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Financial Strain Reshapes U.S. Grocery Shopping as Walmart Reaches Record 72% Penetration Walmart’s grocery reach has climbed to a record 72% of U.S. consumers, according to Wave 12 of the dunnhumby Consumer Trends Tracker, as financial insecurity among Americans ages 18–54 rises to 70%. Serving more than 190 million shoppers each month, Walmart’s footprint is roughly 2.5 times that of second-place Dollar General (28.6%), and its penetration increased six percentage points year over year, the largest gain of any....