The 2017 Top 75 — Sales Overview

1

1

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

255.9*

249.4*

2.61%

Jan.

5,716

Mass merchant

Walmart; Walmart Supercenter; Walmart Neighborhood Market; Sam's Club

Bentonville Ark. 

C. Douglas McMillon / president and CEO

U.S. ($242.5 billion) and Canada ($13.4 billion) consumables estimates stem from earlier reported shares of Walmart stores sales of 56% from groceries and 11% from health products; and shares of Sam's Club sales of 59% from groceries and consumables and 5% from health and wellness products. Those shares where appropriate along with Canada-specific modeling were applied to estimated Wal-Mart Stores' fiscal 2016-17 worldwide net sales of $482.3 billion (+0.8%) including U.S. sales of $307.4 billion; international sales of $117.8 billion and Sam's Club sales of $57.2 billion. The company has estimated fiscal 2016-17 worldwide stores of 11597 (+0.6%).

2

2

The Kroger Co.

112.6

107.5

4.74%

Jan.

3,666

Mass merchant; traditional supermarket; discount format; convenience store

Supermarkets (Kroger; Ralphs; Dillons; Smith's; Roundy's; King Soopers; Fry's; QFC; City Market; Owen's; Jay C; Pay Less; Baker's; Gerbes; Harris Teeter; Pick N' Save; Copps; Metro Market; Mariano's); multi-department stores (Fred Meyer; Dillons Marketplace; Fry's Marketplace; King Soopers Marketplace; Kroger Marketplace; Smith's Marketplace); price impact warehouse stores (Food 4 Less; Foods Co.); convenience stores (Kwik Shop Inc.; Loaf N' Jug; Quik Stop Markets Inc.; Tom Thumb Food Stores; Turkey Hill Minit Markets; Smith's Express)

Cincinnati

W. Rodney McMullen / chairman and CEO

Reported and estimated sales exclude "other" revenue from 324 freestanding jewelry stores; supply sales to others; variable interest entities; a specialty pharmacy; in-store health clinics; and online sales by Vitacost.com that totaled an estimated $2.4 billion in the year ending this month and a reported $2.3 billion in the prior year. Jewelry stores are not included in store totals.

3

3

Costco Wholesale Corp.

62.8*

60.6*

3.63%

Aug.

592

Club format

Costco

Issaquah Wash.

W. Craig Jelinek / president and CEO

In the latest year consumables represented 62% of net sales (excluding membership fees) of about $84.6 billion from the United States and $16.6 billion from Canada. Categories included in that share were food (22%); sundries (21%); and fresh food (14%) as well as an assumed share for health and beauty aids (5%). Costco's worldwide fiscal 2016 net sales were $116.1 billion from a year-end 715 warehouse stores including 501 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico; 91 in Canada and 123 elsewhere.

4

4

Albertsons Cos. Inc..

60.4

58.7

2.90%

Feb.

2,340

Traditional supermarket

Albertsons; Safeway; Vons; Jewel-Osco; Shaw's; Acme; Tom Thumb; Randalls; United Supermarkets; Pavilions; Star Market; Carrs and Haggen

Boise Idaho

Robert Miller / chairman and CEO

Estimated latest-year sales and store counts as well as historic results based on six and 12 months of results and indications of business conditions included in an amended registration statement for initial public offering filed with federal regulators in October. Late November news reports based on anonymous sources indicated Albertsons was in talks to acquire the 135-store Price Chopper chain from The Golub Corp. Albertsons acquired 29 stores from Haggen during fiscal 2016; 15 of which continue to operate under that banner.

5

10

Ahold Delhaize

34.4

26.4

30.30%

Dec.

1,980

Traditional supermarket; urban fresh

Stop & Shop; Giant; Peapod; Food Lion; Hannaford

Carlisle Pa.

