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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.

January 22, 2007

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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.

RANK

COMPANY

TOP EXECUTIVE

CORPORATE/FRANCHISE STORES

SALES IN $ BILLIONS; DATE FISCAL YEAR ENDS

1

Wal-Mart StoresBentonville, Ark.

H. Lee Scott Jr. president, CEO

2,981

232.9e1/31/07

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.)

2

Kroger Co.Cincinnati

David B. Dillon chairman, CEO

4,276

66.6e2/3/07

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.

3

Costco Wholesale Corp.Issaquah, Wash.

Jim Sinegal president, CEO

458

59.0a9/30/06

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.

4

SafewayPleasanton, Calif.

Steve Burd chairman, president, CEO

1,767

40.5e12/31/06

5

SupervaluMinneapolis

Jeff Noddle chairman, CEO

2,567

37.0e2/24/07

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.

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.

7

Ahold USA RetailQuincy, Mass.

Lawrence Benjamin chief operating officer

827

24.0e12/31/06

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.

8

Publix Super MarketsLakeland, Fla.

Charles Jenkins Jr. CEO

885

21.7e12/30/06

9

C&S Wholesale GrocersKeene, N.H.

Rick Cohen chairman, CEO

0

19.4e9/30/06

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.

10

Delhaize AmericaSalisbury, N.C.

Pierre Olivier-Beckers CEO

1,544

17.3e12/31/06

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.

11

7-ElevenDallas

Joe DePinto president, CEO

6,013

15.0e12/31/06

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%.

12

MeijerGrand Rapids, Mich.

Hank Meijer CEO

176

13.2e2/3/07

13

SobeysStellarton, 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.

14

H.E. Butt Grocery Co.San Antonio

Charles C. Butt chairman, CEO

303

12.4e10/31/06

Store total includes 25 units in Mexico, which account for approximately 26.7% of sales, and two convenience stores.

15

MetroMontreal

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.

16

Wakefern Food Corp.Elizabeth, N.J.

Joseph S. Colalillo chairman, CEO

57

9.5e9/30/06

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.)

17

Dollar General Corp.Goodlettsville, Tenn.

David Perdue chairman, CEO

8,249

9.2e2/2/07

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.

18

BJ's Wholesale ClubNatick, Mass.

Herb Zarkin chairman, interim CEO

171

8.6e2/3/07

Groceries, encompassing food and sundries, account for approximately 72.5% of BJ's total sales.

19

Albertsons LLCBoise, Idaho

Robert Miller CEO

391

8.0e2/24/07

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.

20

Winn-Dixie StoresJacksonville, Fla.

Peter Lynch chairman, president, CEO

522

7.5e6/27/07

Winn-Dixie emerged from 22 months in Chapter 11 on Nov. 21, 2006, after closing 398 stores.

21

A&PMontvale, N.J.

Eric Claus president, CEO

403

6.9e2/24/07

22

Giant EaglePittsburgh

David Shapira chairman, president, CEO

218

6.5e6/30/07

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.)

23

Whole Foods MarketAustin, Texas

John Mackey chairman, CEO

188

5.6a9/24/06

24

AldiBatavia, Ill.

Charles Youngstrom president

820

5.3e12/31/06

Aldi is the U.S. subsidiary of Aldi Group, Muelheim, Germany.

25

Hy-Vee Food StoresWest Des Moines, Iowa

Ric Jurgens chairman, CEO

223

5.3a10/1/06

Hy-Vee operates 197 supermarkets and 26 drug stores.

26

Associated Wholesale GrocersKansas City, Kan.

Gary Phillips president, CEO

65

5.0e12/31/06

Corporate stores at AWG account for 6.2% of total sales.

27

Trader Joe's Co.Monrovia, Calif.

Dan Bain chairman, CEO

262

5.0e6/30/06

Trader Joe's is wholly owned by the Albrecht family of Germany.

28

Save Mart SupermarketsModesto, Calif.

Robert M. Piccinini chairman, CEO

256

5.0e12/31/06

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.

