Here are financial results for the Top 20 supermarket chains with public equity or public debt. Although reporting periods vary, the chart represents sales and operating income for the two quarters most closely paralleling the first six months of calendar 1997, plus same-store sales for the most recent quarter only. Comparisons are with the year-ago period.
ions) (millions) (last qtr)
1.Kroger Co. (c) $12.4 +6.9% $645.4 +16.1% +3.2% 12/29 to 6/14
2.Safeway (a) $10.6 +34.5% $615.3 +48.7% +0.5% 3/23 to 9/7
3.American
Stores Co. $9.5 +3.3% $398.6 +15.7% +0.9% 2/2 to 8/2
4.Ahold U.S.A. $7.6 +54.7% $301.5 +138.5% +2.8% 1/1 to 7/13
5.Albertson's $7.3 +6.8% $382.3 -6.4% -0.6% 1/31 to 7/31
6.Winn-Dixie
Stores (b) $6.1 +2.0% $113.4 -13.2% -1.4% 4/3 to 9/17
7.A&P $5.4 +0.4% $91.6 +5.0% -2.3% 3/1 to 9/6
8.Food Lion (a) $4.7 +11.9% $210.6 +13.7% +0.3% 3/23 to 6/14
9.Ralphs
Grocery Co. (c) $2.5 +3.0% $172.1 +14.6% +2% 2/3 to 7/20
10.Fred Meyer Inc. $2.2 +13.6% $75.8 +22.3% +6.1% 2/2 to 8/16
11.Giant Food $1.9 +5.3% $41.3 -50.2% +2.4% 2/23 to 8/9
12.Pathmark Stores $1.9 +0.6% $50.6 -27.7% +1.1% 2/2 to 8/2
13.Smith's Food
& Drug Centers $1.6 +15.9% $141.4 +17.3% +2.2% 12/29 to 7/5
14.Penn Traffic Co. (c)$1.5 -8.2% $83.7 -6.3% -7.7% 2/2 to 8/2
15.Hannaford Bros.$1.5 +8.2% $71.1 +5.7% +0.4% 12/29 to 6/28
16.Dominick's
Finer Foods (a) $1.4 +7.7% $51.5 +13.4% +1% 1/26 to 8/9
17.Bruno's (c) $1.3 -8.4% $45.0 -43.5% -8.7% 2/2 to 8/2
18.Grand Union Co. (b,c)$1.2 -1.9% $36.8 -52.4% -1.8% 1/5 to 7/19
19.Quality
Food Centers (a)$0.99 +167.8% $47.7 +107.8% +1.2% 3/23 to 9/6
20.Harris-Teeter (a)$0.96 +5.5% $21.4 -15.3 -0.3% 12/30 to 6/29
