2019 Top 75 — Sales Overview

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1

Walmart Inc. 

C. Douglas McMillon / president, CEO

270.12*

260.63*

Jan.

Walmart, Sam's Club

Bentonville, Ark. 

Walmart Stores Inc. —  Fiscal 2018-19 U.S. ($260.53 billion) and Canada ($9.59 billion) consumables estimates stem from earlier reported shares of Walmart stores sales of 56.4% from groceries and 11.1% from health products, and shares of Sam’s Club sales of 58.6% from groceries and consumables and 6% from health and wellness products. Those shares, where appropriate, along with Canada-specific modeling, were applied to estimated Walmart Inc. fiscal 2018-19 worldwide net sales of $509.12 billion (+2.7%), including U.S. Walmart brand sales of $330.45 billion, Canada Walmart brand sales of $18.27 billion, Sam’s Club U.S. sales of $58.16 billion and other international Walmart brand sales of $102.25 billion. The company had estimated fiscal 2018-19 worldwide stores of 11,284 (-3.7%) compared with 11,718 worldwide stores at the end of fiscal 2017-18. North America sales revised downward by about 2.2% for fiscal 2017-18, to reflect newly reported Canada sales versus previous estimated Canadian results.

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2

The Kroger Co.

W. Rodney McMullen / chairman, CEO

117.15

118.52

Jan.

Supermarkets (Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith's, Roundy's, King Soopers, Fry's, QFC, City Market, Owen's, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker's, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick N' Save, Copps, Metro Market, Mariano's); multi-department stores (Fred Meyer); Dillons Marketplace, Fry's Marketplace, King Soopers Marketplace, Kroger Marketplace, Smith's Marketplace; price impact warehouse stores (Food 4 Less, Foods Co.)

Cincinnati

The Kroger Co. —  During its 2018-19 fiscal year, in April 2018, completed the sale of its 762-location convenience-store operation to United Kingdom-based EG Group for $2.15 billion. That c-store group contributed $2.36 billion in 2018-19 sales, compared with full-year fiscal 2017-18 sales of $4.52 billion. Reported or estimated Kroger Co. fiscal 2018-19 sales of $117.15 billion excludes “other” revenue from 274 freestanding jewelry stores, supply sales to others, variable interest entities, a specialty pharmacy, in-store health clinics and online sales by Vitacost.com, which totaled an estimated $4.81 billion. Those “other”’ revenues were reported at $4.14 billion in fiscal 2017-18, when total sales were reported at $118.52 billion. Jewelry stores are not included in store-count totals.

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3

Costco Wholesale Corp.

W. Craig Jelinek / president, CEO

72.15*

66.1*

Aug.

Costco

Issaquah, Wash.

Costco Wholesale Corp. —  In latest year, consumables represented 60% of net sales (excluding membership fees) of about $100.02 billion from the United States and Puerto Rico and $20.23 billion from Canada. Categories included in that share were food and sundries (41%) and fresh food (14%), as well as an assumed share for health and beauty aids (5%). Costco’s worldwide fiscal 2017 net sales were $138.43 billion from a year-end 762 warehouse stores, including 527 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, 100 in Canada and 135 elsewhere.

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4

Albertsons Cos. Inc.

Robert Miller / chairman, CEO

60.25

59.92

Feb.

Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Carrs and Haggen

Boise, Idaho

Albertsons Cos. Inc. — Estimated latest-year sales and store counts based on company reported results for the first half of fiscal 2018-19, ended in September 2018, of 1.2% higher revenue, to $32.68 billion, and 1.6% fewer stores, at 2,291, as well as historic results and recent general industry conditions and trends.

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5

Ahold Delhaize

Dick Boer / president, CEO; Kevin Holt / CEO, Ahold Delhaize USA

44.20

43.36

Dec.

Stop & Shop, Giant, Peapod, Everything Fresh, Food Lion, Hannaford

Carlisle, Pa.

Ahold Delhaize — Fiscal 2017-18’s 27.1% growth in North America sales, to $43.36 billion, reflected an additional six months of operating results from the 1,200-plus Delhaize America stores acquired in the prior year, in July 2015, by Ahold USA parent Royal Ahold of the Netherlands.

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7

Publix Super Markets Inc.

Randall T. "Todd" Jones Sr. / president, CEO

36.38

34.56

Dec.

Publix Super Markets

Lakeland, Fla.

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6

Loblaw Cos. Ltd.

Galen G. Weston / chairman, CEO

35.27 a

35.25 a

Dec.

Loblaws, Provigo, Zehrs, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore and Maxi, Shoppers Drug Mart, T&T, Wholesale Club, Fortinos, Arz and Gas Bar.