Dick Boer / president and CEO; Kevin Holt / COO and Ahold USA

U.S.-operating group created in July through the merger of Delhaize America parent the Delhaize Group of Brussels into Ahold USA parent Royal Ahold of the Netherlands in a stock deal valued at $29 billion. Delhaize America reported 2015 sales of $17.8 billion from a year-end 1288 Food Lion and Hannaford stores and had estimated 2016 post-merger sales of about $8.1 billion from an estimated year-end 1211 stores. Ahold USA had 2015 sales of $26.4 billion from a year-end 788 Giant and Stop & Shop stores and online grocer Peapod and slightly higher but identical when rounded estimated fiscal 2016 sales of $26.4 billion from an estimated year-end 769 stores. Estimates assume that the remaining 18 of 71 Delhaize stores ordered divested for anti-trust reasons as a condition of merger approval by U.S. regulatory officials and the remaining 10 of 15 Ahold stores ordered sold were transferred by the end of the fiscal year last month.

6

6

Loblaw Cos. Ltd.

33.9

33.6

0.89%

Dec.

2,422

Traditional supermarket; drug store; discount format

Loblaws; Provigo; Zehrs; No Frills; Real Canadian Superstore; Maxi; Shoppers Drug Mart; T&T; Wholesale Club; Fortinos; Arz and Gas Bar

Toronto

Galen G. Weston / executive chairman and president

In its native Canadian currency Loblaw Cos. estimated fiscal 2016 sales rose nearly 1% to $44.9 billion from $44.5 billion in 2015.

7

7

Publix Super Markets Inc.

33.3

32.4

2.78%

Dec.

1,137

Traditional supermarket

Publix Super Markets

Lakeland Fla.

Randall T. "Todd" Jones Sr. / president and CEO

8

5

Target Corp.

32.1*

34.7*

-7.49%

Jan.

1,803

Mass merchant

Target

Minneapolis

Brian Cornell / chairman and CEO

Consumables sales estimate represents 46% of estimated total sales of $69.8 billion for the latest fiscal year ending January 2017 versus $73.8 billion in fiscal 2015-16 sales. Making up that consumables mix is reported food and pet supplies at 23% of sales for an increase from 21% a year earlier; and household essentials also 23% reflecting a 3% decrease for that category from the preceding year that the company said resulted from the sale of its 1672 in-store pharmacies to CVS Health Corp. in December 2015.

9

8

C&S Wholesale Grocers

31.9

29.8

7.05%

Sept.

0

Wholesaler

Keene N.H.

Rick Cohen / chairman and CEO

C&S fiscal 2016 sales estimate based on reported 2015 results adjusted by growth in reported change in independent stores served partly offset by assumed pricing pressures from falling supply prices. During the current fiscal year acquired Edsung Foodservice Co. of Honolulu and FreshKO Produce Services Inc. of Fresno Calif.

10

9

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (Walgreen Co.)

27.7*

27.5*

0.73%

Aug.

8,175

Drug chain

Walgreens; Duane Reade

Deerfield Ill.

Stefano Pessina / exec. vice chairman and CEO

Latest year consumables sales represents reported 33% "retail" share of fiscal 2016 U.S. Pharmacy Retail division total sales of $83.8 billion. "Retail" sales are all those except from prescription drugs and pharmacy services. Fiscal 2016 worldwide sales for all divisions and countries - including international pharmacy retail and pharmaceutical wholesale divisions - were $117.4 billion. The company ended the fiscal year with 12842 retail stores worldwide including 8175 in the United States. October 2015-announced intended acquisition of Rite Aid Corp. with approximately 4550 stores was still pending at press time but expected to close in early calendar 2017.

11

11

H-E-B

23.0

23.0

0.00%

Oct.

384

Traditional supermarket; mass merchant; Hispanic format; convenience store

H-E-B

San Antonio

Charles C. Butt / chairman and CEO

Sales and store numbers shown include results from operations in Mexico that in fiscal 2016 included 55 stores that contributed approximately 6% of total sales.

12

12

CVS Health Corp.

20.1*

19.5*

3.08%

Dec. 

9,656

Drug chain

CVS Pharmacy; CVS; Longs Drugs; Navarro Discount Pharmacy 

Woonsocket R.I. 

