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Ingles

ingles-markets.com · Retail · IMKTA

Ranked 1,530 of 2,047 companies in the study

27Overall score
  • Visibility6
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality67
  • AI readiness36
What this means for Ingles

AI assistants name Ingles in 5% of answers, which is slightly less often than the typical company in its sector, named in 6.7%. Ingles has an overall score of 27 out of 100, ranking 1,530th of 2,047 companies. Its website passes 3 of 14 technical checks that measure how ready it is for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the retail market: none named Ingles. AI assistants named it in 3 of 60 answers (5.0%). The typical retail company is named in 6.7% of answers. By how often it is named, Ingles ranks 339 of 640 in its sector.

Named by AI in
5.0%
3 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
6.7%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
495 of 640
by overall score, where the typical retail company scores 34
How Ingles compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
6

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
0

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
67

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
36

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with retail

640 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score27
Ranks 495 of 640. Typical company: 34
Named in answers5%
Ranks 339 of 640. Typical company: 7%
AI readiness36
Ranks 156 of 640. Typical company: 29
What Claude actually said

An answer that names the company

“What are the best regional grocery stores for families in the Southeast US?”

I'll search for information about the best regional grocery stores for families in the Southeast US.Based on the search results, here are some of the best regional grocery stores for families in the Southeast US:

Top Regional Chains

Publix Super Markets

Publix is resonating with Southeast consumers who want a great shopping experience from a retailer that prioritizes customer service, technology and sustainability. Publix is the biggest regional grocery chain with 1,234 stores, and it has expanded across the Southeast, with stores in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Ca …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
Publix11Kroger8Food Lion2Harris Teeter2Ingles Markets2
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Publix
40.0%
Kroger
35.0%
Ingles
7.5%
Food Lion
7.5%
Harris Teeter
7.5%
BI-LO (A Southeastern Grocers Brand)
2.5%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Claude
1/15
OpenAI
1/15
Perplexity
1/15
Gemini
0/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Can an AI agent buy here?

Not by itself. Ingles publishes none of the purchase protocols we look for. An agent would have to click through the checkout like a person.

  • UCPNot present
  • ACPNot present
  • AP2Not present
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
80 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryPassed

    SVCB or HTTPS records under _agents that advertise agent endpoints.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 28 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · ingles-markets.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

supermarketnews.com
39
justdial.com
26
reddit.com
18
consumerreports.org
13
grocerydive.com
11
kroger.com
11
facebook.com
11
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
9
tastingtable.com
8
mashed.com
8

In the study as US-listed. Number 94 on the NRF Top 100 Retailers 2026 list, ranked by US retail sales.

Every question, and where the company came up (1 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Where can busy families shop for groceries and get flu shots in one visit?
  • What options exist for pharmacy needs if I don't want to use a supermarket pharmacy?
  • Are in-store pharmacies at supermarkets convenient for prescription refills?
  • What are good alternatives to traditional supermarkets for buying fresh produce and meat?
  • Grocery supermarkets vs local specialty markets—what's the difference for everyday shoppers?
  • How do prices at regional supermarkets compare to national chains for weekly grocery shopping?
  • Why can't I find certain items on sale in my local grocery supermarket?
  • What should I do if my Advantage Card discounts aren't showing at checkout?
  • Are online grocery services a good replacement for local grocery stores with pharmacies?
  • Which supermarkets offer pharmacy services along with weekly discounts?
  • Is shopping at a full-service supermarket worth it for weekly grocery trips?
  • What is the cheapest way to shop for both groceries and prescriptions under one roof?
  • Are neighborhood grocery chains better for pharmacy needs than large warehouse clubs?
  • Which grocery stores offer nutrition advice or in-store dietitian services?
  • What are the best regional grocery stores for families in the Southeast US?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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