Toronto

Loblaw Cos. — Loblaw Cos. estimated sales for the fiscal year ended in December 2018 rose approximately 0.006%, to $45.66 billion (Canadian) from a reported $45.63 billion in fiscal 2017. Fiscal 2018 sales were impacted, in part, by Loblaw’s July 2017 sale of its 213 retail gas stations and associated convenience kiosks, with annual sales of about $1.6 billion (Canadian).

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9

Target Corp.

Brian Cornell / chairman, CEO

32.43*

30.91*

Jan.

Target

Minneapolis

Target Corp. — Consumables sales estimate of $32.43 billion represents 43.4% share of estimated total sales of $74.75 billion for the 52-week 2018-19 fiscal year, ended last month, versus a reported 43% share of actual 53-week 2017-18 sales of $71.88 billion. Making up that latest-year estimated consumables mix is “household essentials,” including pet supplies, with an estimated 23.9% share of total sales and “food-and-beverage,” with an estimated 19.5% sales share.

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8

C&S Wholesale Grocers

Rick Cohen / exec. chairman, Mike Duffy / CEO

31.60

31.48

Sept.

Keene, N.H.

C&S Wholesale Grocers — Fiscal 2018-19 sales are Supermarket News estimates based on upward movement in average monthly U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index numbers for merchant wholesalers of non-durable goods involved in wholesale distribution of grocery and related products for the 12 months ended in September 2018 compared with the 12 months ended in September 2017. After the close of its 2018-19 fiscal year, in December 2018, C&S reached an agreement to acquire Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative Inc. of Olean, N.Y., supplier of more than 270 independent food retail and convenience stores throughout New York, Pennsylvania and Northeast Ohio. The terms of the transaction, expected to close in early 2019, were not disclosed.

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19

Amazon.com

Jeffrey P. Bezos / chairman, president, CEO; John Mackey / CEO, Whole Foods Market

28.10*

14.30*

Dec.

Whole Foods Market, Whole Foods 365

Seattle

Amazon.com — 2018-19 fiscal year consumables sales reflect estimated U.S. and Canada online sales of edible grocery items, health and personal care products and pet supplies of $11.24 billion, up from a revised 2017-18 fiscal year estimate of $8.57 billion, as well as estimated latest-year sales of $16.86 billion by brick-and-mortar Whole Foods and Whole Foods 365 markets in the U.S. and Canada. That fiscal 2018-19 Whole Foods sales compared with partial-year, post-acquisition fiscal 2017-18 Whole Foods sales of $5.73 billion. Supermarket News’ Amazon consumables sales estimates assume Canadian sales are about 5% of those from the U.S. and are based on sales trends suggested by, and some historic reported category totals from, research organization Edge by Ascential, but do not necessarily reflect the independent findings of that group.

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10

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. 

Stefano Pessina / executive vice chairman, CEO

27.35*

26.71*

Aug.

Walgreens, Duane Reade, Rite Aid

Deerfield, Ill.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. — Latest-year consumables sales represents reported 27.8% “retail” share of fiscal 2018 Pharmacy Retail USA division total sales of $98.39 billion. “Retail” sales are all those except from prescription drugs and pharmacy services. During its latest completed fiscal year, in March 2018, as part of a deal valued at $4.38 billion in cash and other considerations, completed its acquisition of 1,932 U.S. Rite Aid stores, many or most of which were converted to Walgreens-bannered locations by the end of the fiscal year in August. Also, in the latest year, began an “optimization” plan that will see the closure of approximately 600 Retail Pharmacy USA division stores by September 2019.

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11

H-E-B

Charles C. Butt / chairman, CEO

23.38

23.12

Oct.

H-E-B

San Antonio

H-E-B — Sales and store numbers shown exclude results from operations in Mexico, which, in fiscal 2018, included 64 stores and generated estimated sales of about $1.62 billion, compared with fiscal 2017 approximate Mexico sales of $1.48 billion from 60 stores. H-E-B reported consolidated fiscal 2018 companywide sales of approximately $25.0 billion, up 1.6% from $24.6 billion in fiscal 2017, and total stores of 408, which was up about 3% from the preceding year’s 396.

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12

CVS Health Corp.

Larry J. Merlo / president, CEO

20.23*

19.79*

Dec. 

CVS Pharmacy, CVS, Longs Drugs, Navarro Discount Pharmacy 

Woonsocket, R.I. 

