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title: "Food Lion: search popularity in the United States"
description: "Food Lion is a supermarket chain. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/us/brands/food-lion"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Food Lion: search popularity in the United States

Food Lion is a supermarket chain. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Food Lion
- **Market**: United States
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among grocery chains**: 4.7%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grocery chains | 7 | 4.7% | 2.7M |

- [Grocery chains in the US](/demand/us/categories/us-grocery-chains)

## Top grocery chains in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions, Food Lion did not appear in any of the three answers.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aldi | 1st | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
| Trader Joe's | 2nd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 3 |
| H-E-B | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 3 |
| Publix | 4th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 3 |
| Whole Foods Market | 5th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 3 |
| WinCo Foods | 5th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 3 |
| Wegmans | 7th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 3 |
| Kroger | 8th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 3 |
| Safeway | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
| Meijer | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
| Food Lion | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
| Albertsons | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 3 |

## Every AI answer about grocery chains

- Asked ChatGPT "Which grocery store chain is the best in the US?": 1. Trader Joe's, 2. Aldi, 3. H-E-B, 4. Whole Foods Market
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best supermarket chains in the US?": 1. H-E-B, 2. Trader Joe's, 3. Publix, 4. Aldi, 5. Wegmans, 6. Whole Foods Market, 7. Kroger, 8. WinCo Foods
- Asked ChatGPT "Which grocery chain in the US has the lowest prices?": 1. Aldi, 2. WinCo Foods

Not named in any answer: Safeway, Meijer, Food Lion and Albertsons.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in United States on October 22, 2026.

## How has branded search demand for Food Lion changed in the United States over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Food Lion in the United States held steady at 2.7M.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Food Lion’s share of searches among grocery chains in the United States peaked at 5.6% in July 2026 and was lowest at 4.2% in February 2026.

## How did search popularity change for United States grocery chains in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Trader Joe's gained share of searches among grocery chains in the United States, from 23.3% to 28.5%.
- In September 2026, Aldi lost share of searches among grocery chains in the United States, from 19% to 15.7%.
- In September 2026, Meijer lost share of searches among grocery chains in the United States, from 7% to 5.7%.
- In September 2026, H-E-B rose from 11th to 10th among grocery chains in the United States.
- In September 2026, Publix rose from 6th to 5th among grocery chains in the United States.
- In September 2026, WinCo Foods fell from 10th to 11th among grocery chains in the United States.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Grocery chains | 2.7M | 4.4% | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | Grocery chains | 3.4M | 5% | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | Grocery chains | 3.4M | 4.8% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | Grocery chains | 2.7M | 4.6% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | Grocery chains | 2.2M | 4.2% | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | Grocery chains | 2.7M | 4.5% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | Grocery chains | 2.7M | 4.8% | 7 |
| May 2026 | Grocery chains | 2.7M | 4.4% | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | Grocery chains | 2.7M | 4.5% | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | Grocery chains | 3.4M | 5.6% | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | Grocery chains | 2.7M | 4.7% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | Grocery chains | 2.7M | 4.7% | 7 |

## How are Food Lion’s branded searches counted?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Food Lion’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “food lion”

## Which grocery chains compete with Food Lion?

- [Trader Joe's](/demand/us/brands/trader-joes)
- [Aldi](/demand/us/brands/aldi-supermarkets)
- [Kroger](/demand/us/brands/kroger)
- [Safeway](/demand/us/brands/safeway): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/food-lion-vs-safeway
- [Publix](/demand/us/brands/publix): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/food-lion-vs-publix
- [Meijer](/demand/us/brands/meijer): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/food-lion-vs-meijer
- [Wegmans](/demand/us/brands/wegmans): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/food-lion-vs-wegmans
- [Whole Foods Market](/demand/us/brands/whole-foods-market): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/food-lion-vs-whole-foods-market
- [H-E-B](/demand/us/brands/h-e-b)
- [WinCo Foods](/demand/us/brands/winco-foods)
- [Albertsons](/demand/us/brands/albertsons)

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

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