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2007's Top 75 North American Food Retailers
SN's annual ranking of leading North American retailers includes sales, number of stores, top executive and banner breakdowns.
November 30, 2007
27 Min Read
2007's Top 75 North American Food Retailers
Supervalu and Metro both jumped in this year’s Top 75 following acquisitions — Supervalu, which moved up four places to No. 5, acquired 1,124 stores in the Albertsons breakup, while Metro, which purchased A&P’s Canadian division, rose five places to 15th. Acquisitions also elevated Save Mart and Associated Wholesalers Inc. In the sales column: a=actual and e=estimate. 2006 Top 75 list
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 1 | Wal-Mart Stores Bentonville, Ark. | H. Lee Scott Jr. president, CEO | 2,981 | 232.9e 1/31/07 |
| Volume total represents combined sales of Wal-Mart Supercenters, Sam’s Clubs and Neighborhood Markets in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Wal-Mart operates 2,176 supercenters in the U.S., 118 supercenters in Mexico and three supercenters in Canada, which account for approximately $183.7 billion; 574 Sam’s Clubs in the U.S. and six in Canada, which account for $42.2 billion, and 110 Neighborhood Markets in the U.S., which account for approximately $7 billion. Excluded from the totals are 1,100 U.S. discount stores, which account for approximately $63.2 billion; and 2,559 stores outside the U.S. that account for approximately $55.2 billion. Total Wal-Mart sales for the year were approximately $351.3 billion. (Note that in recent years, Wal-Mart’s listing in the Top 75 had included total company store counts and sales.) | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 2 | Kroger Co. Cincinnati | David B. Dillon chairman, CEO | 4,276 | 66.1a 2/3/07 |
| Kroger sales encompass 2,477 supermarkets and multi-department stores; 773 convenience stores; 608 fuel centers; and 418 fine jewelry stores. Combined sales from convenience stores and jewelry stores accounted for approximately 5% of total volume. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 3 | Costco Wholesale Corp. Issaquah, Wash. | Jim Sinegal president, CEO | 458 | 59.0a 9/30/06 |
| Groceries, encompassing food, sundries and fresh products, plus pharmacy and gasoline, accounted for 62% of Costco’s total sales, or $36.6 billion. Of the company’s total volume, 81% came from the U.S., 13% from Canada and 6% from overseas. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 4 | Safeway Pleasanton, Calif. | Steve Burd chairman, president, CEO | 1,767 | 40.5e 12/31/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 5 | Supervalu Minneapolis. | Jeff Noddle chairman, CEO | 2,567 | 37.4a 2/24/07 |
| Sales from 1,669 corporate stores, encompassing 1,368 conventional supermarkets (1,124 of which were acquired from Albertsons) and 301 Save-A-Lots, account for 80% of annual revenues. The company also licenses 867 Save-A-Lots and 31 Cub Foods stores. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 6 | Loblaw Cos. Toronto | Mark Foote president, chief merchandising officer | 1,072 | 26.5e (U.S.) 12/31/06 |
| Loblaw operates 670 corporate stores and supplies 402 franchised stores. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 7 | Ahold USA Retail Quincy, Mass. | Lawrence Benjamin chief operating officer | 827 | 24.0e 12/31/06 |
| Ahold USA Retail, the U.S. division of Amsterdam-based Ahold, encompasses 386 units of Stop & Shop, 192 Giant Foods of Landover, Md., 126 Giant Foods of Carlisle, Pa., and 123 Tops Markets. Ahold is in the process of selling all of its Tops stores. Retail sales of $24 billion represent approximately 54% of Ahold’s total U.S. volume, with the balance coming from U.S. Foodservice, which is also for sale. Ahold USA accounts for 74% of the parent company’s total sales, estimated to be $60.1 billion for 2006. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 8 | Publix Super Markets Lakeland, Fla. | Charles Jenkins Jr. CEO | 885 | 21.7e 12/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 9 | C&S Wholesale Grocers Keene, N.H. | Rick Cohen chairman, CEO | 0 | 19.4e 9/30/06 |
