Rank, Retailer ng GasolineExpansion Plans/Comments1 WAL-MART STORES, BENTONVILLE, ARK.541Plans to add stations wherever possible at its supercenters, discount centers and neighborhood markets.2 KROGER (INCLUDES FRY'S, SMITH'S AND FRED MEYER), CINCINNATI307Expects to have 350 fueling sales by early 2003.3 ALBERTSONS (INCLUDES ACME, JEWEL AND SEESSEL'S), BOISE, IDAHO200Plans to have over 500 sites in
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Rank, Retailer
ng Gasoline
Expansion Plans/Comments
1 WAL-MART STORES, BENTONVILLE, ARK.
541
Plans to add stations wherever possible at its supercenters, discount centers and neighborhood markets.
2 KROGER (INCLUDES FRY'S, SMITH'S AND FRED MEYER), CINCINNATI
307
Expects to have 350 fueling sales by early 2003.
3 ALBERTSONS (INCLUDES ACME, JEWEL AND SEESSEL'S), BOISE, IDAHO
200
Plans to have over 500 sites in next five years.
4 SAM'S CLUB, BENTONVILLE, ARK.
181
Plans to eventually have stations at nearly all 500-plus Sam's Club locations.
5 COSTCO, ISSAQUAH, WASH.
163
Plans to add stations to every new location that will accommodate one.
6 SAFEWAY (INCLUDES RANDALL'S AND DOMINICK'S), PLEASANTON, CALIF.
154
Plans to add fuel pumps in as many of its remaining 1,600 Safeway sites as possible.
7 MEIJER, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
150
Most stores offer gasoline.
8 H.E. BUTT, SAN ANTONIO
90
Most stores offer gasoline.
9 AHOLD USA (INCLUDES STOP & SHOP, GIANT-LANDOVER, GIANT-CARLISLE, TOPS MARKET, BI-LO AND BRUNO'S), CHANTILLY, VA.
70
10 BROOKSHIRE BROTHERS, LUFKIN, TEXAS
69
All outlets sell Conoco-branded gasoline.
11 BJ'S WHOLESALE, NATICK, MASS.
62
Plans call for adding 18 to 20 sites per year. Expects the majority of its stores will have fuel centers in the next five years.
