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Below are grocery categories useful for determining where you can sell in a retail location.
This is a list of traditional retail CPG grocery categories found in food markets.
- Baby
- Beer, Wine & Spirits
- Beverages: tea, coffee, soda, juice, Kool-Aid, hot chocolate, water, etc.
- Bread & Bakery
- Breakfast & Cereal
- Canned Goods & Soups
- Condiments/Spices & Bake
- Cookies, Snacks & Candy
- Dairy, Eggs & Cheese
- Deli & Signature Cafe
- Flowers
- Frozen Foods
- Produce: Fruits & Vegetables
- Grains, Pasta & Sides
- International Cuisine
- Meat & Seafood
- Miscellaneous – gift cards/wrap, batteries, etc.
- Paper Products – toilet paper, paper towels, tissues, paper plates/cups, etc.
- Cleaning Supplies – laundry detergent, dishwashing soap, etc.
- Health & Beauty, Personal Care & Pharmacy – pharmacy items, shampoo, toothpaste
- Pet Care
- Pharmacy
- Tobacco
Here is a more complete list:
- Carbonated Beverages
- Milk
- Fresh Bread & Rolls
- Salty Snacks
- Beer/Ale/Alcoholic Cider
- Natural Cheese
- Wine
- Fz Dinners/Entrees
- Cold Cereal
- Cigarettes
- Yogurt
- Rfg Juices/Drinks
- Ice Cream/Sherbet
- Bottled Water
- Soup
- Crackers
- Cookies
- Bottled Juices
- Coffee
- Luncheon Meats
- Breakfast Meats
- Rfg Fresh Eggs
- Toilet Tissue
- Dog Food
- Total Chocolate Candy
- Fz Pizza
- Rfg Salad/Coleslaw
- Fz Novelties
- Laundry Detergent
- Vegetables
- Fz Seafood
- Spirits/Liquor
- Snack Bars/Granola Bars
- Baby Formula/Electrolytes
- Processed Cheese
- Shortening & Oil
- Fz/Rfg Poultry
- Cat Food
- Spices/Seasonings
- Dinner Sausage
- Paper Towels
- Fz Plain Vegetables
- Creams/Creamers
- Processed Fz/Rfg Poultry
- Frankfurters
- Pastry/Doughnuts
- Sports Drinks
- Fz Breakfast Food
- Pasta
- Spaghetti/Italian Sauce
- Pickles/Relish/Olives
- Mexican Foods
- Canned/Bottled Fruit
- Snack Nuts/Seeds/Corn Nuts
- Seafood – Ss
- Food & Trash Bags
- Salad Dressings – Ss
- Rfg Side Dishes
- Rice
- Total Non-Chocolate Candy
- Butter
- Dry Packaged Dinners
- Fz Meat
- Margarine/Spreads/Butter Blen
- Dough/Biscuit Dough – Rfg
- Tea/Coffee Ready-To-Drink
- Mayonnaise
- Baking Needs
- Sugar
- Ss Dinners
- Cups & Plates
- Baking Mixes
- Tomato Products
- Vitamins
- Fz Potatoes/Onions
- Rfg Meat
- Soap
- Bakery Snacks
- Diapers
- Household Cleaner
- Pies & Cakes
- Mexican Sauce
- Ss Meat & Rfg Ham
- Fz Appetizers/Snack Rolls
- Dish Detergent
- Cream Cheese/Cr Chs Spread
- Peanut Butter
- Jellies/Jams/Honey
- Internal Analgesics
- Gravy/Sauce Mixes
- Cottage Cheese
- Energy Drinks
- Aseptic Juices
- Gum
- Rfg Entrees
- Hot Cereal
- Lunches – Rfg
- Sour Cream
- Mustard & Ketchup
- All Other Sauces
- Baby Food
- Cold/Allergy/Sinus Tablets
- Toothpaste
- Tea – Bags/Loose
- Weight Con/Nutrition Liq/Pwd
- Fz Bread/Fz Dough
- Pet Supplies
- Gastrointestinal – Tablets
- Facial Tissue
- Sanitary Napkins/Tampons