| C&S supplies products to 10 Top 75 retailers (Kroger, A&P, Ahold USA, BJ’s, Big Y, Demoulas Market Basket, Pathmark, Safeway, Save Mart and Shaw’s), and volume from those companies is reflected in the sales totals for C&S and for each of those retailers individually on this list. C&S volume does not include retail sales from two C&S affiliates: GU Family Markets, which operates 35 former Grand Union locations, and Southern Family Markets, which encompasses 57 supermarkets and 11 liquor stores, most of which were formerly operated by the Bruno’s/Bi-Lo divisions of Ahold USA. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 10 | Delhaize America Salisbury, N.C. | Pierre Olivier-Beckers CEO | 1,544 | 17.3e 12/31/06 |
| Delhaize America, the U.S. division of Brussels-based Delhaize Group, encompasses 1,171 Food Lion stores, 158 Hannaford Bros. stores, 108 Sweetbay and Kash n’ Karry locations, 68 Harvey’s, 22 Bloom units and 17 Bottom Dollar stores. Delhaize America accounts for approximately 75% of Delhaize Group’s sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 11 | 7-Eleven Dallas | Joe DePinto president, CEO | 6,013 | 15.0e 12/31/06 |
| Merchandise at 7-Eleven accounts for 65% of total sales, and gasoline accounts for the other 35%. Excluding tobacco products, which account for approximately 29% of merchandise volume, sales from dairy, fresh foods, candy and snacks, beer and wine, beverages, food service and nonfood account for approximately 67.5% of the merchandise total. 7-Eleven operates 5,540 stores in the U.S. and 473 in Canada. All stores in Canada and 35% of those in the U.S. are corporate-owned, with the rest of the U.S. stores franchised. U.S. sales account for approximately 92% of the North American total, with Canadian sales accounting for the other 8%. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 12 | Meijer Grand Rapids, Mich. | Hank Meijer CEO | 176 | 13.2e 2/3/07 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 13 | Sobeys Stellarton, Nova Scotia | Bill McEwan president, CEO | 1,296 | 12.5e (U.S.) 5/5/07 |
| Sobeys operates 543 corporate stores (encompassing 325 supermarkets, 158 convenience stores and 60 drug stores) and supplies 753 franchised stores. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 14 | H.E. Butt Grocery Co. San Antonio | Charles C. Butt chairman, CEO | 303 | 12.4e 10/31/06 |
| Store total includes 25 units in Mexico, which account for approximately 26.7% of sales, and two convenience stores. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 15 | Metro Montreal | Pierre Lessard president, CEO | 853 | 9.6a (U.S.) 9/30/06 |
| Metro operates 294 corporate stores that account for 80% of total sales and supplies 559 franchised stores, including 386 independent supermarket operators and 173 drug stores. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 16 | Wakefern Food Corp. Elizabeth, N.J. | Joseph S. Colalillo chairman, CEO | 57 | 9.5e 9/30/06 |
| Wakefern supplies products to three Top 75 companies — Foodarama, Village Super Markets and Inserra Supermarkets — and volume from those companies is reflected in the sales totals for Wakefern and for each of those retailers individually. Wakefern declined to indicate what percentage of total sales are done by its corporate stores (29 ShopRites and 28 PriceRites.) | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 17 | Dollar General Corp. Goodlettsville, Tenn. | David Perdue chairman, CEO | 8,249 | 9.2e 2/2/07 |
| Consumables, including groceries, fresh and refrigerated foods and HBC products, account for approximately 66.5% of total sales. Store base includes approximately 50 Dollar General Markets that feature perishables, which are not offered at Dollar General Stores. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 18 | BJ’s Wholesale Club Natick, Mass. | Herb Zarkin chairman, interim CEO | 171 | 8.6e 2/3/07 |
| Groceries, encompassing food and sundries, account for approximately 72.5% of BJ’s total sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 19 | Albertsons LLC Boise, Idaho | Robert Miller CEO | 391 | 8.0e 2/24/07 |