CVS Health Corp. — Estimated consumables sales for fiscal 2018-19, ended in December 2018, excluded possible impacts, if any, from the Nov. 28, 2018, acquisition of Aetna Inc., a transaction valued at $78 billion. Supermarket News’ fiscal 2018-19 consumables sales estimate represents a 24.1% share of that year’s estimated total U.S. retail pharmacy and long-term care (LTC) business sales of $84.04 billion, compared with a 25% share of estimated total fiscal 2017-18 U.S. retail pharmacy/LTC division sales of $79.15 billion. Aetna reported fiscal 2017-18 total revenue of $60.54 billion and through the first three quarters of fiscal 2018-19, prior to its acquisition by CVS, reported a 1.5% increase in revenue compared with the same prior-year period. In fiscal 2017-18 and through the first three quarters of fiscal 2018-19, CVS’s retail pharmacy/LTC sales represented 42.8% and 44.4% of total company net revenue, respectively, with those total revenue also including contributions from the larger pharmacy services division. - CVS footnote - About consumables share calcluations.

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Dollar General Corp.  

Todd Vasos / CEO

19.81*

18.05*

Jan.

Dollar General

Goodlettsville, Tenn.

Dollar General Corp. — Estimated consumables sales for fiscal 2018-19, ended in January 2019, represent an estimated 77.4% share of total estimated sales of $25.58 billion, arrived at using reported nine-month results, company net sales and new-store opening guidance and historic performance, among other modeling tools. Dollar General reports as “consumables,” such things as household supplies, including cleaning products and disposable dinnerware, packaged foods, perishable foods, snacks, health and beauty aids, pet supplies and tobacco products. The company reported consumable sales as 76.9% of total sales in fiscal 2017-18. Among the 1,034 net stores the company added in fiscal 2017-18, ended in January 2018, when system store growth was 9.1%, were some if not all of the more than 300 Family Dollar stores acquired from private equity firm Sycamore Partners in June 2017 and reflagged as Dollar General locations.

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13

Meijer Inc.

Hank Meijer / general chairman; Rick Keyes / president, CEO

19.25

18.94

Jan.

Meijer

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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14

Sobeys Inc. (Empire Co. Ltd.) 

Michael Medline / president, CEO

18.98 a

18.44 a

May 

Sobeys, Safeway, IGA extra, Thrifty Foods, IGA, Farm Boy, Foodland, FreshCo, Price Chopper, Lawtons Drugs

Stellarton, Novia Scotia

Sobeys Inc. (Empire Co. Ltd.) — During its latest fiscal year, in December 2018, Sobeys acquired the Farm Boy grocery store chain, with 26 locations operating at the time and a 27th due to open during winter 2018, for $800 million (Canadian) from Berkshire Partners and management investors. Latest-year results reflect estimated post-acquisition impact of Farm Boy stores. Sales for Sobeys’ latest year, which will end in May 2019, were estimated by Supermarket News to be $24.92 billion, up 2.9% from FY17-18 fiscal year estimated sales of $24.21 billion (Canadian).

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Aldi Inc. (USA)

Jason Hart / CEO

18.43

16.88

Dec.

Aldi

Batavia, Ill.

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18

7-Eleven Inc. (Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.)

Joseph M. DePinto / president, CEO

16.76*

15.35*

Dec.

7-Eleven

Dallas

7-Eleven Inc. — Sales figures are for in-store merchandise only, excluding estimated or reported fuel sales. Estimated merchandise sales for the fiscal year, ended in December 2018, reflect an assumed 48% share of total sales from merchandise, versus a 52% gasoline share. That 48% estimated merchandise share was applied to estimated fiscal 2018 U.S.-Canada total sales of $34.91 billion, versus reported fiscal 2017 total U.S.-Canada sales of $27.95 billion. Full-year sales, merchandise-sales share and year-end stores estimates were based in large part on detailed reported fiscal 2018 first-half results and a full-year total sales forecast by 7-Eleven parent, Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. Estimated fiscal 2018 merchandise sales growth of 9.2% almost entirely reflects the January 2018 acquisition of 1,030 convenience stores in 17 states from Sunoco LP for about $3.3 billion, which helped drive the company’s estimated fiscal 2018 year-end U.S.-Canada store count up by 10.9%, to 9,687 locations.

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Wakefern Food Corp. 

Joseph Colalillo / chairman, CEO 

16.53

16.27

Sept.

Price Rite Marketplace, ShopRite, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market

Keasbey, N.J.

Wakefern Food Corp. — At fiscal 2018 year-end in September, retailer-owned cooperative Wakefern operated an estimated 64 corporate stores under the Price Rite or Price Rite Marketplace banners and 34 ShopRite stores, up from an estimated 63 Price Rite and 33 ShopRite stores a year earlier. It reported the aggregate retail sales of its members but did not disclose the percentage of those sales from its own stores and its wholesale sales. Three members — Saker ShopRite, Village Super Markets and Inserra Supermarkets — are also ranked among the Top 75 and their sales are shown individually and included among the aggregate cooperative member sales reported by Wakefern.

