We all know that this year has been a year unlike any other, with just about every industry impacted in some way by Covid-19. Online grocery sales, for example, have soared by around 40% this year, with nearly half of shoppers buying more groceries online. Maybe you’re thinking about setting up your own business to help others get their hands on their favorite snacks, or perhaps you’re looking to digitize your already established company—well, we have some tips for you!
How to Set Up a Shopify Grocery Store
Setting up a Shopify store ultimately means you will be able to sell your services to users quickly and easily. Firstly, watch our free easy-to-follow guide to find out how to set up an online store:
You can then head to ThemeForest to pick a Shopify template that best suits your business. From luxury food stores to fast food joints and everything in between, there are so many options that you’re bound to find the perfect template that is just right for your business.
Top Online Grocery Shopping Website Templates
Read on for our selection of the top Shopify grocery store themes. All listed themes are available under food store or grocery in ThemeForest.
1. Vegist – The Vegetables & Organic Food eCommerce Shopify Theme
Released in July this year, this Shopify grocery store has already collected its fair share of fans—and an average review of five out of five stars!
There are at least 12 demos to choose from—you can either pick from the selection or customize your site to make it distinctly yours. Vegist comes with loads of features, like multiple grids and list options, custom product filters, wish lists, and a sticky cart.
2. Veggie – Shopify Multi-Purpose Responsive Theme
Enter another highly ranked Shopify grocery store (another five out of five stars!). This one comes with at least five unique demos—there’s even one made with the festive season in mind. Home Page 1, for example, is modern in feel with a full-width header, with large content blocks with plenty of room for imagery of the products you’re looking to sell! You can also easily categorize your products to help users find what they’re looking for quickly and easily.
3. Gopher | Grocery Store Shopify Theme
A visual feast for the eyes, Gopher is packed with features like sliders to display your content in interesting ways, a testimonials section, and featured products. It’s product-focused, and users can easily see the available deals.
Like many online grocery shopping website templates, it’s responsive so you don’t need to worry about your site losing features for users based on the device they’re using. This one also comes with more than 800 Google web fonts so you can let your brand’s distinct personality shine through.
4. Oars – 7 Fastest UI/UX Optimized Section Shopify Themes for Organic Food Stores
This vibrant and fresh Shopify grocery store looks good enough to eat. It comes with seven homepage styles, each one with a different feel! Store 3, for example, is bright and colorful as well as modern in feel.
With clearly defined content blocks highlighting different food groups, it’s easy for the user to quickly find what they’re looking for. This Shopify grocery theme also comes with plenty of inner pages to guide the design of your own site.
5. SeedMart – Shopify Food & Grocery Store
Only launching in August this year, this Shopify grocery store theme is a serious newcomer, but it earns a place on the list for its simple, well-organized home page. The daily deals section is also useful, as you can see how many days left on the deal as well as a scrolling list of other available products.
There are great features like a different angle of the product appears as the user scrolls over it with its cursor. You can also show items in ‘bestseller’ categories and add a blog section—a great tactic to improve your SEO.
6. Vegano – Vegan Online Store Shopify Theme
Another newbie, Vegano was released in April this year. One homepage is currently available, with two more in development. It has everything your Shopify grocery store could need, including a full-width header with calls to action, featured products, a banner showing key stats, i.e. your number of happy customers, and a tempting gallery of delicious-looking food pics.
There’s also a newsletter subscription form so you can encourage visitors to sign up for your latest news and information.
7. JoyFood – Grocery, Supermarket Organic Food/Fruit/Vegetables eCommerce Shopify Theme
If you’re specializing in healthy food and fresh products, JoyFood is an ideal Shopify grocery store theme. There’s plenty of space to add large images of the food you have available, ideal if you want your users to see the quality of your products up close and personal!
If you’ll be writing or commissioning regular blog posts, then JoyFood is a great shout as this Shopify grocery store for them gives them plenty of space!
8. GreenLife – Responsive Shopify Theme, Organic, Fresh Food, Farm Store
This Shopify grocery store theme comes with four distinct homepages—each one with a unique look and feel. Homepage 4, for example, is product-focused and clearly separates products according to relevant categories. It’s also fully responsive. If simple and no-fuss is what you’re after, then GreenLife is a great option!
9. Food Store Shopify Theme – Pizzaro
Crafted with fast food, sushi, and pizza delivery services in mind, the Pizzaro theme is another excellent option. It comes with seven homepages, with six focusing on fast food and home deliveries, and one focusing on fresh and vegetarian meals. Home v4, for example, shows some of the deals available so it’s easy for hungry users to find their desired meal in seconds.
It also comes with 14 product pages, meaning you can show off your product catalogue in an appealing way.
