Many of the largest food retailers saw sales gains in 2010
Sales among the Top 75 food retailers in North America recovered from a slump in 2009, rising 7.7% during 2010, compared with a cumulative drop of 0.2% a year ago. Total revenues, encompassing sales of food and nonfood merchandise, totaled $960.3 billion last year, compared with $891.4 billion in 2009. Revenues among the 10 largest companies on the list rose 2.2% to $666.1 billion in 2010.
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| 1. | Wal-Mart Stores |
| 2. | Kroger Co. |
| 3. | Costco Wholesale Corp. |
| 4. | Safeway |
| 5. | Supervalu |
| 6. | Loblaw Cos. |
| 7. | Publix Super Markets |
| 8. | Ahold USA |
| 9. | C&S Wholesale Grocers |
| 10. | Delhaize America |
| 11. | H.E. Butt Grocery Co. |
| 12. | Sobeys |
| 13. | 7-Eleven |
| 14. | Meijer Inc. |
| 15. | Dollar General Corp. |
| 16. | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| 17. | Metro |
| 18. | BJ’s Wholesale Club |
| 19. | Whole Foods Market |
| 20. | Giant Eagle |
| 21. | Trader Joe’s Market |
| 22. | A&P |
| 23. | Family Dollar Stores |
| 24. | Associated Wholesale Grocers |
| 25. | Hy-Vee Food Stores |
| 26. | Aldi |
| 27. | Winn-Dixie Stores |
| 28. | Wegmans Food Markets |
| 29. | Nash Finch Co. |
| 30. | WinCo Foods |
| 31. | Save Mart Supermarkets |
| 32. | United Natural Foods |
| 33. | Albertsons LLC |
| 34. | Harris Teeter |
| 35. | Unified Grocers |
| 36. | Roundy’s Supermarkets |
| 37. | Stater Bros. Markets |
| 38. | Price Chopper Supermarkets |
| 39. | Ingles Markets |
| 40. | Grocers Supply Co. |
| 41. | Demoulas Market Basket |
| 42. | Overwaitea Food Group |
| 43. | Raley’s Supermarkets |
| 44. | Alex Lee Inc. |
| 45. | Houchens Industries |
| 46. | Weis Markets |
| 47. | Spartan Stores |
| 48. | Tops Friendly Markets |
| 49. | Schnuck Markets |
| 50. | Smart & Final |
| 51. | Associated Wholesalers Inc. |
| 52. | Bi-Lo |
| 53. | Brookshire Grocery Co. |
| 54. | Associated Food Stores |
| 55. | Central Grocers |
| 56. | K-VA-T Food Stores |
| 57. | Bozzuto’s |
| 58. | Bashas’ |
| 59. | Big Y Foods |
| 60. | Affiliated Foods Midwest |
| 61. | 99 Cents Only Stores |
| 62. | Saker Shop Rite |
| 63. | Brookshire Brothers |
| 64. | Piggly Wiggly Midwest |
| 65. | United Supermarkets |
| 66. | Village Super Market |
| 67. | Affiliated Foods |
| 68. | Marsh Supermarkets |
| 69. | Inserra Supermarkets |
| 70. | Superior Grocers |
| 71. | Coborn's |
| 72. | URM Stores |
| 73. | Fareway Stores |
| 74. | Grocery Outlet |
| 75. | Woodman's Markets |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
• IGA, a Chicago-based voluntary network of independent grocers, accounted for 2009 sales of approximately $30 billion from 6,200 stores worldwide, including approximately $8 billion from 1,350 stores in the U.S. and $22 billion from 4,850 stores in 37 other countries, including Canada.
• PENN TRAFFIC — As the 2011 Top 75 list went to press, the future disposition of the 79 stores operated by Penn Traffic Co., Syracuse, N.Y., was not clear, with at least two chains hoping to buy large portions of its operations out of bankruptcy.