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21

Trader Joe's Co.

Dan Bane / chairman, CEO

14.12

13.57

June

Trader Joe's

Monrovia, Calif.

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20

Dollar Tree Inc. 

Gary Philbin / president, CEO

14.10*

13.81*

Jan.

Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Dollar Tree Canada

Chesapeake, Va.

Dollar Tree Inc. — Latest-year estimated consumables sales represents an assumed blended consumables share of 61.8% of estimated total sales of $22.82 billion for the Dollar Tree and Family Dollar chains for the fiscal year ended January 2019. The actual blended consumables share was 62.1% in the preceding year. Supermarket News estimated that the Family Dollar brand would end the fiscal year with 8,415 U.S. stores, up from 8,185 at the end of the preceding year, and that Dollar Tree ended the latest fiscal year with 6,975 stores in the U.S and Canada, up from 6,650 a year earlier.

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Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

Brian Hannasch / president, CEO

13.10*

11.56*

April

Circle K, Corner Store, Couche-Tard, Mac’s, Kangaroo Express, CST, On the Run, Holiday Stationstores  

Laval, Quebec

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. — Sales figures exclude results for franchised or licensed stores included among the total stores figures shown for the company in the “Store Overview” data table, as the company does not provide franchised- or licensed-store sales details. The 2018-19 and 2017-18 reported or estimated total stores shown for Alimentation Couche-Tard included 1,911 and 1,908 franchised, licensed or supplied stores, respectively. Sales reflect in-store merchandise only, excluding estimated or reported fuel sales, and for fiscal 2018-19, ending in April 2019, represent a 26.6% share of estimated total U.S.-Canada company-store revenue of $49.3 billion. For fiscal 2017-18, merchandise sales represented a reported 28.1% share of total sales. Estimated growth in fiscal 2018-19 and 2017-18 merchandise sales of 13.3% and 21.4%, respectively, was based in large part on multiple acquisitions, but also fueled by rising same-store merchandise sales of 0.8% and 0.1% in fiscal 2017-18 in the U.S. and Canada, respectively, and first-half fiscal 2018-19 increases of 4.3% in the United States and 5.9% in Canada.

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Metro Inc. 

Eric R. La Flèche / president, CEO

11.21 a

10.27 a

Sept.

Metro (Plus), Super C, Food Basics, Adonis, Première Moisson, Brunet pharmacies, Metro Pharmacy, Drug Basics, PJC Jean Coutu, PJC Santé, PJC Santé Beauté

Montreal, Quebec

Metro Inc. — During fiscal 2018-19, in May 2018, Metro acquired for $4.5 billion (Canadian) the Jean Coutu Group’s 417 franchised retail pharmacies. Metro’s fiscal 2018-19 sales were $14.38 billion (Canadian), up 9.2% from fiscal 2017-18’s $13.18 billion. System store counts inadvertently omitted 57, 58 and 59 licensed Marché Richelieu stores for fiscal 2018-19, 2017-18 and 2016-17 presentations or calculations, respectively. Revised store counts for the past three completed fiscal years would be 1,326, 912 and 909, with revised system store change figures of 45.4% and 0.3% for fiscal 2018-19 and fiscal 2017-18, respectively. The Marché Richelieu correction did not change Metro Inc.’s fiscal 2018-19 system store count or percent change in system store count rankings of No. 17 and No. 2, respectively.

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27

United Natural Foods Inc.

Steven L. Spinner / president, CEO, chairman

10.23

9.27

July

Providence, R.I.

United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) — After the close of its latest completed fiscal year, in October 2018, UNFI completed the acquisition of Supervalu Inc. for $2.9 billion. The company said the combined entities had pro-forma fiscal 2018 net sales of $22.7 billion, with $12.5 billion, excluding retail operations, attributed to Supervalu. During its latest fiscal year, ended in July 2018, UNFI disposed of its Earth Origins retail business, which in the preceding year, included 12 stores, but continues to operate one retail operation at its headquarters in Providence, R.I. The Earth Origins business was known to have generated less than 5% of total sales. The company reported that unspecified sales outside of the U.S. — including those in Canada — represented approximately 3% and 4% of total sales in fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2017, respectively.

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24

Hy-Vee Inc.

Randy Edeker / chairman, CEO, president

10.20 b

10.00 b

Sept.

Hy-Vee, Hy-Vee Drugstore

West Des Moines, Iowa

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Associated Wholesale Grocers

David Smith / president, CEO

9.60

9.70

Dec.

Homeland, United Supermarkets, Cash Saver, Price Chopper

Kansas City, Kan.

