SN's Top 75 Retailers for 2009
The Top 75 posted $893.08 billion in sales, up 7.6% over the year-ago total of $830.19 billion.
The 75 largest food retailers and wholesalers in the U.S. and Canada combined to produce $893.08 billion in revenues in 2008, up 7.6% over their total in the preceding year. The sales volume includes revenues from both food and nonfood merchandise in North America for the companies' current or recently ended fiscal years. The volume increase reflects both the high levels of food inflation — estimated at about 5%-6% in for the year — combined with traffic growth at the chains on the list. The 10 largest companies on the list accounted for about 68.7% of the total volume on the list, the same proportion they comprised a year ago. Those 10 largest food retailers had combined revenues of $613.2 billion — up 7.5%, or $42.9 billion, over year-ago levels. They accounted for about two-thirds of the increase in volume among the entire Top 75. The top 20 companies on this year's list had revenues of $732.9 billion, up about 7.6% over year-ago volume levels. Those 20 largest operators accounted for 82.1% of the total volume among the Top 75, almost exactly the same as a year ago.
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| 1. | Wal-Mart Stores |
| 2. | Kroger Co. |
| 3. | Costco Wholesale Corp. |
| 4. | Supervalu |
| 5. | Safeway |
| 6. | Loblaw Cos. |
| 7. | Publix Super Markets |
| 8. | Ahold USA |
| 9. | Delhaize America |
| 10. | C&S Wholesale Grocers |
| 11. | 7-Eleven |
| 12. | H.E. Butt Grocery Co. |
| 13. | Sobeys |
| 14. | Meijer |
| 15. | Metro |
| 16. | Wakefern Food Corp. |
| 17. | BJ's Wholesale Club |
| 18. | A&P |
| 19. | Dollar General Corp. |
| 20. | Giant Eagle |
| 21. | Whole Foods Market |
| 22. | Winn-Dixie Stores |
| 23. | Trader Joe's Market |
| 24. | Associated Wholesale Grocers |
| 25. | Aldi |
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