Rank & Company
BR> Sales in Billions (Date Fiscal Year Ends)
1) Kroger Co. (Cincinnati)
2,268
45.4e
2) Wal-Mart Supercenters (Bentonville, Ark)
682
45.0e (A)
3) Albertson's (Boise, Idaho)
2,490
37.6e
4) Safeway (Pleasanton, Calif.)
1,656
28.4e
5) Supervalu (Minneapolis)
479
20.8e (B)
6) Ahold USA (Chantilly, Va.)
1,031
20.3a (C)
7) Fleming Cos. (Oklahoma City)
250
14.7e (D)
8) Delhaize America (Salisbury, N.C.)
1,432
14.4e (E)
9) Loblaw Cos. (Toronto)
581
13.3e (U.S.) (G)
10) Winn-Dixie Stores (Jacksonville, Fla.)
1,114
13.3e (F)
11) Publix Super Markets (Lakeland, Fla.)
614
12.9e
12) A&P (Montvale, N.J.)
820
10.0e (H)
13) Meijer Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
127
9.7e
14) H.E. Butt Grocery Co. (San Antonio)
267
7.5a (I)
15) Sobeys Canada (Stellarton, Nova Scotia)
158
7.5e(U.S.) (J)
16) C&S Wholesale Grocers (Brattleboro, Vt.)
None
6.1e
17) Wakefern Corp. (Elizabeth, N.J.)
10
5.5a
18) Super Kmart (Troy, Mich)
106
4.8e (K)
19) Shaw's Supermarkets (East Bridgewater, Mass.)
165
4.5e
20) Giant Eagle (Pittsburgh)
209
4.2e (L)
21) Nash Finch Co. (Minneapolis)
4.1e (M)
22) Aldi (Batavia, Ill)
615e
4.0e
23) Pathmark Stores (Carteret, N.J.)
135
3.9e
24) Hy-Vee (Des Moines, Iowa)
208
3.5a (N)
25) Associated Wholesale Grocers (Kansas City, Kan.)
35
3.4e (O)
26) Spartan Stores (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
47
3.2e (P)
27) Unified Western Grocers (Los Angeles)
17
3.1e (Q)
28) Raley's Supermarkets (West Sacramento, Calif.)
147
3.0e
29) Metro Richelieu (Montreal)
66
2.7a (U.S.) (R)
30) Roundy's (Pewaukee, Wis.)
52
2.7e (S)
31) Wegmans Food Markets (Rochester, N.Y.)
59
2.7e
32) Penn Traffic Co. (Syracuse, N.Y.)
213
2.5e
33) Grand Union (Wayne, N.J.)
218
2.3e
34) Harris Teeter (Charlotte, N.C.)
149
2.2a
35) Schnuck Markets (St. Louis)
92
2.0e
36) Weis Markets (Sunbury, Pa)
163
1.95e
37) Demoulas Market Basket (Tewksbury, Mass.)
57
1.8e
38) Ingles Markets (Black Mountain, N.C.)
208
1.8a
39) Jitney-Jungle (Jackson, Miss.)
192
1.8e (T)
40) Marsh Supermarkets (Indianapolis)
272
1.8e (U)
41) Stater Bros. Markets (Colton, Calif.)
155
1.8a (V)
42) Smart & Final (Vernon, Calif.)
218
1.75e (W)
43) Bruno's Supermarkets (Birmingham, Ala.)
152
1.7e
44) Federated Cooperatives (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
8
1.7a(U.S.)
45) Price Chopper (Schenectady, N.Y.)
97
1.7e
46) Brookshire Grocery Co. (Tyler, Texas)
133
1.6e
47) Overwaitea Food Group (Langley, B.C.)
74
1.6e(U.S.)
48) Whole Foods Market (Austin, Texas)
103
1.6a
49) Alex Lee Inc. (Hickory, N.C.)
85
1.59a (X)
50) Purity Wholesale Grocers (Boca Raton, Fla.)
None
1.5e
51) Save Mart Supermarkets (Modesto, Calif.)
97
1.45e
52) Grocers Supply Co. (Houston)
None
1.4e
53) White Rose Foods (Somerset, N.J.)
None
1.3e
54) Associated Jones (Seattle)
None
1.2a
55) Associated Food Stores (Salt Lake City)
15
1.1e (Y)
56) Bashas' Markets (Chandler, Ariz.)
