Rank & Company
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Stores Owned
Sales in Billions
Date Fiscal Year Ends
1) Wal-Mart Supercenters (Bentonville, Ark.)
Doug Degn, EVP, Food
862
57.2e (A)
1/31/01
2) Kroger Co. (Cincinnati)
Joseph A. Pichler, Chairman CEO
2359
49.2e (B)
2/3/01
3) Albertson's (Boise, Idaho)
Gary E. Micheal, Chairman CEO
2514
36.4e (C)
2/1/01
4) Safeway (Pleasanton, Calif)
Steven Burd, Chairman President, CEO
1737
33.2e (D)
12/30/00
5) Ahold USA (Chantilly, VA.)
Robert G. Tobin, President, CEO
1208
27.5a (E)
12/31/00
6) Supervalu (Minneapolis)
Micheal Wright, Chairman, CEO
457
23.3e (F)
2/24/01
7) Fleming (Dallas)
Mark S. Hansen, Chairman, CEO
164
14.7e (G)
12/30/00
8) Winn-Dixie Stores (Jacksinville, Fla.)
A. Dano davis, Chairman
1160
13.8e (H)
6/27/01
9) Loblaw Cos. (Toronto)
John Lederer, President
596
13.8e (U.S.) (I)
12/30/00
10) Delhaize America (Salisbury, N.C.)
Pierre-Oliver Beckers, Chairman
1425
12.7a
12/30/00
11) A&P (Montvale, N.J.)
Christian Haub, President, CEO
820
10.6e (J)
2/24/01
12) Meljer Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Doug & Hank Meijer Co-Chairman
143
10.0e
2/3/01
13) H.E. Butt Grocery Co. (San Antonio, Tex.)
Charles C. Butt, Chairman, CEO
278
8.2a (K)
10/30/00
14) Sobeys Canada (Stellarton, Nova Scotia)
Bill McEwan, President, CEO
419
7.5e (U.S.) (L)
5/5/01
15) C&S Wholesale Grocers (Brattleboro, VT.)
Rick Cohen, Chairman, CEO
0
7.1e (M)
9/30/00
16) Wakefern Corp. (Elizabeth, N.J.)
Thomas Infusino, chairman
17
5.8a
9/30/00
17) Super Kmart (Tryo, Mich)
Mark Schwartz, EVP, Store Operations
104
4.8e (N)
1/31/01
18) Shaw's Supermanrkets (East Bridgewater, Mass.)
Ross McLaren, President, CEO
185
4.2e (O)
3/3/01
19) Giant Eagle (Pittsburg, PA.)
David Shapira, CEO
204
4.2e (P)
6/30/01
20) Nash Finch CO. (Minneapolis)
Ron Marshall, President, CEO
119
4.0e (Q)
12/31/00
21) Pathmark Stores (Carteret, N.J.)
James Donald, Chairman, President, CEO
138
3.9e
2/3/01
22) Hy-Yee Food Stores (Des Moines, Iowa)
Ron Pearson, Chairman, President
213
3.6a (R)
10/1/00
23) Spartan Stores (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
James B Meyer, President, CEO
119
3.5e (S)
3/31/01
24) Associated Wholesales Grocers (Kansas City, Kan.)
Gary A Phillips, President, CEO
35
3.2e (T)
12/29/00
25) Unified Western Grocers (Los Angeles)
Al Plamann, President, CEO
14
3.1a (U)
9/30/00
26) Roundy's (Pewaukee, Wis.)
Gerald Lestina, President, CEO
54
3.0e (V)
12/31/00
27) Metro (Montreal)
Pierre Lessard, President Ceo
72
3.0a (U.S.) (W)
9/30/00
28) Raley's Supermarkets (Sacramento, Claif.)
Micheal J. Teel
149
3.0e
6/29/01
29) Aidi (Batavia, Ill.)
Charles Youngstrom, President
578
2.8e
1/1/01
30) Wegmans Food Markets (Rochester, N.Y.)
Roberts Wegman, Chairman, CEO
60
2.8e
12/31/00
31) Penn Traffic Co. (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Joseph V. Fisher, Chairman, President, CEO
220
2.5e
2/3/01
32) Stater Bros. Markets (Colton, Claif.)
Jack Brown, Chairman President, CEO
155
2.4a
9/24/00
33) Harris Teeter (Matthews, N.C.)
Fred Morganthall, President
156
2.3a
10/3/00
34) Marsh Supermarkets (Indianapolis)
Donald e. Marsh, Chairman,CEO
288
2.1e (X)
4/1/01
35) Schnuck (St. Louis, Mo.)
Craig Schuck, Chairman, CEO
92
2.1e
9/30/00
36) Price Chopper (Schenectady, NY)
Lewis Golub, Chairman
103
2.0e (Y)
4/29/01
37) Weis Markets (Sunbury, P.A.)
Roberts F. Weis, Chairman
163
2.0e
12/30/00
38) Bruno's Supermarkets (Birmingham, Ala.)