| Sales totals exclude 132 stores in Northern California and northern Nevada that were scheduled to be sold to Save Mart Supermarkets, Modesto, Calif., by late February 2007; those stores account for volume of approximately $2.4 billion. Sales totals also exclude 46 stores across the U.S. being sold to Ross Stores and 92 stores around the country that have been closed and are for sale. Albertsons LLC was operating 661 stores at the time it was sold to Cerberus and other partners last June. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 20 | Winn-Dixie Stores Jacksonville, Fla. | Peter Lynch chairman, president, CEO | 522 | 7.5e 6/27/07 |
| Winn-Dixie emerged from 22 months in Chapter 11 on Nov. 21, 2006, after closing 398 stores. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 21 | A&P Montvale, N.J. | Eric Claus president, CEO | 403 | 6.9e 2/24/07 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 22 | Giant Eagle Pittsburgh | David Shapira chairman, president, CEO | 218 | 6.5e 6/30/07 |
| Volume encompasses sales from 147 corporate stores and sales to 71 franchised independent stores. Store totals include 11 of 14 Tops Markets in northeastern Ohio that Giant Eagle acquired from Ahold, one of which opened in late 2006 and 10 of which are scheduled to open in January 2007. (The other three will not open until next summer, after the end of the company’s fiscal year.) | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 23 | Whole Foods Market Austin, Texas | John Mackey chairman, CEO | 188 | 5.6a 9/24/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 24 | Aldi Batavia, Ill. | Charles Youngstrom president | 820 | 5.3e 12/31/06 |
| Aldi is the U.S. subsidiary of Aldi Group, Muelheim, Germany. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 25 | Hy-Vee Food Stores West Des Moines, Iowa | Ric Jurgens chairman, CEO | 223 | 5.3a 10/1/06 |
| Hy-Vee operates 197 supermarkets and 26 drug stores. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 26 | Associated Wholesale Grocers Kansas City, Kan. | Gary Phillips president, CEO | 65 | 5.0e 12/31/06 |
| Corporate stores at AWG account for 6.2% of total sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 27 | Trader Joe’s Co. 5.0e Monrovia, Calif. | Dan Bain chairman, CEO | 262 | 5.0e 12/31/06 |
| Trader Joe’s is wholly owned by the Albrecht family of Germany. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 28 | Save Mart Supermarkets Modesto, Calif. | Robert M. Piccinini chairman, CEO | 256 | 5.0e 12/31/06 |
| Save Mart store totals and sales volume reflect the acquisition of 132 stores from Albertsons LLC — a pending deal expected to close in late February. That deal will add an estimated $2.4 billion to Save Mart’s 2006 volume of $2.6 billion. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 29 | Nash Finch Co. Minneapolis | Alec Covington president, CEO | 62 | 4.8e 12/30/06 |
| Corporate stores at Nash Finch account for 14% of total sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 30 | Wawa Wawa, Pa. | Howard Stoeckel president, CEO | 556 | 4.4e 12/31/06 |
| Merchandise and services account for an estimated 80% of Wawa’s sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 31 | Pathmark Stores Carteret, N.J. | John Standley CEO | 141 | 4.1e 1/27/07 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 32 | Wegmans Food Markets Rochester, N.Y. | Danny Wegman CEO | 71 | 4.1e 12/31/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 33 | Roundy’s Supermarkets Milwaukee | Robert A. Mariano chairman, CEO | 147 | 3.9e 12/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 34 | Bi-Lo/Bruno’s Greenville, S.C. | Dean Cohagen president, CEO | 308 | 3.6e 12/31/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 35 | Stater Bros. Markets Colton, Calif. | Jack Brown chairman, CEO | 162 | 3.5a 9/24/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 36 | Raley’s Supermarkets Sacramento, Calif. | William Coyne president, CEO | 139 | 3.4e 6/30/07 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 37 | Overwaitea Food Group Langley, British Columbia | Steve van der Leest president | 108 | 3.3e (U.S.) 12/31/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 38 | Price Chopper Schenectady, N.Y. | Neil Golub president, CEO | 115 | 3.1e 4/28/07 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 39 | Unified Western Grocers Los Angeles | Al Plamann president, CEO | 0 | 3.0a 9/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 40 | Harris Teeter Matthews, N.C. | Fred Morgenthall president | 152 | 2.9a 10/1/06 |