93
1.1e
57) Minyard Food Stores (Coppell, Texas)
84
1.03e (Z)
58) Big Y Foods (Springfield, Mass.)
46
1.0e
59) WinCo Foods (formerly Waremart) (Boise, Idaho)
32
1.0e
60) Eagle Food Centers (Milan, Ill.)
84
.95e
61) Associated Wholesalers Inc. (Robesonia, Pa)
9
.91e (AA)
62) K-VA-T Food Stores (Abingdon, Va.)
85
.88e
63) Big V Supermarkets (Florida, N.Y.)
37
.85e
64) Furr's Supermarkets (Albuquerque, N.M.)
70
.85e
65) Fiesta Markets (Houston)
40
.84e
66) Foodarama (Freehold, N.J.)
21
.80e
67) Inserra Supermarkets (Mahwah, N.J.)
22
.80e
68) Genuardi's Family Markets (Norristown, Pa.)
35
.78e
69) Bozzuto's (Cheshire, Conn.)
8
.77a
70) Village Super Market (Springfield, N.J.)
23
.77a
71) Certified Grocers Midwest (Hodgkins, Ill.)
None
.73e
72) King Kullen Grocery Co. (Westbury, N.Y.)
47
.71e
73) Pueblo International (Pompano Beach, Fla.)
50
.70e (BB)
74) Super Target (Minneapolis)
16
.70e
75) Brookshire Bros. (Lufkin, Texas)
70
.67e
FOOTNOTES:
a = actual sales e = estimated sales
(A) Groceries at Wal-Mart Supercenters accounted for approximately 30% of total sales, or approximately $15 billion. Supercenter sales represented approximately 28% of total sales, which are estimated at $160 billion for 1999.
(B) Corporate-store sales at Supervalu accounted for approximately 32% of total sales.
(C) Ahold USA sales accounted for approximately 59% of the parent company's 1999 sales of $34.6 billion (U.S.).
(D) Corporate-store sales at Fleming Cos. accounted for 25% of sales.
(E) Delhaize America volume includes $10.9 billion from Food Lion and $3.5 billion from Hannaford Bros. Co., Scarborough, Maine, whose sale to Food Lion is pending.
(F) Winn-Dixie sales exclude approximately $700 million in sales from the 74 Texas stores Winn-Dixie has agreed to sell to Kroger Co.
(G) Loblaw also licensed 451 franchised stores.
(H) A&P sales encompassed 758 corporate stores and 62 franchised stores.
(I) H.E. Butt sales included six stores in Mexico.
(J) Sobeys Canada also licensed more than 900 franchised stores.
(K) Food sales (encompassing groceries and restaurant) at Super Kmart accounted for approximately 35% of Super Kmart sales. Super Kmart sales represented approximately 13% of Kmart Corp.'s total sales, which are estimated at $35.5 billion for 1999.
(L) Giant Eagle sales encompassed 109 corporate stores and 100 franchised units.
(M) Corporate-store sales at Nash Finch accounted for 20% of total sales.
(N) Hy-Vee included 182 supermarkets and 27 drug stores.
(O) Corporate-owned stores at Associated Wholesale Grocers accounted for less than 1% of total sales.
(P) Corporate-owned stores at Spartan Stores accounted for 20% of total sales.
(Q) Unified Western Grocers is the successor company to the merger between Certified Grocers of California, Los Angeles, with sales of $1.87 billion, and United Grocers, Portland, Ore., with sales of $1.2 billion.
(R) Corporate-owned stores at Metro-Richelieu accounted for 23.5% of total sales.
(S) Corporate-owned stores at Roundy's accounted for 35% of total sales.
(T) Jitney-Jungle sales encompassed 192 supermarkets, 54 gas stations and 10 liquor stores.
(U) Marsh sales encompassed 94 supermarkets and 178 convenience stores.
(V) Stater Bros. sales included six weeks of sales from 43 stores acquired in late summer from Albertson's, Boise, Idaho.
(W) Smart & Final sales included 23% from food-service operations.
(X) Volume at Alex Lee Inc. included $705 million from Lowes Food Stores, Winston-Salem, N.C.; $1.1 billion from Merchants Distributors Inc., Hickory, N.C., a wholesaler (approximately 30% of whose sales go to Lowes); and $242 million from Institution Food House, Hickory, N.C., a food-service distributor.