29

Nash Finch Co.Minneapolis

Alec Covington president, CEO

62

4.8e12/30/06

Corporate stores at Nash Finch account for 14% of total sales.

30

WawaWawa, Pa.

Howard Stoeckel president, CEO

556

4.4e12/31/06

Merchandise and services account for an estimated 80% of Wawa's sales.

31

Pathmark StoresCarteret, N.J.

John Standley CEO

141

4.1e1/27/07

32

Roundy's SupermarketsMilwaukee

Robert A. Mariano chairman, CEO

147

3.9e12/30/06

33

Bi-Lo/Bruno'sGreenville, S.C.

Dean Cohagen president, CEO

308

3.6e12/31/06

34

Wegmans Food MarketsRochester, N.Y.

Danny Wegman CEO

71

4.1e12/31/06

35

Stater Bros. MarketsColton, Calif.

Jack Brown chairman, CEO

182

3.5a9/24/06

36

Raley's SupermarketsSacramento, Calif.

William Coyne president, CEO

139

3.4e6/30/07

37

Overwaitea Food GroupLangley, British Columbia

Steve van der Leest president

108

3.3e (U.S.)12/31/06

38

Price ChopperSchenectady, N.Y.

Neil Golub president, CEO

115

3.1e4/28/07

39

Unified Western GrocersLos Angeles

Al Plamann president, CEO

0

3.0a9/30/06

40

Harris TeeterMatthews, N.C.

Fred Morgenthall president

152

2.9a10/1/06

Harris Teeter is a division of Ruddick Corp., Charlotte, N.C., and accounts for approximately 90% of Ruddick's sales.

41

United Natural FoodsDayville, Conn.

Michael F. Funk president, CEO

12

2.8e7/28/07

Corporate stores at United Natural account for 1.5% of total sales.

42

Alex Lee Inc.Hickory, N.C.

Boyd George chairman, CEO

106

2.7a9/30/06

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.

43

WinCo FoodsBoise, Idaho

Steven L. Goddard president, CEO

54

2.7e3/31/07

44

Ingles MarketsAsheville, N.C.

Robert P. Ingle 2d chairman

197

2.6a9/30/06

45

Houchens IndustriesBowling Green, Ky.

Jimmie Gipson chairman, CEO

411

2.5a9/30/06

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.

46

Associated Wholesalers Inc.Robesonia, Pa.

J. Chris Michael president, CEO

9

2.3e7/31/07

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.

47

Schnuck MarketsSt. Louis

Scott Schnuck chairman, CEO

101

2.3e9/30/06

48

Spartan StoresGrand Rapids, Mich.

Craig Sturken chairman, president, CEO

87

2.3e3/31/07

Corporate stores at Spartan, encompassing 68 supermarkets and 19 deep-discount drug stores, account for 50% of total sales.

49

Demoulas Market BasketTewksbury, Mass.

William J. Shea chairman

58

2.2e12/30/06

50

Smart & FinalLos Angeles

Etienne Snollaerts president, CEO

251

2.2e12/31/06

Smart & Final operates 198 warehouse stores and 53 cash-and-carry stores.

51

Weis MarketsSunbury, Pa.

Norman Rich president, CEO

156

2.2e12/30/06

52

Bashas'Chandler, Ariz.

Eddie N. Basha Jr. chairman, CEO

156

2.1e12/31/06

53

Brookshire Grocery Co.Tyler, Texas

Bruce Brookshire chairman

155

2.1e9/30/06

54

Grocers Supply Co.Houston

Max Levit president, CEO

50

2.0e12/31/06

Grocers Supply Co. declined to pinpoint what percentage of total sales its corporate stores account for.

55

K-VA-T Food StoresAbingdon, Va.

Steve Smith president, CEO

95

1.6e12/31/06

56

Marsh SupermarketsIndianapolis

Frank Lazaran chairman, president, CEO

252

1.6e3/31/07

Marsh operates 104 supermarkets and 148 convenience stores, plus a food-service company and a floral business.

57

Associated Food StoresSalt Lake City

Rich Parkinson president, CEO

23

1.5e3/31/07

Corporate stores at Associated Food Stores account for 32% of total sales.

