Updated June 2026
The average cart abandonment for Food & Beverage Shopify stores in 2026 is 64%, with most stores falling between 58% and 70%.
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Typical (2026)
Top performers
Food & Beverage stores typically run 6.7% below the cross-industry Shopify average of 70.7% — a relative strength for the vertical.
Cart abandonment rate is the share of shoppers who add items to cart but leave without completing checkout.
Roughly 7 in 10 carts are abandoned across ecommerce. Recovering even 10% of abandoned carts is often the fastest revenue win available to a Shopify store.
The average cart abandonment for Food & Beverage Shopify stores in 2026 is 64%, with most stores falling between 58% and 70%.
64% is the typical value for Food & Beverage Shopify stores. If your store is below 64%, you're outperforming the median store in your vertical. Top performers reach 58% or better.
Show total cost (shipping + taxes) early — surprise costs are the #1 abandonment driver Send a 3-email abandonment sequence (1h, 24h, 72h) Add express checkout (Shop Pay, Apple Pay, PayPal)
Chakril aggregates published benchmark studies (6 public sources, 2024–2026), normalizes them for Shopify stores, and expresses each benchmark as a typical range rather than a single false-precision number. Figures are directional estimates intended for planning and comparison, refreshed June 2026.