SN's Top 25 Worldwide Food Retailers 2011

1

WAL-MART STORES

$421.8

U.S.

Michael Duke

8,970

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, U.K., U.S.

2

CARREFOUR

$123.2

France

Lars Olofsson

15,937

Argentina, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, French Polynesia, Greece, Guadeloupe, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Martinique, Morocco, New Caledonia, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

3

METRO GROUP

$95.8

Germany

Eckhard Cordes

2,131

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Moldova, Morocco, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, U.K., Vietnam

4

TESCO

$95.2

U.K.

Philip Clarke

5,380

China, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Slovakia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, U.K., U.S.

5

SCHWARZ GROUP

$82.4

Germany

Klaus Gehrig

10,000

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K

6

KROGER CO.

$82.2

U.S.

David Dillon

3,605

U.S.

7

COSTCO

$77.9

U.S.

Jim Sinegal

540

Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Taiwan, U.K., U.S.

8

REWE GROUP

$74.7

Germany

Alain Caparros

15,445

Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine

9

ALDI

$71.0

Germany

Norbert Podschlapp

9,500

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, U.K., U.S.

10

TARGET

$67.4

U.S.

Gregg Steinhaffel

1,750

U.S.

11

EDEKA

$61.3

Germany

Markus Mosa

15,072

Germany

12

SEVEN & I

$58.3

Japan

Toshifumi Suzuni

39,100

Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, U.S.

13

AUCHAN

$56.3

France

Vianney Mulliez

1,307

China, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine

14

WOOLWORTHS

$54.6

Australia

Michael Luscombe

3,199

Australia, India, New Zealand

15

AEON

$51.0

Japan

Motoyo Okada

12,183

Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, U.S.

16

ITM (INTERMARCHÉ)

$49.2

France

Jean-Pierre Meunier

2,000

Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia

17

LECLERC

$43.7

France

Michel-Eduoard Leclerc

638

France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Reunion, Slovenia, Spain

18

AHOLD

$41.6

Netherlands

Dick Boer

2,970

Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, U.S.

19

SAFEWAY (USA)

$41.1

U.S.

Steve Burd

1,694

Canada, Mexico, U.S.

20

CASINO GROUP

$41.0

France

Jean-Charles Naouri

11,663

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, France, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion, Thailand, Uruguay, Vietnam

21

DELHAIZE GROUP

$38.9

Belgium

Pierre-Olivier Beckers

2,800

Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Indonesia, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovenia, U.S.

22

SUPERVALU

$37.5

U.S.

Craig Herkert

2,394

U.S.

23

COLES GROUP

$32.3

Australia

Ian McLeod

2,200

Australia, New Zealand

24

LOBLAW COS.

$31.0

Canada

Vicente Trius

1,027

Canada

25

J SAINSBURY

$30.1

U.K.

Justin King

872

U.K.