Nearly 20 percent of U.S. residents age 15 and up reported they bought groceries online at least once in the prior month in 2022
- by Brandon J. Restrepo and Eliana Zeballos
- 2/8/2024
![Pie chart showing the percent of shoppers who did or did not buy groceries online in the previous 30 days and bar chart showing the frequency of online grocery purchases.](https://ers.usda.gov/sites/default/files/_laserfiche/Charts/108429/OnlineGroceries-Fig01.png)
The landscape of online grocery shopping shifted in early 2020 as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic changed the way consumers bought food. Eating and Health Module data have captured for the first time the prevalence and frequency of U.S. online grocery purchases.