10. Waffy | Spices, Dry Fruits and Nuts Organic shop Shopify Theme
This Shopify grocery store theme has a luxurious, decadent feel. Although it’s used for spices, fruits, and nuts, the products could be adapted based on your requirements. It’s highly flexible, and like many of the best grocery and food store Shopify themes, copy, colors, and other elements like the time it takes for sliders to change can all be edited.
It also comes with a pop-up newsletter to encourage people to sign up, and five mega-menu styles so you can adapt the way you’d like to organize your content.
11. Appetiza – Supermarket Shopify Theme – Online Grocery Shop and Delivery
What a bright and vibrant Shopify grocery store this is! All three homepages opt for plenty of color—you certainly won’t miss these templates! Home 2, for example, is playful in design—bold color blocks really add to the site’s appeal and helps to categorize products.
The creators of Appetiza also prize the Shopify general store theme for being multipurpose as the structure of the site can be used to display various products, food-based or not!
12. Cigar – Grocery & Electronics Store Shopify Theme
Enter another great Shopify general store theme, Cigar can easily be adapted based on the products you’re looking to sell!
Explore the four homepages, and you can see just how much customization is possible, with HOME TWO being most relevant for food products! You can easily signpost products, adding relevant information like its discount or whether it’s sold out.
13. Obrien – Organic Food Shopify Theme
Released in September this year, Obrien is another newcomer, but its effortless style wins itself a place on the list! Mixing products with full-width banners displaying latest deals etc., it’s super easy to navigate.
It also comes with loads of features, including ‘latest blog’ signposts, calls to action buttons, featured product collections, and the ability for users to add products into their wishlists. It’s already received some positive feedback and we predict this one’s going to be a hit.
14. Kala | Customizable Shopify Theme – Flexible Sections Builder Mobile Optimized
With more than 4,000 sales, Kala is a popular theme! It comes with more than 50 demos for a whole range of businesses, so all you need to do is pick one that best works for you.
There are at least five relevant food demos, such as the Food Online template. The homepage features loads of categories to help users navigate to relevant pages quickly. Plus, there’s a useful map integration to help visitors find your physical store too.
15. Mega Shop – Shopify Multi-Purpose Responsive Theme
Another Shopify general store theme with plenty of versatility, Mega Shop comes with at least 14 unique demos for businesses ranging from electronics to fashion and wine to pet food!
There’s also a Grocery demo that comes with everything you could need—from a ‘best seller’ column to the main product page being separated by ‘latest’ ‘featured’ and ‘specials’. You can also easily change the header and adapt the blog styles to suit your business’ needs.
16. Organica – Cosmetic, Food, Organic, Beauty Shopify Theme – Sections Ready
Six well-designed Shopify grocery store themes come with Organica. Homepage 5, for example, opts for fresh imagery and bright colors. Content is well-organized so it’s easy for users to spot relevant products.
It’s also 100% responsive, compatible with all browsers, and comes with a mega menu, V-mega menu, and mobile menu—again, this helps to ensure the smooth user experience remains no matter the device.
17. Organic Food Shopify eCommerce Theme – Greenfarm
This Shopify grocery store theme puts publishing front and center, with a blog detail page enabling editors to provide multiple options for users to comment and share.
There’s also a products slider where all types of products, i.e. new, featured, best-selling, etc. are displayed in a well-designed slider. You can also opt for a product grid view or a product list view.
Best Free Grocery Shopify Themes
18. Express (Free Grocery Shopify Theme)
This impressive free grocery Shopify theme is mobile-first in design so it requires little content and photography—perfect if you’re just starting out. It’s also optimized for one-page stores for quick ordering, and customers can quickly add items to their cart without leaving the current page. It also comes from free stock photos, social media icons, and built-in styles and color palettes. This one comes with two styles: Bistro and Pantry.
19. Minimal (Free Grocery Shopify Theme)
If you’re after a seriously simple Shopify grocery store, then Minimal could work for you! It comes with three styles: Vintage, Fashion, or Modern, but its simple site structure means it could be easily adapted to showcase your food products. It comes with a Slideshow where you can display multiple product or brand images on the homepage, as well as product filtering to allow customers to filter product by type, or sort by best sellers and price.
Free vs Premium Shopify Themes
As you can see, there’s a huge variety when it comes to the online grocery shopping website templates at your disposal! Depending on your budget, you can pick a free or a premium Shopify theme—ultimately, the choice is yours. Premium themes tend to come with more features and customization options, and free templates—well, they’re free!
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Over to You!
Now you’ve seen some of the options at your fingertips for creating a Shopify grocery store, it’s time to pick one that best suits your brand. Head over to ThemeForest and search food store or grocery Shopify templates to see the full collection.
Are there any other Shopify templates that you think deserve a place on the list? Let us know in the comments below!
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Author: Hermione Wright