58

Penn Traffic Co.Syracuse, N.Y.

Bob Panasuk president, CEO

111

1.3e2/3/07

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.

59

Big Y FoodsSpringfield, Mass.

Donald D'Amour chairman, CEO

56

1.3e12/31/06

Big Y operates 54 conventional supermarkets and two fine wine, liquor and gourmet food stores under the banners Table & Vine and Town & Country.

60

FoodaramaFreehold, N.J.

Richard Saker president, CEO

26

1.3e10/28/06

61

Affiliated FoodsAmarillo, Texas

George Lankford president, CEO

0

1.2a9/30/06

62

Bozzuto'sCheshire, Conn.

Michael Bozzuto chairman, president

8

1.2a9/30/06

Corporate stores at Bozzuto's account for 1.5% of total sales.

63

Wild Oats MarketsBoulder, Colo.

Greg Mays chairman, interim CEO

116

1.2e12/30/06

64

Central GrocersFranklin Park, Ill.

Joe Caccamo president, general manager

30

1.1a7/29/06

Corporate stores at Central Grocers account for approximately 55% of total sales.

65

Brookshire Bros.Lufkin, Texas

Jack Gabriel, Donny Johnson and Jerry Johnson, executive committee

73

1.1e4/28/07

66

United SupermarketsLubbock, Texas

Gantt & Matt Bumstead co-presidents

48

1.1e1/27/06

67

Associated GrocersSeattle

John Runyan president, CEO

1

1.08e9/30/06

68

Affiliated Foods MidwestNorfolk, Neb.

Martin Arter president

0

1.05e6/30/07

69

99 Cents Only StoresCommerce, Calif.

Eric Schiffer CEO

232

1.04e3/31/07

Consumables at 99 Cents Only account for approximately 55% of total sales.

70

Village Super MarketSpringfield, N.J.

James Sumas chairman

23

1.04e7/28/07

71

Inserra SupermarketsSpringfield, N.J.

Lawrence R. Inserra Jr. chairman, CEO

22

1.0e12/30/06

72

Purity Wholesale GrocersBoca Raton, Fla.

Jeff Levitetz chairman

0

1.0e6/30/07

73

Minyard Food StoresCoppell, Texas

Michael Byars president, CEO

65

0.85e6/30/06

74

Haggen Inc.Bellingham, Wash.

Dale C. Henley president, CEO

33

0.83e12/31/06

Haggen operates 32 supermarkets and one freestanding pharmacy.

75

King Kullen Grocery Co.Bethpage, N.Y.

Bernard D. Kennedy & Ronald Conklin, co-chairmen

48

0.80e9/29/06

King Kullen operates 45 supermarkets and three Wild by Nature natural food stores.

Top Wholesalers

RANK

COMPANY

STORES OWNED

SALES IN $ BILLIONS

TOP 75 RANKING

1

Supervalu

2,567

38.0e

5

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 franchises 867 Save-A-Lots and 31 Cub Foods stores.

2

C&S Wholesale Grocers

0

19.4e

9

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. 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 formerly operated by the Bruno's/Bi-Lo divisions of Ahold USA.

3

Wakefern Food Corp.

57

9.5e

16

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.)

4

Associated Wholesale Grocers

65

5.0e

26

Corporate stores at AWG account for 6.2% of total sales.

5

Nash Finch Co.

62

4.8e

29

Corporate stores at Nash Finch account for 14% of total sales.

6

Roundy's Supermarkets

147

3.9e

32

7

Unified Western Grocers

0

3.0a

39

8

United Natural Foods

12

2.8e

41

Corporate stores at United Natural account for 1.5% of total sales.

9

Alex Lee Inc.

106

2.7a

42

Sales at Alex Lee Inc. include $1.2 billion from Lowes Food Stores, Winston-Salem, N.C.; $1.7 billion from Merchants Distributors, Hickory, N.C., a wholesaler (approximately 46% of whose sales go to Lowes), and $500 million from Institution Food House, a foodservice distributor based in Hickory.

