Super Bowl Sunday.
When heated rivalries, intense competition, and world-class talent take center stage.
Oh, and there’s a football game, too.
Super Bowl Sunday isn’t, after all, just about football. It’s also about epic levels of eating and drinking—gorging on fan favorites like pizza, chips, beer, and soda.
Consequently, Super Bowl Sunday is a hotly-contested day among many consumer brands, each vying for their own piece of Super Bowl glory.
So which brands are poised to have the best Super Bowl Sunday this year?
7 Big-Play Insights into Super Bowl LIII
Retail-auditing and insights firm Field Agent surveyed 3,714 football fans*, all planning to watch the big game, about their Super Bowl LIII shopping and consumption plans.
*Based on a crowdsourced sample of 3,714 U.S. adults at least 18 years of age who plan to watch Super Bowl LIII. Respondents completed the survey through the Field Agent mobile app, January 25-28, 2019. Demos -- Gender: Female (67%), Male (33%); Age: 18-24 (4%), 25-34 (27%), 35-44 (37%), 45-54 (21%), 55-64 (10%), 65+ (2%); Household annual income: <$35K (23%), $35-49K (20%), $50-74K (23%), $75-99K (16%), $100K+ (19%); Ethnicity: Caucasian or some combo (75%), African American or some combo (11%), Hispanic or some combo (8%), other (7%).
So sit back, relax, and take in these 7 big-play highlights from the survey...
1. Walmart will score BIG
To those who will personally shop for and buy groceries for Super Bowl LIII viewing (n = 3,126), we posed the question: “From which one retailer will you purchase most of the food, snacks, and/or beverages you and/or others will consume during the Super Bowl?”
Almost half, 47%, identified Walmart as their go-to retailer for Super Bowl munchies, followed by Kroger (11%), Target (7%), Aldi (6%), and Costco (6%).
2. Store pickup will get some playing time
We asked this same group of shoppers (N = 3,126) how they plan to obtain food and beverages for Super Bowl LIII. While the vast majority, 90%, mentioned they would do so by shopping in stores, 15% indicated their gameday groceries will be acquired, at least in part, via in-store/curbside pickup, and 6% said the groceries will be delivered to their homes.
See Also: The Best In-Store, Product Displays of Super Bowl LIII
3. Coke will have a standout performance
We asked all 3,714 Super Bowl-watchers to identify the soda they’re most likely to consume Sunday during the game. As you can see, Coke came out on top...
- Coca-Cola - 29%
- Dr. Pepper - 14%
- Pepsi - 13%
- Mountain Dew - 8%
- Sprite - 6%
Note: Each brand above encompasses its diet or low-calorie variations (e.g., Coca-Cola includes Diet Coke, Coke Zero, etc).
Notably, almost a quarter, 23%, indicated they do not expect to drink soda during the game.
4. Bud Light may win MVB (most valuable beer)
Field Agent also asked, “Which one beer are you most likely to consume during the Super Bowl?” The top 5 beer brands among 3,714 Super Bowl-viewers were as follows:
- Bud Light – 9%
- Local/regional beer brand – 7%
- Corona – 6%
- Blue Moon/Budweiser/Coors Light/Michelob Ultra (tied) – 4%
- Miller Lite - 3%
Nearly half, 44%, said they don’t plan to drink beer during the game.
5. Doritos and Tostitos will be a powerful one-two punch
Of course, we can’t forget the salty snacks. Which one chip/salty snack are fans (N = 3,714) most likely to munch during Super Bowl LIII? Here's how the chips fell...
- Doritos (22%)
- Tostitos (19%)
- Lay's (11%)
- Ruffles (7%)
- Generic/store brand (6%)
And get this: Only 6% said they do not expect to consume salty snacks during the Super Bowl.
6. Fans will intercept Pizza Hut and Domino's through the night
Of 3,714 game-watchers, 14% identified Pizza Hut as the pizza brand they’re most likely to eat during the game, followed closely by Domino’s at 13%, Little Caesar’s at 11%, and Papa John’s at 10%.
Digiorno (5%) performed best among frozen options, with Tombstone and Red Baron each hauling in 2%.
In all, just 27% indicated they don't expect to scarf down pizza on Super Bowl Sunday.
7. America will be pulling for the Rams
And just for kicks, which team is America rooting for in Super Bowl LIII?
We couldn't resist.
Of a total 5,012 U.S. adults surveyed, including both game-viewers and non-viewers, 39% signaled they’re rooting for the Rams, compared to 24% cheering on the Patriots. The other 37% said, simply, “I don’t care” one way or the other.
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