Larry J. Merlo / president and CEO

Estimated consumables sales for fiscal 2016 ended in December represent the non-prescription-drug share or 25% of estimated total retail pharmacy and long-term care (LTC) business sales of $80.5 billion. The non-prescription-drug share was 27.1% of division sales in fiscal 2015. Store count shown excludes 42 retail pharmacies in Brazil that generated an estimated share of total retail-LTC sales of less than half a percent. In December 2015 acquired 1672 in-store pharmacies from Target Corp. that primarily generate prescription drug sales not counted toward Top 75 consumables sales reporting. CVS total estimated fiscal 2016 net sales from pharmacy services as well as retail-LTC affairs were $177.1 billion.

13

13

Sobeys

18.1

18.7

-3.21%

May 

1,890

Traditional supermarket; convenience store; drug store; urban fresh

Sobeys; Safeway; IGA extra; Thrifty Foods; IGA; Foodland; FreshCo; Price Chopper; Lawtons Drugs

Stellarton Novia Scotia

Franc_ois Vimard / interim president and CEO 

Estimated lower latest-year sales based on first quarter fiscal 2016-17 reported 1.8% decline in same-store sales continued sales challenges at approximately 200 Safeway stores acquired in Western Canada in 2013; one fewer week of sales in the current 52-week fiscal year versus the 53-week preceding fiscal year. In its native currency Sobeys sales for the fiscal year ended in May 2017 as estimated by Supermarket News will be approximately $23.84 billion versus reported fiscal 2015-16 sales of $24.62 billion. Sobeys generates virtually all revenue for publicly traded Empire Co. Ltd. of Nova Scotia and operates and/or franchises supermarkets; convenience stores; drugstores and fuel centers.

14

15

Meijer Inc.

17.9

16.9

5.92%

Jan.

232

Mass merchant

Meijer

Grand Rapids Mich.

Rick Keyes / president and CEO

15

17

Dollar General Corp. 

16.6*

15.5*

7.10%

Jan.

13,245

Dollar chain

Dollar General; Dollar General Market

Goodlettsville Tenn.

Todd Vasos / CEO

Consumables sales for the fiscal year ended in January 2017 represent an estimated 76.3% share of total estimated sales of $21.7 billion. Dollar General reports as "consumables" such things as household supplies including cleaning products and disposable dinnerware; packaged foods; perishable foods; snacks; health and beauty aids; pet supplies; and tobacco products. It reported consumables sales as 75.9% of total sales in fiscal 2015-16 but the share crept up through the first three quarters of the fiscal year ending this month.

16

14

Supervalu Inc.

16.0

17.5

-8.57%

Feb 

197

Wholesaler; traditional supermarket; discount format

Cub Foods; Shoppers Food & Pharmacy; Shop 'n Save; Farm Fresh and Hornbacher's; plus two Rainbow and two County Market stores

Eden Prairie Minn.

Mark Gross / president and CEO

Estimated sales and store counts for the fiscal year ended in February 2017 were impacted by the Dec. 5 2016 sale of the 1370-store (482 corporate; 888 franchised) Save-A-Lot discount chain to Onex Capital for $1.37 billion cash. The sell-off left Supervalu with 197 corporate retail markets with estimated latest-year sales of about $4.6 billion and a wholesale distribution business with approximately $7.5 billion in estimated sales. The Save-A-Lot division generated estimated fiscal 2016-17 sales for Supervalu of nearly $4.7 billion - approximately $3.6 billion of which was estimated to have been booked by Supervalu prior to the spin-off - compared with fiscal 2015-16 full-year Save-A-Lot sales of more than $4.6 billion.

16

16

Wakefern Food Corp. 

16.0

15.7

1.91%

Sept.

93

Retailer-owned cooperative; wholesaler; traditional supermarkets

Price Rite; ShopRite

Keasbey N.J.

Joseph Colalillo / chairman and CEO 

At fiscal 2016 year-end Wakefern - a retailer-owned cooperative - operated 60 corporate stores under the Price Rite banner and 33 ShopRite stores. It reported the aggregate retail sales of its members but did not disclose the percentage of those sales from its own stores nor did it disclose its wholesale sales numbers that in fiscal 2015 were $12.8 billion compared with that year's reported retail sales of $15.7 billion. Three cooperative members - Saker ShopRite; Village Super Markets and Inserra Supermarkets - are also ranked among the Top 75 and their sales are shown both individually and included among the aggregate cooperative member sales reported by Wakefern.

