Retail & CommerceGroceryTrader Joe's
Retail & CommerceGroceryTrader Joe's

Cult of Joe

Will Trader Joe's or the Grocery Chains grow transactions faster this week?

More than 100 fall items just hit Trader Joe's shelves, pumpkin everything included, the cult grocer's signature seasonal moment. Seasonal frenzy against the big chains' everyday basket: which register rings faster?

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Trader Joe's

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Activity begins when trading opens.

MARKET WINDOW

September 28 to October 4, compared against the September 21 to 27 prior week.

DEFINITIONS & SCOPE

Transaction count is the total number of verified purchase transactions at each side's merchants during the window, all channels. Mass merchants such as Walmart, Target, and Costco are out of scope. Growth is the percentage change in each side's transaction count versus the prior week.

RESOLUTION METHOD

The side with the higher week-over-week transaction count growth rate wins. Resolution requires a minimum of 10,000 qualifying transactions per side. In the event of a tie, all positions are refunded in full.

DATA SOURCE

Powered by verified transaction data from American Spend's oracle. Anonymized, aggregated, and secured. Real, objective, verified proof of spend sourced from a representative sample of consumer spending.

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