10

Associated Wholesalers Inc.

9

2.3e

46

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.

11

Spartan Stores

87

2.3e

48

Corporate stores at Spartan, encompassing 68 supermarkets and 19 deep-discount drug stores, account for 50% of total sales.

12

Grocers Supply Co.

50

2.0e

54

Grocers Supply Co. declined to pinpoint what percentage of total sales its corporate stores account for.

13

Associated Food Stores

23

1.5e

57

Corporate stores at Associated Food Stores account for 32% of total sales.

14

Penn Traffic Co.

111

1.3e

58

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.

15

Affiliated Foods

0

1.2a

61

16

Bozzuto's

8

1.2a

62

Corporate stores at Bozzuto's account for 1.5% of total sales.

17

Central Grocers

30

1.1a

64

Corporate stores at Central Grocers account for approximately 55% of total sales.

18

Associated Grocers

1

1.08e

67

19

Affiliated Foods Midwest

0

1.05e

68

20

Purity Wholesale Grocers

0

1.0e

72

Top Canadian Food Companies

RANK

COMPANY

STORES OWNED

SALES IN $ BILLIONS

OP 75 RANKING

1

Loblaw Cos.

1,072

26.5e (U.S.)

6

Loblaw operates 670 corporate stores and supplies 402 franchised stores.

2

Sobeys

1,296

12.5e (U.S.)

13

Sobeys operates 543 corporate stores (encompassing 325 supermarkets, 158 convenience stores and 60 drug stores) and supplies 753 franchised stores.

3

Metro

853

9.6a (U.S.)

15

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.

4

Overwaitea Food Group

108

3.3e (U.S.)

37

Top Alternative Formats

RANK

COMPANY

STORES OWNED

SALES IN $ BILLIONS

TOP 75 RANKING

1

Wal-Mart Stores

2,981

232.9e

1

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.)

2

Costco Wholesale Corp.

458

59.0a

3

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.

3

7-Eleven

6,013

15e

11

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, foodservice and non-foods 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%.

4

Meijer

176

13.2e

12

5

Dollar General Corp.

8,249

9.2e

17

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.

6

BJ's Wholesale Club

171

8.6e

18

Groceries, encompassing food and sundries, account for approximately 72.5% of BJ's total sales.

7

Whole Foods Market

188

5.6a

23

8

Aldi

820

5.3e

24

Aldi is the U.S. subsidiary of Aldi Group, Muelheim, Germany.

9

Trader Joe's Co.

262

5.0e

27

Trader Joe's is wholly owned by the Albrecht family of Germany.

10

Wawa

556

4.4e

30

Merchandise and services account for an estimated 80% of Wawa's sales.

11

Smart & Final

251

2.2e

50

Smart & Final operates 198 warehouse stores and 53 cash-and-carry stores.

12

Wild Oats Markets

116

1.2e

63

13

99 Cents Only Stores

232

1.04e

69

Top 75, Now and Then

COMPANY

2007 RANK

2006 RANK

CHANGE

Wal-Mart Stores

1

1

Kroger Co.

2

2

Costco Wholesale Corp.

3

3

Safeway

4

5

1

Supervalu

5

9

4

Loblaw Cos.

6

6

Ahold USA Retail

7

7

Publix Super Markets

8

8

C&S Wholesale Grocers

9

11

2

Delhaize America

10

10

7-Eleven

11

12

1

Meijer

12

13

1

Sobeys

13

15

2

H.E. Butt Grocery Co.

14

14

Metro

15

20

5

Wakefern Food Corp.

16

16

Dollar General Corp.

17

18

1

BJ's Wholesale Club

18

19

1

Albertsons LLC

19

Winn-Dixie Stores

20

17

-3

A&P

21

21

Giant Eagle

22

22

Whole Foods Market

23

26

3

Aldi

24

23

-1

Hy-Vee Food Stores

25

25

Associated Wholesale Grocers

26

24

-2

Trader Joe's Co.

27

28

1

Save Mart Supermarkets

28

41

13

Nash Finch Co.