18

18

Whole Foods Market Inc.

15.6

15.2

2.63%

Sept.

447

Natural retailer

Whole Foods Market; 365 by Whole Foods Market

Austin Texas

John Mackey / CEO

Sales and store counts reflect only U.S. and Canada performance and exclude estimated results from the United Kingdom that in fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015 amounted to sales of $165.8 million and $184.7 million from nine year-end stores in both periods.

19

19

7-Eleven Inc.

14.7

14.3

2.80%

Dec.

8,780

Convenience store

7-Eleven

Dallas

Joseph M. DePinto / president and CEO

Sales shown reflect an assumed 58.8% share of sales from merchandise - versus a 41.2% gasoline share - applied to estimated fiscal 2016 total United States-Canada sales of $25 billion. Full-year sales and merchandise-share estimates based on second-half forecasts by 7-Eleven parent Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

20

20

Trader Joe's Co.

13.3

13.0

2.31%

June

470

Limited-assortment discounter

Trader Joe's

Monrovia Calif.

Dan Bane / chairman and CEO

21

21

Aldi Inc. (USA)

12.8

11.7

9.40%

Dec.

1,630

Limited-assortment discounter  

Aldi

Batavia Ill.

Jason Hart / CEO

22

28

Dollar Tree Inc.

12.3*

8.8*

39.77%

Jan.

14,242

Dollar chain

Dollar Tree; Family Dollar and Dollar Tree Canada

Chesapeake Va.

Bob Sasser / CEO

Latest-year sales represents estimated blended consumables share of 59.3% from the Dollar Tree and Family Dollar chains applied to estimated total sales for both brands of $20.8 billion for the fiscal year ended this month (January 2017). The actual blended consumables share was 58.8% in the preceding year. Estimated latest year sales were based on the mid-point of sales guidance provided to shareholders by the company. Dollar Tree latest year growth in estimated consumables sales of 39.8% was largely tied to its first full year of ownership of Family Dollar Stores Inc. the operator of 8284 namesake stores acquired by Dollar Tree in July 2015 in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $9 billion.

23

22

Southeastern Grocers LLC

10.5

11.3

-7.08%

Dec.

750

Traditional supermarket; discount; Hispanic format

BI-LO; Harveys; Winn-Dixie; Fresco Y Mas 

Jacksonville Fla.

Ian McLeod / president and CEO

Decrease in estimated sales based on assumed lost sales from six stores believed closed or sold in the latest year and 46 sold or closed in the preceding year as well as an assumed 2% to 3% decrease in same-store sales - depending on the market - from price deflation; mounting competition from larger conventional and non-traditional brands; and pressure on some lower income customers from 2016 reductions in federal SNAP benefits.

24

24

Hy-Vee Inc.

9.8

9.3

5.38%

Sept.

242

Traditional supermarket; drugstore; convenience store

Hy-Vee; Hy-Vee Drugstore

West Des Moines Iowa

Randy Edeker / chairman; CEO and president

25

26

Metro Inc.

9.7

9.2

5.43%

Sept.

814

Traditional supermarket; discounter; drugstores

Metro (Plus); Super C; Food Basics; Adonis; Premie_re Moisson; Brunet pharmacies; Metro Pharmacy; Drug Basics

Montreal Quebec

Eric R. La Fleche / president and CEO

Fiscal 2016 sales in the company's native Canadian currency rose 4.6% to $12.8 billion from fiscal 2015 sales of $12.2 billion. At the end of fiscal 2016 Metro Inc. operated 352 company markets including those under Metro; Super C and Food Basics banners; operated pharmacies in 74 of those stores and franchised or licensed 204 Metro stores and 184 Brunet pharmacies. Not included in store counts were approximately 11 Adonis Mediterranean foods and 25 Premie_re Moisson bakeries whose exact numbers and designations as corporate or franchised shops were unclear.

26

23

BJ's Wholesale Club

9.6*

9.4*

2.13%

Jan.

214

Club format

BJ's Wholesale Club

Westborough Mass.

