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SN's Top 75 Retailers for 2009

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 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
26. Hy-Vee Food Stores
27. Wawa
28. Save Mart Supermarkets
29. Wegmans Food Markets
30. Nash Finch Co.
31. Albertsons LLC
32. Unified Grocers
33. WinCo Foods
34. Roundy's Supermarkets
35. Harris Teeter
36. Stater Bros. Markets
37. United Natural Foods
38. Raley's Supermarkets
39. Price Chopper Supermarkets
40. Ingles Markets
41. Overwaitea Food Group
42. Alex Lee Inc.
43. Demoulas Market Basket
44. Bi-Lo
45. Grocers Supply Co.
46. Associated Wholesalers Inc.
47. Houchens Industries
48. Schnuck Markets
49. Spartan Stores
50. Weis Markets
51. Smart & Final
52. Brookshire Grocery Co.
53. Bashas'
54. K-VA-T Food Stores
55. Tops Markets
56. Associated Food Stores
57. Central Grocers Cooperative
58. Big Y Foods
59. Foodarama
60. 99 Cents Only Stores
61. Marsh Supermarkets
62. United Supermarkets
63. Affiliated Foods Midwest
64. Bozzuto's
65. Brookshire Brothers
66. Village Super Market
67. Penn Traffic Co.
68. Affiliated Foods
69. Inserra Supermarkets
70. Bruno's Supermarkets
71. URM Stores
72. Fareway Stores
73. King Kullen Grocery Co.
74. Haggen Inc.
75. Woodman's Markets

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ADDITIONAL NOTE: IGA, the Chicago-based voluntary network of independent grocers, accounted for 2007 sales of approximately $21.5 billion worldwide with just under 6,000 stores, including approximately $7 billion from 1,150 stores in the U.S.; $3 billion (U.S.) from 418 stores in Canada; and $11.5 billion from 4,400 stores in 42 countries outside North America. A large portion of IGA's volume in North America is included in the sales numbers for seven of IGA's 14 licensed wholesalers in the U.S. who appear on the Top 75 list (Affiliated Foods Midwest, Associated Wholesale Grocers, Bozzuto's, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Merchant Distributors Inc., Nash Finch Co., and Supervalu). Unified Grocers, Los Angeles, did not become an IGA licensed wholesaler until the end of 2007.