29

27

-2

Wawa

30

29

-1

Pathmark Stores

31

30

-1

Roundy's Supermarkets

32

33

1

Bi-Lo/Bruno's

33

31

-2

Wegmans Food Markets

34

32

-2

Stater Bros. Markets

35

34

-1

Raley's Supermarkets

36

35

-1

Overwaitea Food Group

37

39

2

Price Chopper

38

37

-1

Unified Western Grocers

39

36

-3

Harris Teeter

40

40

United Natural Foods

41

44

3

Alex Lee Inc.

42

42

WinCo Foods

43

43

Ingles Markets

44

45

1

Houchens Industries

45

38

-7

Associated Wholesalers Inc.

46

64

18

Schnuck Markets

47

47

Spartan Stores

48

48

Demoulas Market Basket

49

50

1

Smart & Final

50

49

-1

Weis Markets

51

46

-5

Bashas'

52

52

Brookshire Grocery Co.

53

51

-2

Grocers Supply Co.

54

53

-1

K-VA-T Food Stores

55

57

2

Marsh Supermarkets

56

54

-2

Associated Food Stores

57

55

-2

Penn Traffic Co.

58

56

-2

Big Y Foods

59

62

3

Foodarama

60

59

-1

Affiliated Foods

61

65

4

Bozzuto's

62

67

5

Wild Oats Markets

63

60

-3

Central Grocers

64

68

4

Brookshire Bros.

65

73

8

United Supermarkets

66

66

Associated Grocers

67

69

2

Affiliated Foods Midwest

68

70

2

99 Cents Only Stores

69

Village Super Market

70

71

1

Inserra Supermarkets

71

72

1

Purity Wholesale Grocers

72

61

-11

Minyard Food Stores

73

74

1

Haggen Inc.

74

75

1

King Kullen Grocery Co.

75

Top 75 in Alphabetical Order

COMPANY

RANK

A&P

21

Affiliated Foods

61

Affiliated Foods Midwest

68

Ahold USA Retail

7

Albertsons LLC

19

Aldi

24

Alex Lee Inc.

42

Associated Food Stores

57

Associated Grocers

67

Associated Wholesale Grocers

26

Associated Wholesalers Inc.

46

Bashas'

52

Big Y Foods

59

Bi-Lo/Bruno's

33

BJ's Wholesale Club

18

Bozzuto's

62

Brookshire Bros.

65

Brookshire Grocery Co.

53

C&S Wholesale Grocers

9

Central Grocers

64

Costco Wholesale Corp.

3

Delhaize America

10

Demoulas Market Basket

49

Dollar General Corp.

17

Foodarama

60

Giant Eagle

22

Grocers Supply Co.

54

Haggen Inc.

74

Harris Teeter

40

H.E. Butt Grocery Co.

14

Houchens Industries

45

Hy-Vee Food Stores

25

Ingles Markets

44

Inserra Supermarkets

71

King Kullen Grocery Co.

75

Kroger Co.

2

K-VA-T Food Stores

55

Loblaw Cos.

6

Marsh Supermarkets

56

Meijer

12

Metro

15

Minyard Food Stores

73

Nash Finch Co.

29

99 Cents Only Stores

69

Overwaitea Food Group

37

Pathmark Stores

31

Penn Traffic Co.

58

Price Chopper

38

Publix Super Markets

8

Purity Wholesale Grocers

72

Raley's Supermarkets

36

Roundy's Supermarkets

32

Safeway

4

Save Mart Supermarkets

28

Schnuck Markets

47

7-Eleven

11

Smart & Final

50

Sobeys

13

Spartan Stores

48

Stater Bros. Markets

35

Supervalu

5

Trader Joe's Co.

27

Unified Western Grocers

39

United Natural Foods

41

United Supermarkets

66

Village Super Market

70

Wal-Mart Stores

1

Wakefern Food Corp.

16

Wawa.

30

Wegmans Food Markets

34

Weis Markets

51

Whole Foods Market

23

Wild Oats Markets

63

WinCo Foods

43

Winn-Dixie Stores

20

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