National Grocers Association highlights economic impact of community grocery sector
Independent grocers now account for 33% of overall U.S. grocery sales, up from 25% nearly a decade ago, new research from the National Grocers Association (NGA) shows.
Sales by the independent supermarket sector rose almost 94% to $253.61 billion in 2020 from $131 billion in 2012, the year of NGA’s last economic impact study. Over the same period, total U.S. grocery store sales climbed 47% from $524 billion to $772 billion, according to NielsenIQ/TDLink data cited in NGA’s latest research, conducted by John Dunham & Associates.
As a slice of the economy, independent grocers represented 1.2% of the 2020 U.S. gross domestic product of $20.93 trillion, with a total output topping $255 billion, NGA reported. The sector encompasses 21,574 stores nationwide.
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50 College Majors That Earn the Least Money
By Elizabeth Jackson, Stacker News
On 6/9/21 at 6:30 PM EDT
Career choices are often based on personal interests, experience, and potential income and more and more, they require at least a college degree. What undergraduates choose to major in during college can be a strong indicator of what an individual s financial future looks like and it s not always rosy news.
Stacker researched the 50 college majors that earn the least money, using PayScale s 2020 College Salary Report. This report, released in 2021, surveyed 3.5 million college graduates and 835 bachelor degrees ranked by mid-career median salary, or the fitted salary one makes after working in the field for over 10 years. By definition, a fitted salary combines the base annual salary or hourly wage, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime, and other forms of cash earnings.