Associated Wholesale Grocers — Sales growth of 5.6%, to $9.7 billion, for fiscal 2017-18, ended in December 2017, largely reflects results from the first full year of operation following the October 2016 merger with retailer-owned wholesale food cooperative Affiliated Foods Midwest. The combined entity kept the AWG name and claimed total membership of more than 1,000 in 35 states. The six corporate stores run by AWG are believed to generate less than 1% of the company’s total sales.

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28

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.

Christopher J. Baldwin / chariman, president, CEO

9.36*

9.25*

Jan.

BJ's Wholesale Club

Westborough, Mass.

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. — During its fiscal 2018-19 year, in June 2018, BJ’s held an initial public offering and returned as a publicly traded company. BJ’s consumables categories include perishables, edible grocery and non-edible grocery and, combined, are estimated to have represented about 73.5% of estimated total sales of $12.73 billion for fiscal 2018-19, ended December 2018. The company reported that these consumables sales represented 74% of total sales in fiscal 2017-18, ended December 2017. All years shown have been restated from previous estimates to reflect recent publicly reported results, with the exception of those for fiscal 2018-19, which are estimates based on year-to-date results through the third quarter of 2018, as well as BJ’s historic performance and general industry trends.

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30

Wegmans Food Markets Inc.

Danny Wegman / chairman; Colleen Wegman / president, CEO

9.00 b

8.50 b

Dec.

Wegmans

Rochester, N.Y.

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29

Giant Eagle 

Laura Shapira Karet / president, CEO

8.90 b

8.90 b

June

Giant Eagle (+Express), Market District (+Express), GetGo

Pittsburgh

Giant Eagle — Estimated sales and store counts for fiscal 2018-19, to end in June 2019, exclude estimated contributions from 56 Ricker’s convenience stores and fuel stations acquired in December 2018, since that transaction was completed after SN Top 75 research closed.

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25

Southeastern Grocers LLC

Anthony Hucker / president, CEO

8.35

9.90

Dec.

BI-LO, Harveys, Winn-Dixie, Fresco Y Más 

Jacksonville, Fla.

Southeastern Grocers LLC — The retailer’s fiscal 2018-19 estimated sales reduction of 15.7%, based on a decrease in store count, largely results from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy — entered into in late March 2018 and exited in late May 2018 — that resulted in the closure of about 100 locations.

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31

SpartanNash Co. 

Dave Staples / president, CEO

8.08

8.13

Dec.

Family Fare Supermarkets, Family Fresh Markets, D&W Fresh Markets, Sun Mart

Grand Rapids, Mich.

SpartanNash Co. — The company said it expected to close on the acquisition of 21 Martin’s Super Markets Inc. stores early in the fiscal year now under way, which began Dec. 30. At the close of its fiscal 2018-19, ended Dec. 29, SpartanNash operated 139 supermarkets. The company’s estimated corporate retail store sales for fiscal year ended in December 2018 were about $1.9 billion, or 23.5% of total estimated fiscal 2018 sales of $8.08 billion from the company’s consolidated retail and wholesale and military distribution divisions. Retail stores contributed about 24.5% of consolidated sales in the fiscal year ended in December 2017.

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33

WinCo Foods LLC

Grant Haag / president, CEO

7.72

7.10

April 

WinCo Foods, Waremart by WinCo

Boise, Idaho

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32

Rite Aid Corp. 

John T. Standley / chairman, CEO

5.32*

7.58*

Feb.

Rite Aid

Camp Hill, Pa.

Rite Aid Corp. — Fiscal 2018-19 and fiscal 2017-18 decreases in estimated consumables sales of 29.8% and 10.8%, respectively, primarily reflect the sale to Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. of 1,651 stores in late fiscal 2017-18 and another 281 stores in early fiscal 2018-19. Rite Aid reported proceeds of about $3.55 billion from the sale, which was the primary driver of the company’s decreases in U.S.-Canada store counts of 2.1% and 43.8% in fiscal 2018-19 and fiscal 2017-18, respectively. Consumables sales for the 2018-19 fiscal year, ending March 2, 2019, reflect an estimated 33.6% share of total estimated continuing and discontinued operations retail pharmacy division sales of $15.84 billion, with the remaining 66.4% share of sales attributed to prescription drug sales. The fiscal 2017-18 reported consumables share was 34.1%. Rite Aid’s total sales for fiscal 2018-19, including from prescription drug and pharmacy services, are estimated to be $21.92 billion, and compare with fiscal 2017-18 reported consolidated sales from continuing and discontinued operations of $30.22 billion.

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35

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

Gary R. Heminger / Marathon chairman, CEO; Anthony Kenney / Speedway president 

5.22*

4.89*

Dec.