- Flour/Meal
- Cat/Dog Litter
- Dried Fruit
- Shampoo
- Popcorn/Popcorn Oil
- Syrup/Molasses
- Deodorant
- Drink Mixes
- Baking Nuts
- Batteries
- Air Fresheners
- Gelatin/Pudding Prd And Mixes
- Foils & Wraps
- Desserts -Rfg
- Baked Beans/Canned Bread
- Fz Desserts/Topping
- Skin Care
- Blades
- English Muffins
- Spreads – Rfg
- Rfg Whipped Toppings
- Canned Juices – Ss
- Rfg Dips
- Fz Pies
- Cleaning Tools/Mops/Brooms
- Toaster Pastries/Tarts
- Dry Fruit Snacks
- Toothbrush/Dental Accesories
- Barbeque Sauce
- Rfg Teas/Coffee
- Charcoal
- Sugar Substitutes
- Fz Fruit
- Asian Food
- Paper Napkins
- Fabric Softener Liquid
- Hair Conditioner
- Seafood – Rfg
- Moist Towelettes
- Juices – Frozen
- Dip/Dip Mixes – Ss\Candles
- Dry Beans/Vegetables
- Mouthwash
- Misc. Snacks
- Instant Potatoes
- Coffee Creamer
- Kitchen Storage
- Vinegar
- Eye/Contact Lens Care Product
- Evaporated/Condensed Milk
- Milk Flavoring/Cocoa Mixes
- Frosting
- Fz Prepared Vegetables
- Hand & Body Lotion
- Hair Coloring
- Bleach
- Breadcrumbs/Batters
- Other Rfg Products
- Non-Fruit Drinks
- Light Bulbs
- Fz Pasta
- Laundry Care
- Salad Toppings
- Smokeless Tobacco
- Fz Pot Pies
- Dessert Toppings
- Foil Pans
- Pest Control
- Tea – Instant Tea Mixes
- Baked Goods – Rfg
- Salad Dressing – Rfg
- Misc Health Remedies
- Adult Incontinence
- Rfg Tortlla/Eggrll/Wontn Wrap
- Dried Meat Snacks
- Sponges & Scouring Pads
- Pizza – Rfg
- Steak/Worcestershire Sauce
- Rug/Upholstery/Fabric Treatmt
- Pancake Mixes
- Pasta – Rfg
- Fz Side Dishes
- Stuffing Mixes
- First Aid Treatment
- First Aid Accessories
- Premixed Cocktails/Coolers
- Fabric Softener Sheets
- Gastrointestinal – Liquid
- Hair Styling Gel/Mousse
- Cold/Allergy/Sinus Liquids
- Cosmetics – Eye
- Suntan Products
- Firelog/Firestarter/Firewood
- Pickles/Relish – Rfg
- Disposable Tableware
- Rice/Popcorn Cakes
- Croutons
- Hair Spray/Spritz
- Household Cleaner Cloths
- Cocktail Mixes
- Cough Drops
- Cosmetics – Facial
- Baby Accessories
- Nasal Products
- Baby Needs
- Hair Accessories
- Marshmallows
- Foot Care Products
- Office Products
- Coffee Filters
- Cigars
- Cosmetics – Nail
- Cheesecakes
- Feminine Needs
- Specialty Nut Butter
- Cough Syrup
- Shaving Cream
- Fz Corn On The Cob
- Denture Products
- Cotton Balls/Swabs
- All Other Breakfast Food
- Pizza Products
- Socks
- Shaving Lotion/Mens Fragrance
- Ice Cream Cones/Mixes
- Razors
- Childrens Art Supplies
- Cosmetics – Lip
- Lighters
- Furniture Polish
- Water Softeners/Treatment
- Other Frozen Foods
- Writing Instruments
- Automobile Fluids/Antifreeze
- Contraceptives
- External Analgesic Rubs
- Gloves
- Charcoal Lighter Fluids
- Floor Cleaners/Wax Removers
- Anti-Smoking Products
- Sleeping Remedies
- Water Filters/Devices
- All Other Tobacco Products
- Motor Oil
- Family Planning
- Pantyhose/Nylons
- Fragrances – Women’s
- Baking Cups/Paper
