In 2023, Sam’s Club generated $53,027 million from the sales of grocery and consumables which is its largest category of products compared to $46,822 million in fiscal 2022. The share of grocery and consumables in the total net sales of Sam’s Club in 2023 was 62.8% compared to 63.6% in the prior fiscal year.
Net sales of Sam’s club by merchandise category 2020-2023
Amounts are in millions.
| Merchandise category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Grocery and consumables | $35,043 | $42,148 | $46,822 | $53,027 |
| Fuel, tobacco and others | $10,571 | $7,838 | $11,048 | $14,636 |
| Home and apparel | $6,744 | $7,092 | $8,740 | $9,579 |
| Health and wellness | $3,372 | $3,792 | $3,956 | $4,248 |
| Technology, office and entertainment | $3,062 | $3,040 | $2,990 | $2,855 |
| Total | $58,792 | $63,910 | $73,556 | $84,345 |
2022: Grocery and consumables are the largest category of merchandise sold by Sam’s club. In fiscal 2022, Sam’s club generated $46,822 million in net sales from the sales of Grocery and consumables in fiscal 2022 compared to $42,148 million in 2021. Sam’s club sales grew across all the merchandise categories in fy 2022 except for the smallest category which is Technology and entertainment.
2021: In fiscal 2021, Sam’s Club experienced impressive sales growth in the grocery and consumables category. However, its sales declined in the fuel, tobacco and others segment. Sam’s Club generated $42.15 billion from the sales of grocery and consumables in fiscal 2021 compared to $35 billion in 2020. Its sales in the fuel, tobacco and others segment declined from $10.6 billion in 2020 to $7.8 billion in fiscal 2021. The home and apparel as well as health segments experienced modest increase while sales in the technology and entertainment segment remained flat in fiscal 2021 compared to the previous year.
Check out the net sales of Sam’s club by each merchandise category during the first three quarters of fiscal year 2019.
| Merchandise category | 1st quarter ended Apr 30. 2018 | 2nd quarter ended July31. 2018 | 3rd quarter ended Oct 31. 2018 |
| Grocery and consumables | $8,012 | $8,585 | $8,570 |
| Fuel, tobacco & Other categories | $ 2,919 | $3,261 | $3,168 |
| Home and apparel | $1,202 | $1,398 | $1,209 |
| Health and wellness | $801 | $789 | $813 |
| Technology, Office and entertainment | $688 | $757 | $761 |
| Total | $13,622 | $14,790 | $14,521 |
| Merchandise category | 6months ended July 31. 2018 | 9 months ended Oct 31. 2018 |
| Grocery and consumables | $16,597 | $25,167 |
| Fuel, tobacco & Other categories | $6,180 | $9,348 |
| Home and apparel | $2,600 | $3,809 |
| Health & Wellness | $1,590 | $2,403 |
| Technology, Office and entertainment | $1,445 | $2,206 |
| Total | $ 28,412 | $42,933 |
Sam’s Club is the premium membership only warehouse segment of Walmart. During the first 6 months of the fiscal year 2019, it experienced net sales of $28.4 Billions and during the first nine months, $42.9 Billions. In entire FY2019, Sam’s club experienced net sales of 57.84 Billion dollars.
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