Speedway, ampm, SUPERAMERICA, Giant Convenience Stores

Enon, Ohio

Marathon Petroleum Corp. — Estimated fiscal 2018-19 merchandise sales growth of 6.8%, to $5.22 billion, primarily reflects assumed full-year comparable merchandise sales growth of 3.7% at the core Speedway convenience store brand, as well as estimated incremental merchandise sales of $208.3 million from the Oct. 1, 2018, acquisition of Andeavor, with 574 estimated year-end company-operated stations with convenience store operations under the ampm, SUPERAMERICA and Giant banners. Marathon’s acquisition of Andeavor was valued at $23.3 billion. The store counts and sales shown reflect only company-store operations.

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36

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.

Brad Lukow / interim co-CEO; Jim Nielsen / interim co-CEO

5.22

4.66

Dec.

Sprouts Farmers Market

Phoenix, Ariz.

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34

Demoulas Super Markets Inc.

Arthur T. Demoulas / president, CEO

5.10 b

5.00 b

Dec.

Market Basket

Tewksbury, Mass.

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37

Smart & Final Stores Inc.

David. G. Hirz / president, CEO

4.74

4.57

Dec.

Smart & Final, Smart & Final Extra!, Smart Foodservice

Commerce, Calif.

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39

Stater Bros. Markets

Pete Van Helden / president, CEO

4.52

4.34

Sept.

Stater Bros. Markets

San Bernardino, Calif.

Stater Bros. Markets — The 2018-19 fiscal year, ended Sept. 30, 2018, included a 53rd week of operations, compared with the preceding year, which covered 52 weeks.

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41

Save-On-Foods LP

Darrell Jones / president

4.29 a

4.04 a

Dec.

Save-On-Foods, Urban Fare, PriceSmart Foods, Bulkley Valley Wholesale

Langley, B.C.

Save-on-Foods LP — During fiscal 2018-19, ended in December 2018, the company changed its name from Overwaitea Food Group to Save-On-Foods LP, as Save-On-Foods is now the banner on about 96% of its stores. Also during its fiscal 2018-19, the company converted the last nine Overwaitea-bannered stores to Save-On-Foods. Fiscal 2018-19 estimated sales of $5.55 billion (Canadian) represented growth of 6.1% from estimated fiscal 2017-18 sales of $5.24 billion (Canadian).

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42

Ingles Markets Inc.

James Lanning /president, CEO

4.09

4.00

Sept.

Ingles, Sav-Mor

Asheville, N.C.

Ingles Markets Inc. — The 2018-19 fiscal year had 52 weeks, while fiscal 2017-18 had 53 weeks.

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40

The Save Mart Companies

Nicole Pesco / CEO

4.00 b

4.10 b

Dec.

Save Mart, Lucky, Lucky California, FoodMaxx, S-Mart, MaxxValue

Modesto, Calif.

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38

Save-A-Lot (Onex Corp.)

Kenneth McGrath / CEO

3.95

4.35

Dec.

Save-A-Lot

Saint Louis, Mo.

Save-A-Lot (Onex Corp.) — The company’s 1,259.4% growth in estimated fiscal 2017-18 sales reflects results of the first full year of operation under Onex Corp., or estimated sales of $4.35 billion, compared with less than a month of post-acquisition sales, or a reported $324 million, in fiscal 2016-17.

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Price Chopper/Market 32 (The Golub Corp.)

Scott Grimmett / president, CEO

3.76

3.79

April

Price Chopper, Market 32, Market Bistro

Schenectady, N.Y.

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44

Weis Markets Inc.

Jonathan H. Weis / chairman, president, CEO

3.50

3.47

Dec.

Weis Markets

Sunbury, Pa.

Weis Markets Inc. — Growth of 10.5% in sales for fiscal 2017-18, ended in December 2017, largely reflects the first full year of operation for the net 41 stores opened or acquired in fiscal 2016-17, including 38 Food Lion stores purchased from Delhaize, which amounted to a 25.2% increase from the company’s fiscal 2015-16 year-end store inventory of 163 locations.

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45

Raley's

Michael Teel / owner, chairman; Keith Knopf / president, CEO

3.30 b

3.20 b

June

Raley’s, Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods, Food Source/Sak n Save, Market 5 one 5

West Sacramento, Calif.

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46

Houchens Industries

Jimmie Gipson / CEO

3.18

3.12

Sept.

Save-A-Lot, Food Giant, Pic N Save, Mad Butcher, Piggly Wiggly, Market Place, Sureway, Big Star, Greenwood Market Place, Cash Saver, Hank's Markets, IGA, price Le$$ foods, Jr. Food, Sheldon's Express Pharmacy

Bowling Green, Ky.

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49

Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc.

