level of concern

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T. Ozbun,
Jan 27, 2022
Concern about the coronavirus outbreak in the United States seems to correlate to usage of online grocery services. In an April survey, 26 percent of households that had low concerns regarding the virus had shopped online for groceries in the last month, while 38 percent of those with a high level of concern had shopped online in the same period.

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Online grocery usage in the United States in 2020, by level of coronavirus concern

CharacteristicShare of households using at least once in past month
Low 26%
Moderate 30%
High 38%
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Release date

May 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

April 22 to 25, 2020

Supplementary notes

Only orders fulfilled from conventional and specialty grocers, mass and broadline grocery delivery services.

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