| Harris Teeter is a division of Ruddick Corp., Charlotte, N.C., and accounts for approximately 90% of Ruddick’s sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 41 | United Natural Foods Dayville, Conn. | Michael F. Funk president, CEO | 12 | 2.8e 7/28/07 |
| Corporate stores at United Natural account for 1.5% of total sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 42 | Alex Lee Inc. Hickory, N.C. . | Boyd George chairman, CEO | 106 | 2.7a 9/30/06 |
| Sales at Alex Lee Inc. include $1.2 billion from Lowes Food Stores, Winston-Salem, N.C.; $1.7 billion from Merchants Distributors, Hickory, a wholesaler (approximately 46% of whose sales go to Lowes), and $500 million from Institution Food House, a food-service distributor based in Hickory. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 43 | WinCo Foods Boise, Idaho | Steven L. Goddard president, CEO | 54 | 2.7e 3/31/07 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 44 | Ingles Markets Asheville, N.C. | Robert P. Ingle II chairman | 197 | 2.6a 9/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 45 | Houchens Industries Bowling Green, Ky. | Jimmie Gipson chairman, CEO | 411 | 2.5a 9/30/06 |
| Houchens operates 147 conventional supermarkets under several banners (Houchens, Food Giant, IGA, IGA Crossroads, Piggly Wiggly and Mad Butcher); 224 Save-A-Lot stores; and 40 convenience stores, which combine to account for approximately 60% of total corporate sales. Houchens’ other revenue sources include warehousing, construction and recycling. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 46 | Associated Wholesalers Inc. Robesonia, Pa. | J. Chris Michael president, CEO | 9 | 2.3e 7/31/07 |
| Corporate stores at AWI account for 3% of total sales. AWI acquired White Rose Foods, Carteret, N.J., from DiGiorgio Corp. in June 2006, which boosted volume by approximately $1.2 billion. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 47 | Schnuck Markets St. Louis, Mo. | Scott Schnuck chairman, CEO | 101 | 2.3e 9/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 48 | Spartan Stores Grand Rapids, Mich. | Craig Sturken chairman, president, CEO | 87 | 2.3e 3/31/07 |
| Corporate stores at Spartan, encompassing 68 supermarkets and 19 deep-discount drug stores, account for 50% of total sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 49 | Demoulas Market Basket Tewksbury, Mass. | William J. Shea chairman | 58 | 2.2e 12/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 50 | Smart & Final Los Angeles | Etienne Snollaerts president, CEO | 251 | 2.2e 12/31/06 |
| Smart & Final operates 198 warehouse stores and 53 cash-and-carry stores. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 51 | Weis Markets Sunbury, Pa. | Norman Rich president, CEO | 156 | 2.2e 12/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 52 | Bashas’ Chandler, Ariz. | Eddie N. Basha Jr. chairman, CEO | 156 | 2.1e 12/31/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 53 | Brookshire Grocery Co. Tyler, Texas | Bruce Brookshire chairman | 155 | 2.1e 9/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 54 | Grocers Supply Co. Houston | Max Levit president, CEO | 50 | 2.0e 12/31/06 |
| Grocers Supply Co. declined to pinpoint what percentage of total sales its corporate stores account for. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 55 | K-VA-T Food Stores Abingdon, Va. | Steve Smith president, CEO | 95 | 1.6e 12/31/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 56 | Marsh Supermarkets Indianapolis | Frank Lazaran chairman, president, CEO | 252 | 1.6e 3/31/07 |
| Marsh operates 104 supermarkets and 148 convenience stores, plus a food-service company and a floral business. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 57 | Associated Food Stores Salt Lake City | Rich Parkinson president, CEO | 23 | 1.5e 3/31/07 |
