THE TOP 10 LOS ANGELES FOOD RETAILERS

Rank

od Retailers

% Of Adults Shopping Each Store (2001)

% Of Adults Shopping Each Store (2000)

% Of Adults Shopping Each Store (Hispanic Shoppers 2001)

%Of Shoppers Spending $150 or more weekly (2001)

1

Ralphs

43.5

42.7

29.1

29

2

Albertsons

31.8

32.3

26.5

29

3

Von's

28.5

29.7

18.8

30

4

Food4Less

12.9

13

24.3

36

5

Stater Brothers

9.4

9.3

6.6

27

6

Superior Warehouse

5.6

307

14.4

33

7

Costco

4.5

3.9

4.5

52

8

Pavilions

4.4

4.4

1.2

39

9

Trader Joe's

3.6

2.5

0.9

27

10

Ranch Market

2.9

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4.7

32

SOURCE: International Demographics, Houston

The results are based on consumer polling in which shoppers were asked which stores they shopped in the past week. In many cases, consumers shopped multiple stores. The 2000 column shows results only for retailers in 2001 column. Data is based on consumer polling sample size of close to 3,000 adults (divided among two surveys per year).