James Demme, President, CEO
172
2.0e (Z)
1/31/01
39) Ingles Markets (Black Mountain, N.C.)
Robert Ingle, Chairman, CEO
209
1.9a
9/30/00
40) Whole Foods Market (Austin, Texas)
John Mackey, Chairman, CEO
117
1.9a
9/24/00
41) Federated Cooperatives (Saskatoon, Sakatchewan)
Dennis Banda, Chairman, President
8
1.8e (U.S.)
10/28/00
42) Demoulas Market Basket (Tewsbury, Mass.)
William J. Shea, Chairman
57
1.8e
12/30/00
43) Smart & Final (Los Angeles)
Ross Roeder, Chairman, CEO
221
1.8e (a)
12/31/00
44) Alex Lee Inc. (Hickory, N.C.)
Boyd George, Chairman, CEO 98
98
1.7a (b)
9/30/00
45) Overwaitea Food Group (Langley, British Columbia)
Steve Vanderleest, President
100
1.6e
12/31/00
46) Brookshire Grocery Co. (Tyler, Texas)
Bruce Brookshire, Chairman
137
1.6e (c)
9/30/00
47) Save Mart Supermarkets (Modesto, Calif.)
Robert M. Piccinini, Chairman, CEO
98
1.47e
3/31/01
48) Grocers Supply Co. (Houston)
Max&Milton Levit, CO-CEO
0
1.4e
12/31/00
49) White Rose Foods (Somerset, N.J.)
Stephen Bosker, President, CEO
0
1.4e
12/31/00
50) WinCo Foods (Somerset, N.J.)
William D. Long, Chairman, President, CEO
34
1.3e
3/31/01
51) Purity Wholesale Grocers (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Sal Ricciardi, President, CEO
0
1.3e
6/30/01
52) Associated Food Stores (Salt Lake City)
Richard Parkinson, President CEO
21
1.25e (d)
3/31/01
53) Bashas' (Chandler, Ariz.)
Eddie N. Basha Jr., Chairman, CEO
103
1.2e
12/31/00
54) Big Y Markets (Springfield, Mass.)
Donald D' Amour, Chairman, CEO
45
1.1e
6/30/01
55) Associated Grocers (Seattle)
Robert Hoyt, President, CEO
0
1.05a
9/30/00
56) Minyard Food Stores (Coppell, Texas)
Gretchen Minyard Williams, Liz Minyard, Co-Chairs, Co-CEO
81
1.0e (e)
6/24/01
57) Associated Wholesalers, Inc. (Robesonia, Pa.)
J. Chris Michael, President, CEO
9
.95e (f)
7/31/01
58) K-VA-T Food Stores (Abingdon, Va.)
Jack Smith, Chairman, CEO
86
.95e
12/31/00
59) Big V Supermarkets (Florida, N.Y.)
James Toopes, President, CEO
34
.9e
12/30/00
60) Foodarama (Freehold, N.J.)
Joseph Saker, Chairman, President, CEO
22
.89a
10/28/00
61) Super Target (Minneapolis)
Bob Ulrich, Chairman, CEO
20
.88e (g)
2/3/01
62) Fiesta Mart (Houston)
Louis Katipodis, President, CEO
41
.86e
5/27/01
63) Bozzuto's (Cheshire, Conn.)
Adam Bozzuto, Chairman
8
.83a (h)
9/30/00
64) Wild Oats Market (Boulder, Colo.)
Mike Gilliland, CEO
105
.83e
12/30/00
65) Inserra Supermarkets (Mahwah, N.J.)
Lawrence R. Inserra, Chairman, CEO
22
.8e
12/31/00
66) Village Super Market (Springfield, N.J.)
James Sumas, Chairman
23
.8a
7/29/00
67) Eagle Food Centers (Milan, Ill.)
Bob Kelly, Chairman
64
.77e
2/3/01
68) Furr's Supermarkets (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Tom Dahlen, Chairman, President, CEO
71
.76e
12/30/00
69) Brookshire Bros. (Lufkin, Texas)
Tim Hale, President, CEO
70
.75e
4/28/01
70) Certified Grocers Midwest (Hodgkins, Ill.)
James E. Bradley, President
0
.73e
8/26/00
71) King Kullen (Bethpage, N.Y.)
John B. Cullum, Chairman, CEO
47
.72e
9/30/00
72) Haggen Inc. (Bellingham, Wash.)
Dale C. Henley, President, CEO
27
.67e
12/30/00
73) Copps Corp. (Stevens Point, Wis.)
Michael Copps, Chairman, CEO
22
.63e (i)
1/26/01
74) Pueblo International (Pompano Beach, Fla.)
William T. Keon 3d, President, CEO
94
.62e (j)
1/27/01
75) Ukrop's Super Markets (Richmond, Va)
James Ukrop, Chairman
27
.59e
7/28/01
(A) Groceries at Wal-Mart Supercenters accounted for approximately 30% of total sales, or approximately $17.1 billion. Supercenter sales represented approximately 30% of total corporate sales, which are estimated at $190.7 billion for 2000.