| Corporate stores at Associated Food Stores account for 32% of total sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 58 | Penn Traffic Co. Syracuse, N.Y. | Bob Panasuk president, CEO | 111 | 1.3e 2/3/07 |
| Penn Traffic also serves as a wholesaler to 74 licensed franchisees and 49 independent operators, which combined to account for approximately 20% of total sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 59 | Big Y Foods Springfield, Mass. | Donald D’Amour chairman, CEO | 56 | 1.3e 12/31/06 |
| Big Y operates 54 conventional supermarkets and two fine wine, liquor and gourmet food stores under the banners Table & Vine and Town & Country. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 60 | Foodarama Freehold, N.J. | Richard Saker president, CEO | 26 | 1.3e 10/28/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 61 | Affiliated Foods Amarillo, Texas | George Lankford president, CEO | 0 | 1.2a 9/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 62 | Bozzuto’s Cheshire, Conn. | Michael Bozzuto chairman, president | 8 | 1.2a 9/30/06 |
| Corporate stores at Bozzuto’s account for 1.5% of total sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 63 | Wild Oats Markets Boulder, Colo. | Greg Mays chairman, interim CEO | 116 | 1.2e 12/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 64 | Central Grocers Franklin Park, Ill. president, | Joe Caccamo president, general manager | 30 | 1.1a 7/29/06 |
| Corporate stores at Central Grocers account for approximately 55% of total sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 65 | Brookshire Brothers Lufkin, Texas | Jack Gabriel, Donny Johnson and Jerry Johnson executive committee | 73 | 1.1e 4/28/07 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 66 | United Supermarkets Lubbock, Texas | Gantt & Matt Bumstead co-presidents | 48 | 1.1e 1/27/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 67 | Associated Grocers Seattle | John Runyan president, CEO | 1 | 1.08e 9/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 68 | Affiliated Foods Midwest Norfolk, Neb. | Martin Arter president | 0 | 1.05e 6/30/07 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 69 | 99 Cents Only Stores Commerce, Calif. | Eric Schiffer CEO | 232 | 1.04e 3/31/07 |
| Consumables at 99 Cents Only account for approximately 55% of total sales. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 70 | Village Super Market Springfield, N.J. | James Sumas chairman | 23 | 1.04e 7/28/07 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 71 | Inserra Supermarkets Springfield, N.J. | Lawrence R. Inserra Jr. chairman, CEO | 22 | 1.0e 12/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 72 | Purity Wholesale Grocers Boca Raton, Fla. | Jeff Levitetz chairman | 0 | 1.0e 6/30/07 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 73 | Minyard Food Stores Coppell, Texas | Michael Byars president, CEO | 65 | 0.85e 6/30/06 |
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 74 | Haggen Inc. Bellingham, Wash. | Dale C. Henley president, CEO | 33 | 0.83e 12/31/06 |
| Haggen operates 32 supermarkets and one freestanding pharmacy. | ||||
| Rank | Company | Top Executive | Corporate/Franchise Stores | Sales in $ Billions Date Fiscal Year Ends |
| 75 | King Kullen Grocery Co. Bethpage, N.Y. | Bernard D. Kennedy & Ronald Conklin co-chairman | 48 | 0.80e 9/29/06 |
| King Kullen operates 45 supermarkets and three Wild by Nature natural food stores. | ||||
ADDITIONAL NOTES: IGA, the Chicago-based voluntary network of independent operators, accounted for U.S. sales of $6 billion in 2006 and Canadian sales of $3 billion. IGA members are supplied by 13 licensed wholesalers in the U.S. and two in Canada. Sales figures for IGA’s international operations in 40 countries were not available. Piggly Wiggly LLC, a Dallas-based umbrella organization for approximately 600 licensed and franchised independent operators in 16 states across the mid-South, Illinois and Wisconsin, had 2006 volume estimated at $3.4 billion. Piggly Wiggly stores are supplied by a variety of wholesalers. The company is an affiliate of C&S Wholesale Grocers, Keene, N.H.
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