AI shopping agents could reshape competition for Australia's grocery dollar (EY survey of 1,000 Australian adults, June 2026)

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1. 61% of Australian shoppers already use AI tools to help with their grocery shopping

   EYAustraliaSep 2026n=1,000

2. 63% of Australian shoppers want to retain some human oversight when using an AI shopping agent

   EYAustraliaSep 2026n=1,000

3. 72% of Australians are comfortable with AI gathering grocery prices, deals and product options

   EYAustraliaSep 2026n=1,000

4. Only 30% of Australian shoppers are at least somewhat comfortable with AI automatically reordering regular items; just 2% would let an AI agent do the whole grocery shop

   EYAustraliaSep 2026n=1,000

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About this report

Publisher

EY
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Published

23 Sep 2026

Type

Survey

Sample

n=1,000

Countries

• Australia

Regions

• APAC

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