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Grocery Stocks To Watch Now - May 4th

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Key Points

  • Five grocery stocks to watch: MarketBeat's screener flags Casey's General Stores (CASY), Maplebear/Instacart (CART), Conagra Brands (CAG), CAVA Group (CAVA), and BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ) as the top grocery names by recent dollar trading volume.
  • MarketBeat describes grocery stocks as a defensive sector that typically provides steady, recession-resistant cash flow, with performance driven by commodity prices, labor costs, margins, and competition from discount and online retailers.
  • Casey's General Stores receives special attention — MarketBeat raises the possibility of a stock split and highlights its business model of convenience stores, gasoline sales, and freshly prepared food offerings.
  • Interested in Casey's General Stores? Here are five stocks we like better.

Casey's General Stores, Maplebear, Conagra Brands, CAVA Group, and BJ's Wholesale Club are the five Grocery stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. "Grocery stocks" are shares of publicly traded companies that operate supermarkets, food retailers, wholesalers, or other businesses that sell everyday groceries and household staples. Investors view them as a defensive sector—typically providing steady, recession-resistant cash flow and modest growth—while performance is driven by factors like commodity prices, labor costs, margins, and competition from discount and online retailers. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Grocery stocks within the last several days.

Casey's General Stores (CASY)

Casey's General Stores, Inc. engages in the provision of management and operation of convenience stores and gasoline stations. It provides self-service gasoline, a wide selection of grocery items, and an array of freshly prepared food items. The firm offers food, beverages, tobacco products, health and beauty aids, automotive products, and other non-food items.

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Maplebear (CART)

Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, engages in the provision of online grocery shopping services to households in North America. It sells and delivers grocery products, as well as pickup services through a mobile application and website. It also operates virtual convenience stores; and provides software-as-a-service solutions to retailers.

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Conagra Brands (CAG)

Conagra Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer packaged goods food company primarily in the United States. The company operates through Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen, International, and Foodservice segments. The Grocery & Snacks segment primarily offers shelf stable food products through various retail channels.

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CAVA Group (CAVA)

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BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ)

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. engages in the operation of membership warehouse clubs. Its product categories include grocery, household and pet, television and electronics, furniture, computer and tablets, patio and outdoor living, lawn and garden, baby and kids, toys, home, health and beauty, appliances, and jewelry.

Read Our Latest Research Report on BJ

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