date:Feb 21, 2013
he increase may be attributed to a combination of inflation and changes in the mix of products as the average amount of products purchased remained the same. Data found 58% of shoppers purchased a non-alcoholic beveragesone-third of which bought canned or bottled beverages, while 14.2% purchased dispensed beverages. Alcoholic beverages, fresh food, cigarettes and tobacco grew most, while lottery tickets, newspapers, magazines and books had the largest year-over-year decline.