TOP 5 CANADIAN FOOD COMPANIES

Rank, Company: Stores Owned; Sales In $ Billions; Top 75 Ranking

blaw operates 645 corporate stores and supplies 405 franchised stores.

2. Sobeys Stellarton, Nova Scotia: 1,311; 10.0 e ($U.S.); 17

Sobeys operates 433 corporate stores, including 153 supermarkets, 222 convenience stores and 58 drug stores, and supplies 878 franchised stores.

3. Metro Montreal: 550; 5.0 a ($U.S.); 22

Metro operates 214 corporate stores, which account for 70% of sales, and supplies 336 franchised stores in addition to independent customers.

4. Alimentation Couche-Tard Laval, Quebec: 4,816; 4.9 a ($U.S.); 24

Merchandise and services account for 53% of Couche-Tard sales, or $2.6 billion (U.S.). The company operates 2,154 corporate-owned Circle K stores and 803 affiliated Circle K's in the United States, which account for approximately 75% of sales, or $3.7 billion (U.S.), and 1,859 Couche-Tard and Mac's c-stores in Canada.

5. Overwaitea Food Group Langley, British Columbia: 90; 2.5 e ($U.S.); 39