Christopher J. Baldwin / president and CEO

27

24

Giant Eagle 

9.4

9.3

1.08%

June

429

Traditional supermarket; convenience stores

Giant Eagle (+Express); Market District (+Express); GetGo

Pittsburgh

Laura Shapira Karet / CEO

28

27

Associated Wholesale Grocers

9.3

8.9

4.49%

Dec.

7

Wholesale cooperative

Homeland; United Supermarkets; Cash Saver and Price Chopper

Kansas City Kan.

David Smith / president and CEO

On Oct. 25 completed its merger with another Top 75 retailer-owned wholesale food cooperative Affiliated Foods Midwest - keeping the AWG name and claiming a combined membership of more than 1000 in 35 states. Estimated fiscal 2016 sales represent a preliminary forecast of consolidated sales for the combined group including the post-merger results for former AFM operations. In the preceding fiscal year AWG had reported sales of $8.9 billion and AFM had estimated sales of $1.6 billion. The seven corporate stores run by AWG are believed to generate less than 1% of the company's total sales.

29

30

United Natural Foods Inc.

8.5

8.2

3.66%

July

13

Natural/organic wholesale distributor

Earth Origins

Providence R.I.

Steven L. Spinner / president and CEO

The natural/organic and specialty foods wholesaler operated 13 Earth Origins stores at the end of fiscal 2016 but subsequently closed two. Those 13 stores generated less than 5% of total sales while unspecified international sales to countries outside of Canada amounted to less than 4% of sales.

30

29

Rite Aid Corp.

8.3*

8.3*

0.00%

Feb.

4,550

Drug chain

Rite Aid

Camp Hill Pa.

John T. Standley / chairman and CEO

Consumables sales for the fiscal year ending next month (February 2017) reflect estimated total retail pharmacy division sales of $26.4 billion minus estimated prescription drug sales. That assumed 31.5% share of sales for consumables was based on trends through the first half of the year and compares with fiscal 2015-16's actual 30.9% share. Rite Aid total sales for fiscal 2016-17 including those for prescription drug and pharmacy services are estimated to be $32.7 billion that would compare with fiscal 2015-16 reported sales of $32.9 billion. October 2015-announced intended acquisition by Walgreens Boots Alliance was still pending at press time but expected to close in early calendar 2017.

30

31

Wegmans Food Markets Inc.

8.3

7.9

5.06%

Dec.

92

Traditional supermarket

Wegmans

Rochester N.Y.

Danny R. Wegman / CEO

32

32

SpartanNash Co. 

7.7

7.7

0.00%

Dec.

159

Wholesaler; traditional supermarket; limited-assortment discount; Hispanic format

Family Fare Supermarkets; Family Fresh Markets; D&W Fresh Markets; Sun Mart

Grand Rapids Mich.

Dennis Eidson / chairman and CEO

Estimated corporate retail store sales for fiscal year ended December 2016 were about $2.1 billion or 27% of total estimated fiscal 2016 sales of $7.7 billion from the company's consolidated retail; wholesale; and military distribution divisions. Retail stores contributed about 28% of sales in fiscal 2015.

33

33

WinCo Foods LLC

6.7

6.2

8.06%

April 

113

Discounter

WinCo Foods; Waremart by WinCo

Boise Idaho

Steven Goddard / president and CEO

34

34

Demoulas Super Markets Inc.

4.8

4.8

0.00%

Dec.

78

Traditional supermarket

Market Basket

Tewksbury Mass.

Arthur T. Demoulas / president and CEO

35

38

Smart & Final Stores Inc.

4.4

4.0

10.00%

Dec.

306

Grocery warehouse format

Smart & Final; Smart & Final Extra!; Cash & Carry Smart Foodservice

Commerce Calif.

David. G. Hirz / president and CEO

36

35

The Save Mart Companies

4.2

4.3

-2.33%

Dec.

206

Discount chain

Save Mart; Lucky; Lucky California; FoodMaxx; S-Mart; MaxxValue

Modesto Calif.

Nicole Pesco / CEO; Greg Hill and Steve Junqueiro / co-presidents

36

36

Stater Bros. Markets

4.2

4.2

0.00%

Sept.

169

Traditional supermarket; warehouse grocery concept

Stater Bros. Markets

San Bernardino Calif.