(Y) Corporate-store sales at Associated Food Stores accounted for 21% of total sales.
(Z) Minyard sales included volume from 12 gas stations.
(AA) Corporate-store sales at AWI accounted for 5% of total sales.
FOOTNOTES:
a = actual sales e = estimated sales
(A) Groceries at Wal-Mart Supercenters accounted for approximately 30% of total sales, or approximately $15 billion. Supercenter sales represented approximately 28% of total sales, which are estimated at $160 billion for 1999.
(B) Corporate-store sales at Supervalu accounted for approximately 32% of total sales.
(C) Ahold USA sales accounted for approximately 59% of the parent company's 1999 sales of $34.6 billion (U.S.).
(D) Corporate-store sales at Fleming Cos. accounted for 25% of sales.
(E) Delhaize America volume includes $10.9 billion from Food Lion and $3.5 billion from Hannaford Bros. Co., Scarborough, Maine, whose sale to Food Lion is pending.
(F) Winn-Dixie sales exclude approximately $700 million in sales from the 74 Texas stores Winn-Dixie has agreed to sell to Kroger Co.
(G) Loblaw also licensed 451 franchised stores.
(H) A&P sales encompassed 758 corporate stores and 62 franchised stores.
(I) H.E. Butt sales included six stores in Mexico.
(J) Sobeys Canada also licensed more than 900 franchised stores.
(K) Food sales (encompassing groceries and restaurant) at Super Kmart accounted for approximately 35% of Super Kmart sales. Super Kmart sales represented approximately 13% of Kmart Corp.'s total sales, which are estimated at $35.5 billion for 1999.
(L) Giant Eagle sales encompassed 109 corporate stores and 100 franchised units.
(M) Corporate-store sales at Nash Finch accounted for 20% of total sales.
(N) Hy-Vee included 182 supermarkets and 27 drug stores.
(O) Corporate-owned stores at Associated Wholesale Grocers accounted for less than 1% of total sales.
(P) Corporate-owned stores at Spartan Stores accounted for 20% of total sales.
(Q) Unified Western Grocers is the successor company to the merger between Certified Grocers of California, Los Angeles, with sales of $1.87 billion, and United Grocers, Portland, Ore., with sales of $1.2 billion.
(R) Corporate-owned stores at Metro-Richelieu accounted for 23.5% of total sales.
(S) Corporate-owned stores at Roundy's accounted for 35% of total sales.
(T) Jitney-Jungle sales encompassed 192 supermarkets, 54 gas stations and 10 liquor stores.
(U) Marsh sales encompassed 94 supermarkets and 178 convenience stores.
(V) Stater Bros. sales included six weeks of sales from 43 stores acquired in late summer from Albertson's, Boise, Idaho.
(W) Smart & Final sales included 23% from food-service operations.
(X) Volume at Alex Lee Inc. included $705 million from Lowes Food Stores, Winston-Salem, N.C.; $1.1 billion from Merchants Distributors Inc., Hickory, N.C., a wholesaler (approximately 30% of whose sales go to Lowes); and $242 million from Institution Food House, Hickory, N.C., a food-service distributor.
(Y) Corporate-store sales at Associated Food Stores accounted for 21% of total sales.
(Z) Minyard sales included volume from 12 gas stations.
(AA) Corporate-store sales at AWI accounted for 5% of total sales.
(BB) Pueblo sales encompassed 50 supermarkets (44 in Puerto Rico, six in the Virgin Islands) and 44 Blockbuster video stores.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
IGA, the Chicago-based network of independent operators, accounted for 1999 sales of approximately $19 billion at 4,000 stores worldwide, including $14 billion in North America ($9 billion from 1,900 stores in the U.S. and $5 billion [U.S.] from 580 stores in Canada) and $5 billion from 1,520 stores overseas. Virtually all the North American volume is included in the sales numbers for IGA's 11 wholesaler-owners in the U.S. and three in Canada.
Piggly Wiggly Co., Memphis, Tenn., is an umbrella organization for 621 franchised stores in 18 states with a combined 1999 volume of approximately $4 billion. Fleming Cos., Oklahoma City, is the parent company and is also one of several wholesalers that supplies products to the Piggly-Wiggly stores.