Dean Janeway / CEO

2.85

2.60

April

Key Food, Food Universe, The Food Emporium, SuperFresh, Food Dynasty, Marketplace, Gala Fresh Farms, Vitelio’s Marketplace, Brooklyn Fare, Holiday Farms, Manor Market, Food World, Tropical, Windsor Farms Market, 55 Fulton Market, Locust Valley Market, Urban Market, Key Fresh & Natural

Staten Island, N.Y.

Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc. — Fiscal 2018-19 sales represent an estimate of retail sales by all cooperative member stores, including Key Food’s two corporate stores, for the fiscal year ended in April 2019.

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47

Schnuck Markets Inc.

Todd R. Schnuck / chairman, CEO

2.70 b

2.70 b

Sept.

Schnucks. Shop 'n Save

St. Louis, Mo. 

Schnuck Markets Inc. — After the close of its 2018-19 fiscal year, Schnucks in October 2018 acquired 20 Shop ‘n Save stores (including one stand-alone pharmacy) from Supervalu. All acquired stores were rebranded as Schnucks. That transaction and the subsequent opening of another Schnucks supermarket brought the total store count to 119.

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Tops Markets LLC (Tops Markets Corp. )

Frank Curci / chairman, CEO

2.60

2.64

Dec.

Tops Friendly Markets, Orchard Fresh

Williamsville, N.Y.

Tops Markets LLC — In November 2018, Tops exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which it entered into in February 2018. As part of that reorganization the company closed 10 of its 169 company-operated stores.

50

50

K-VA-T Food Stores Inc.

Steven C. Smith / president, CEO

2.54

2.45

Dec.

Food City, Super Dollar Discount Foods

Abingdon, Va.

51

51

Brookshire Grocery Co.

Bradley W. Brookshire / chairman, CEO

2.38

2.32

Sept.

Brookshire's Food Stores, Super 1 Foods Stores, Spring Market, Fresh by Brookshire's, Express Lane, Zippy B

Tyler, Texas

Brookshire Grocery Co. — Fiscal 2018-19 sales estimate is based on improvement in comparable stores sales and store-base growth. In April 2018, Brookshire acquired from Southeastern Grocers eight Winn-Dixie stores, which ended up netting the company five operating Super 1 Foods locations.

52

52

Bozzuto's Inc.

Michael A. Bozzuto / chairman, president, CEO

2.26

2.30

Sept.

Bozzuto's wholesale distribution,  Intercontinental Holding Co. (Adams Hometown Market, Better Val-U Supermarkets, Tri-Town Foods, Jerry’s Supermarket)

Cheshire, Conn.

Bozzuto’s Inc. — Reported 2017-18 net sales reflect a 53-week fiscal year versus 52 weeks in fiscal 2018-19.

53

66

Bodega Latina Corp. (Grupo Comercial Chedraui S.A.B. de C.V.) 

Carlos Smith / president, CEO

2.23 a

1.39 a

Dec.

El Super, Fiesta Mart

Paramount, Calif.

Bodega Cantina Corp. — Estimated sales growth of 60.4%, to $2.23 billion, for fiscal 2018-19, ended in December 2018, primarily reflects an estimated $774.7 million in sales from 63 Fiesta Mart supermarkets acquired in the second quarter. The Fiesta Mart stores, when combined with net changes to the El Super brand, resulted in estimated year-over-year growth in U.S. stores of 110.2%, to 122 locations. In parent company Grupo Comercial Chedraui S.A.B. de C.V.’s reporting currency of Mexican pesos, estimated 2018-19 Bodega Latina Corp. sales of 42.84 billion pesos compared with a reported 26.70 billion pesos in fiscal 2017-18.

53

55

Grocery Outlet Inc. (Hellman & Friedman LLC)

Eric Lindberg, MacGregor Read / co-CEOs

2.23

2.04

Dec.

Grocery Outlet Bargain Market

Emeryville, Calif.

55

53

Alex Lee Inc.

Brian George / chairman, president, CEO

2.20 b

2.20 b

Sept.

Lowes Foods, Just$ave, Merchant Distributors Inc.

Hickory, N.C.

56

54

Associated Food Stores

Neil Berube / president, CEO

2.11

2.11

Dec.

Macey’s, Fresh Market, Dan’s Fresh Market, Lin’s Fresh Market, Dick’s Fresh Market

Salt Lake City

Associated Food Stores — Fiscal 2018-19 sales are Supermarket News estimates based on estimated lower retail sales from a decrease in store count, partially offset by rising sales from Sunday openings of some Macey’s locations, as well as higher wholesale sales from the increase in the average monthly U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index numbers for merchant wholesalers of non-durable goods involved in wholesale distribution of grocery and related products for the 12 months ended in December 2018.

57

56

Big Y Foods Inc.

Donald D'Amour / chairman, CEO; Charles D'Amour, president, COO

1.98

1.96

Dec.

