Measuring both incentivized and organic purchases in grocery transactions across the US grocery industry, Ibotta's first-party data analytics show that on average...

August ‘23 delivered a combined -9% fewer trips to the store, -11% drop in units moved, and +3.5% growth in share of purchases shifting from private label to branded — YoY across key categories.*

As brands face challenging YoY sales comps, focusing on pre-shopping strategies to drive in-store visits, incremental sales, and win share over private label becomes crucial. Advertisers on the IPN average 42% new-to-brand conversions and a 50% increase in incremental units sold.

View the August ‘23 stats below and contact your Ibotta rep to dive deeper into your specific category to build a custom promotional strategy that drives incremental sales at unprecedented scale.

To see specific categories indexing 100+ for any month, compared to the past 11 months, make sure to check out the Category Pacesetters web tool.

*Findings are based on Ibotta first-party SKU-level purchase data in the U.S., including in-store and online sales across all major retail channels.



General Food

General Food

-5.2% store trips vs. 1 year ago
-8.9% dollar spend vs. 1 year ago
-7.9% units moved vs. 1 year ago
+3.9% share of purchases shifted to private label

Beverage
Beverage

-5.9% store trips vs. 1 year ago
-10.0% dollar spend vs. 1 year ago
-8.5% units moved vs. 1 year ago
+0.0% share of purchases shifted to private label

Household Needs
Household Needs

-4.7% store trips vs. 1 year ago
-1.5% dollar spend vs. 1 year ago
-4.4% units moved vs. 1 year ago
+8.2% share of purchases shifted to branded

Health Beauty
Health & Beauty

-11.0% store trips vs. 1 year ago
-5.9% dollar spend vs. 1 year ago
-8.8% units moved vs. 1 year ago
+0.1% share of purchases shifted to branded

General Merch
General Merchandise

-17.4% store trips vs. 1 year ago
-21.3% dollar spend vs. 1 year ago
-25.9% units moved vs. 1 year ago
+13.2% share of purchases shifted to branded

    

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