Ebere Anokute, U.S. head of retail research, CBRE Consumer spending on groceries increased by 3% last year to nearly $1 trillion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Most of the country’s biggest grocery chains like Kroger, Albertsons and Publix reported same-store sales growth of between 1.5% and 3%. Mass merchants and wholesale clubs like Walmart and Costco reported even greater increases of b…
