I am looking for information on credit card usage in
grocery/supermarket sector.  Specifically, I would like to know what
percentage of credit card sales (for visa and mastercard) are
designated for grocery/supermarket
sales an annual basis over the course of the past five years.  I am
only looking for credit card sales not debit or other payment methods.
Thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by journalist-ga on 02 Oct 2003 07:14 PDT

Are you looking for global usage or usage in a particular country such as the US?

Best regards,
journalist-ga

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Clarification of Question by beth13-ga on 02 Oct 2003 12:04 PDT

I am looking for data for the US.

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Request for Question Clarification by wonko-ga on 02 Oct 2003 15:19 PDT

I have found usage information for credit cards in supermarkets in the
United States for 2002.  Would this figure suffice for an answer?

Thanks!

Wonko

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Request for Question Clarification by wonko-ga on 02 Oct 2003 15:46 PDT

As a point of clarification, the data I found is for total credit card
usage in supermarkets by dollar volume and is not broken down by card
brand.

Sincerely,

Wonko

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Clarification of Question by beth13-ga on 03 Oct 2003 06:09 PDT

Wonko-
It sounds like the information you found might work.  However, I
really need data from the past five years for a comparitive trend
analysis.  Is the data you found replicated annually or available from
previous years?
Thanks, beth13

Interestingly, in my local Sainsburys (in the UK), there are a couple
of tills that are 'Cash Only' and, usually, these are near empty
whilst long queues often build up at the numerous other tills.

But, occasionally, one of the bored check-out clerks at a 'Cash Only'
till will call over a non-cash customer.

Of course, this is not credit card only; because many customers use
Debit Cards or Cheques.

APACS provide an analysis of card usage but not by sector.

http://www.apacs.org.uk/