May ‘23 delivered a combined -6.1% fewer trips to the store, -5.9% drop in units moved, and +0.5% growth in share of purchases shifting to branded from private label — YoY across key categories.*

These trends mean that, as brands face strong YoY sales comps, focusing on pre-shopping tactics that drive store trips and unit sales is critical. Ibotta users unlock 8 offers on average, 7 days prior to redeeming. This is a powerful step to influencing a shopper's path to purchase.

View the May ‘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

-4.6% store trips vs. 1 year ago
+0.9% dollar spend vs. 1 year ago
-6.5% units moved vs. 1 year ago
+5.1% share of purchases shifted to private label

Beverage
Beverage

-5.2% store trips vs. 1 year ago
-1.7% dollar spend vs. 1 year ago
-6.9% units moved vs. 1 year ago
+1.8% share of purchases shifted to private label

Household Needs
Household Needs

-5.1% store trips vs. 1 year ago
+0.2% dollar spend vs. 1 year ago
-4.7% units moved vs. 1 year ago
+3.2% share of purchases shifted to branded

Health Beauty
Health & Beauty

-3.2% store trips vs. 1 year ago
+8.2% dollar spend vs. 1 year ago
+1.1% units moved vs. 1 year ago
+4.1% share of purchases shifted to branded

General Merch
General Merchandise

-12.2% store trips vs. 1 year ago
-14.5% dollar spend vs. 1 year ago
-12.5% units moved vs. 1 year ago
+1.9% share of purchases shifted to branded

   

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