Big Y Supermarkets, Big Y Express (fuel and C-store), Table & Vine Fine Wines and Liquor, Fresh Acres Market

Springfield, Mass. 

58

57

Saker ShopRites Inc.

Richard Saker/ president, CEO, chairman

1.91

1.86

Oct.

ShopRite, Dearborn Market & Garden Center

Freehold, N.J.

59

58

99 Cents Only Stores LLC

Jack Sinclair / CEO; Jason Kidd / president

1.87*

1.81*

Jan.

99 Cents Only

Commerce, Calif.

99 Cents Only Stores LLC — The company ceased financial reporting to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2018 following its December 2017 completion of a financial restructuring. Fiscal 2018-19 and fiscal 2017-18 estimated consumables sales were based on historic performance, including reported final results for three quarters and preliminary fourth quarter results in fiscal 2017-18, as well as ongoing changes in store counts and general recent discount-store segment trends. The resulting model assumed a consumables-sales share of 80% of estimated total sales of about $2.33 billion and $2.27 billion in fiscal 2018-19 and fiscal 2017-18, respectively.

60

59

Superior Grocers

Mimi Song / president, CEO

1.79

1.75

Dec.

Superior Grocers

Santa Fe Springs, Calif.

61

61

Woodman's Food Market Inc.

Phil Woodman / chairman; Clint Woodman / president

1.74 b

1.70 b

Sept.

Woodman's Markets

Janesville, Wis.

62

59

The Fresh Market Inc. (Apollo Global Management LLC)

Larry Appel / president, CEO

1.72

1.75

Jan.

The Fresh Market

Greensboro, N.C. 

The Fresh Market Inc.  — Fiscal 2018-19’s estimated 1.7% decrease in sales, to $1.72 billion, reflects July 2018 closure of 15 “long-term, underperforming stores,” for a year-over-year store base decline of 8.5%, partially offset by an estimated 1% gain in same-store sales.

63

62

Village Super Market Inc.

William Sumas / chairman; Robert Sumas / CEO

1.61

1.60

July

ShopRite

Springfield, N.J.

64

63

Affiliated Foods Inc.

Randy Arcenaux / president, CEO

1.52

1.44

Sept.

Amarillo, Texas

65

63

Bashas' Inc.

Edward "Trey" Bahsa III / chairman, president, CEO 

1.45

1.44

Dec.

Bashas', Eddie’s Country Store, AJ's Fine Foods, Food City, Bashas' Diné

Chandler, Ariz.

66

65

Coborn's Inc.

Chris Coburn / president, CEO

1.42

1.40

Dec.

Coborn's, Hornbacher’s, Coborn's Express, Cash Wise Foods, Save-A-Lot, Little Duke's, Holiday Station, Ace Hardware, Subway

St. Cloud, Minn.

Coborn’s Inc. — In November 2018 Coborn’s agreed to acquire eight Hornbacher’s supermarkets (one under construction) from United Natural Foods’ Supervalu division. The transaction was expected to close on or near Coborn’s fiscal 2018-19 end date in late December.

67

66

Piggly Wiggly Midwest

Paul Butera / chairman, CEO

1.40

1.39

Dec.

Piggly Wiggly, Butera Market

Sheboygan, Wis. 

68

68

Fareway Stores Inc.

Reynolds W. Cramer / CEO

1.31 b

1.30 b

Oct.

Fareway, Omaha Meat Market

Boone, Iowa

68

70

Rouses Enterprises LLC

Donald Rouse Jr. / CEO

1.31

1.24

Dec.

Rouses Markets

Thibodaux, La.

70

69

Inserra Supermarkets Inc.

Lawrence Inserra Jr. / chairman, CEO; Ron Onorato / president, COO

1.27

1.26

Dec.

ShopRite, Price Rite, Price Rite Marketplace

Mahwah, N.J.

71

72

Vallarta Supermarkets Inc. 

Enrique Gonzalez Jr. / president & CEO

1.11

1.06

Dec.

Vallarta Supermarkets

Sylmar, Calif.

72

71

Brookshire Brothers

John Alston / president, CEO

1.10

1.10

April

Brookshire Brothers (+Pharmacy, +Express), Cormie's Grocery, Tobacco Barn, David's, David's Express, Pecan Foods

Lufkin, Texas

73

74

Festival Foods (Skogen's Foodliner Inc.)

Mark Skogen / president, CEO

1.07

1.00

Oct.

Festival Foods, Lakeside Foods

Onalaska, Wis.   

74

73

Northgate Gonzalez Markets LLC

Miguel Gonzalez Reynoso, Oscar Gonzalez Reynoso / co-presidents

1.05

1.03

Dec.

Northgate Gonzalez Market

Anaheim, Calif.