(B) Kroger sales include approximately $160 million from 16 Baker's Supermarkets, Omaha, Neb., that Kroger agreed to acquire in late December.
(C) Gary E. Michael has disclosed he will retire as chairman and CEO after Albertson's annual meeting in June.
(D) Safeway sales stated on a pro forma basis to include approximately $900 million in sales from 39 stores Safeway has agreed to acquire during the first quarter from Genuardi's Family Markets, Norristown, Pa. Store total also includes 11 Abco Desert Markets in Arizona being acquired from Fleming, Dallas.
(E) Ahold USA sales include approximately $4 billion from six months' operation of U.S. Foodservice. Ahold USA sales accounted for 55% of the parent company's 2000 sales of approximately $49.8 billion (U.S.).
(F) Corporate stores at Supervalu accounted for 40.2% of total sales. The distributor also licenses 711 Save-A-Lot limited assortment stores.
(G) Corporate stores at Fleming accounted for 21% of sales.
(H) Winn-Dixie pro forma sales for the four quarters ended in December 2000, including $625 million in volume from 68 Jitney Jungle stores the chain has agreed to acquire.
(I) Loblaw sales also includes volume from 425 franchised stores.
(J) A&P operates 750 corporate stores and 70 franchised units.
(K) H.E.B. sales include volume from 10 stores in Mexico.
(L) Sobeys Canada sales encompass 133 supermarkets, 221 convenience stores and 65 drug stores, plus 952 franchised stores. Approximately 20% of Sobeys' sales come from food-service operations.
(M) C&S supplies products to a variety of Top 75 retailers, including A&P, Ahold USA, Big Y, Pathmark, Safeway, Shaw's and Wal-Mart, and volume from those sales is reflected in the sales totals for C&S and for each of the individual retailers. C&S plans to operate an undetermined number of corporate stores that were acquired from Grand Union; however, the exact number has not yet been determined.
(N) Food sales at Super Kmart (encompassing groceries, consumables and restaurant) accounted for approximately 36% of sales. Super Kmart sales represented approximately 13% of Kmart Corp.'s total sales, which are estimated at $37 billion for 2000.
(O) Sales total includes volume from 18 former Grand Union stores Shaw's was acquiring at the end of calendar 2000.
(P) Giant Eagle operates 140 corporate stores and 64 franchised stores.
(Q) Corporate stores at Nash Finch accounted for 26% of total sales.
(R) Hy-Vee operates 185 supermarkets and 28 drug stores.
(S) Corporate stores at Spartan accounted for 36% of sales.
(T) Corporate stores at Associated Wholesale Grocers accounted for less than 1% of sales.
(U) Corporate stores at Unified Western Grocers accounted for 6% of total sales.
(V) Corporate stores at Roundy's accounted for 33% of sales.
(W) Corporate stores at Metro accounted for 33% of total sales.
(X) Marsh Supermarkets operates 104 supermarkets and 184 convenience stores.
(Y) Price Chopper totals include nine former Grand Union stores acquired in late December from C&S Wholesale Grocers, three of which will be replacement stores for existing locations.
(Z) Store total includes 20 former Jitney Jungle Stores acquired a month before the end of the fiscal year.
(a) Smart & Final sales include approximately 22% from food-service operations.
(b) Sales at Alex Lee Inc. include $742 million from Lowes Food Stores, Winston-Salem, N.C.; $1.2 billion from Merchants Distributors Inc., Hickory, N.C., a wholesaler (approximately 38% of whose sales go to Lowes); and $259 million from Institution Food House, Hickory, a food-service distributor.
(c) Brookshire store total includes four former Jitney Jungle stores in Louisiana the company agreed to acquire at the end of December.
(d) Corporate stores at Associated Food Stores accounted for 25% of total sales.
(e) Minyard sales include volume from 13 gas stations.
(f) Corporate stores at AWI accounted for 6% of total sales.
(g) Super Target sales represent approximately 2% of Target Corp.'s total sales, which are estimated at approximately $36 billion for 2000.
(h) Corporate stores at Bozzuto's accounted for 5% of total sales.
(i) Corporate stores at Copps accounted for 85% of total sales.
(j) Pueblo sales encompass 50 supermarkets (44 in Puerto Rico and six in the U.S. Virgin Islands) and 44 Blockbuster video stores.
Additional Notes
IGA, the Chicago-based network of independent operators, accounted for 2000 sales of approximately $19.2 billion at 4,000 stores worldwide, including $9.5 billion from 1,715 stores in the United States; $3.5 billion (U.S.) from approximately 500 stores in Canada; and $6.2 billion from 1,785 stores overseas. Virtually all of the volume in the United States and Canada is included in the sales numbers of IGA's 11 wholesaler-owners in the United States and two in Canada.
Piggly Wiggly Co., Memphis, Tenn., is an umbrella organization for 620 franchised stores in 18 states with a combined 2000 volume of approximately $3.2 billion. Fleming, Dallas, is the parent company and is also one of several wholesalers that supplies products to the Piggly Wiggly stores.
