Benchmarks

10 ‘Online Grocery’ Sites Ranked by User Experience Performance

Use the interactive UX benchmark chart below to see the ranked UX performance of 10 leading ‘Online Grocery’ e-commerce sites in the US and Europe. Each of the 10 Grocery sites has been manually rated across 714 different e-commerce UX elements, all based on Baymard’s 150,000+ hours of UX research.

This is a sub-set of the full benchmark which includes 123 e-commerce sites.

Case Studies

Click the colored dots to view in-depth case studies for each benchmarked site, or scroll down to see all case studies. You can also view the case study examples organized by type of page.

Benchmark UX Performances
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Overall UX Performance

714 Guidelines

Desktop Web

237 Guidelines

Homepage & Category Navigation

21 Guidelines

Homepage

6 Guidelines

Intermediary Category Pages & Taxonomy

11 Guidelines

Main Navigation

4 Guidelines

Recipe Pages

8 Guidelines

On-Site Search

23 Guidelines

Search Query Types

6 Guidelines

Search Autocomplete

8 Guidelines

Results Logic & Layout

9 Guidelines

Product Lists & Filtering

39 Guidelines

List Layout, Hit Areas, and Loading

13 Guidelines

List Items: Product Info & Thumbnails

11 Guidelines

Filtering: Available Filters and Sorting

7 Guidelines

Filtering: Logic & Layout

8 Guidelines

Product Page

27 Guidelines

Product Page Layout and 'Buy' Section

15 Guidelines

Product Description & Images

7 Guidelines

Cross-Sells & Cross-Navigation

5 Guidelines

Cart & Checkout

91 Guidelines

Shopping Cart & 'Added to Cart' Behavior

21 Guidelines

Account Selection & Customer Address Information

15 Guidelines

Shipping & Fulfillment

12 Guidelines

Form Fields & Layout

7 Guidelines

Payment Flow & Credit Card Form

9 Guidelines

Validation Errors, Field Design, & Autocompletion

18 Guidelines

Validation Errors & Data Persistence

9 Guidelines

Field Design & Default Values

9 Guidelines

Order Review & Confirmation

9 Guidelines

Customer Accounts

17 Guidelines

Account Drop-Down & Sign-In

7 Guidelines

Account Dashboard, Info, & Navigation

10 Guidelines

Site-Wide Features & Navigation

11 Guidelines

Mobile Web

244 Guidelines

Mobile Web Homepage & Category Navigation

21 Guidelines

Mobile Web Homepage

7 Guidelines

Mobile Web Intermediary Category Pages & Taxonomy

9 Guidelines

Mobile Web Main Navigation

5 Guidelines

Mobile Web On-Site Search

24 Guidelines

Mobile Web Search Query Types

6 Guidelines

Mobile Web Search Autocomplete

7 Guidelines

Mobile Web Results Logic & Layout

11 Guidelines

Mobile Web Product Lists & Filtering

45 Guidelines

Mobile Web List Layout, Hit Areas, and Loading

17 Guidelines

Mobile Web List Items: Product Info & Thumbnails

13 Guidelines

Mobile Web Filtering: Available Filters and Sorting

6 Guidelines

Mobile Web Filtering: Logic & Layout

9 Guidelines

Mobile Web Product Page

28 Guidelines

Mobile Web Product Page Layout and 'Buy' Section

13 Guidelines

Mobile Web Product Description & Images

9 Guidelines

Mobile Web Cross-Sells & Cross-Navigation

6 Guidelines

Mobile Web Cart & Checkout

94 Guidelines

Mobile Web Shopping Cart & 'Added to Cart' Behavior

22 Guidelines

Mobile Web Account Selection & Customer Address Information

15 Guidelines

Mobile Web Shipping & Fulfillment

13 Guidelines

Mobile Web Payment Flow & Credit Card Form

9 Guidelines

Mobile Web Order Review & Confirmation

9 Guidelines

Mobile Web Form Fields & Layout

10 Guidelines

Mobile Web Validation Errors, Field Design, & Autocompletion

16 Guidelines

Mobile Customer Accounts

13 Guidelines

Mobile Site-Wide Features & Navigation

19 Guidelines

Mobile App

233 Guidelines

Mobile App Homepage & Category Navigation

20 Guidelines

Mobile App Homepage

6 Guidelines

Mobile App Intermediary Category Pages & Taxonomy

9 Guidelines

Mobile App Main Navigation

5 Guidelines

Mobile App On-Site Search

23 Guidelines

Mobile App Search Query Types

6 Guidelines

Mobile App Search Autocomplete

7 Guidelines

Mobile App Results Logic & Layout

10 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Lists & Filtering

45 Guidelines

Mobile App List Layout, Hit Areas, and Loading

17 Guidelines

Mobile App List Items: Product Info & Thumbnails

13 Guidelines

Mobile App Filtering: Available Filters and Sorting

6 Guidelines

Mobile App Filtering: Logic & Layout

9 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Page

27 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Page Layout and 'Buy' Section

13 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Description & Images

8 Guidelines

Mobile App Cross-Sells & Cross-Navigation

6 Guidelines

Mobile App Cart & Checkout

93 Guidelines

Mobile App Shopping Cart & "Added to Cart" Behavior

21 Guidelines

Mobile App Account Selection & Customer Address Information

15 Guidelines

Mobile App Shipping & Fulfillment

13 Guidelines

Mobile App Payment Flow & Credit Card Form

10 Guidelines

Mobile App Order Review & Confirmation

9 Guidelines

Mobile App Form Fields & Layout

10 Guidelines

Mobile App Validation Errors, Field Design, & Autocompletion

15 Guidelines

Mobile App Customer Accounts

10 Guidelines

Mobile App Site-Wide Features & Navigation

15 Guidelines

Online Grocery Research

At Baymard Institute we have a whole research topic devoted to online shopping UX and usability, specifically for online Online Grocery sites.

View Online Grocery Research Topic


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