Pete Van Helden / president and CEO

38

40

Overwaitea Food Group

4.0

3.7

8.11%

Dec.

154

Traditional supermarket; discounter

Save-On Food; Overwaitea; Cooper's Food; Urban Fare; PriceSmart Foods; Bulkley Valley Wholesale

Langley British Columbia

Darrell Jones / president

In its native Canadian currency Overwaitea's estimated fiscal 2016 sales grew by about 8.7% to $5.3 billion from $4.9 billion. Overwaitea is the primarily Save-On Foods bannered retail division of the multi-industry Jim Pattison and historically counts for more than half of its total revenue.

38

42

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.

4.0

3.6

11.11%

Dec.

253

Natural foods retailer

Sprouts Farmers Market

Phoenix

Amin N. Maredia / CEO

40

37

Unified Grocers Inc.

3.9

4.1

-4.88%

Sept.

0

Retailer-owned wholesale cooperative

Los Angeles

Robert M. Ling Jr. / president and CEO

Estimated lower sales for fiscal 2016 among other things reflects the pressure on United Grocers' sales from the 2015 downsizing and bankruptcy of key customer Haggen who at its ordering prime in 2015 placed orders as high as $11.3 million a week but in fiscal 2016 had average weekly orders of about $2.4 million through the first 39 weeks.

41

40

The Golub Corp./Price Chopper Supermarkets

3.8

3.7

2.70%

April

136

Traditional supermarket

Price Chopper; Market 32; Market Bistro

Schenectady N.Y.

Scott Grimmett / president and CEO

41

39

Ingles Markets Inc.

3.8

3.8

0.00%

Sept.

201

Traditional supermarket

Ingles; Sav-Mor

Asheville N.C.

Jim Lanning /president and CEO

43

43

Raley's

3.2

3.2

0.00%

June

123

Traditional supermarket

Raley's; Bel Air Markets; Nob Hill Foods; Food Source 

West Sacramento Calif.

Michael Teel / president and CEO

44

43

Houchens Industries

3.1

3.2

-3.36%

Sept.

306

Traditional supermarket; convenience stores; discount stores

Save-A-Lot; Food Giant; Pic N Save; Mad Butcher; Piggly Wiggly; Market Place; Sureway; Big Star; Greenwood Market Place; Cash Saver; Hank's Markets; IGA; price Le$$ foods; Jr. Food 

Bowling Green Ky.

Jimmie Gipson / CEO

44

45

Weis Markets Inc.

3.1

2.9

6.90%

Dec.

204

Traditional supermarket

Weis Markets

Sunbury Pa. 

Jonathan H. Weis / chairman; president and CEO

Growth in estimated fiscal 2016 sales of 6.9% largely reflects summer 2016 acquisition of 38 Food Lion stores from Delhaize that amounted to a 23% increase from its fiscal 2015 year-end store inventory of 163 as well as reported same-store sales growth of 2.7% through the first three quarters of the latest year.

46

47

Key Food Stores Co-Operative Inc.

2.7

2.5

8.00%

April

250

Retailer cooperative; traditional supermarket; urban fresh

Key Food; The Food Emporium; Food Universe; Food Dynasty; SuperFresh; Gala Fresh Farms; Holiday Farms; Key Food Marketplace; Windsor Farms Market; 55 Fulton Market; Food World; Manor Market; Locust Valley Market; Urban Market; Vitelio's Marketplace; Olive Tree Marketplace; Tropical; Brooklyn Fare

Staten Island N.Y.

Dean Janeway / CEO

Sales shown represent estimate of retail sales by all cooperative member stores  including Key Food's two corporate stores for the fiscal year ending in April 2017 as well as well as the projected aggregate number of stores expected to be operating at that fiscal year-end.

46

46

Schnuck Markets Inc.

2.7

2.7

0.00%

Sept.

100

Traditional supermarket

Schnucks

St. Louis Mo. 

Todd R. Schnuck / chairman and CEO

48

47

Tops Markets LLC

2.5

2.5

0.00%

Dec.

178

Traditional supermarket

Tops Friendly Markets; Orchard Fresh

Williamsville N.Y.

Frank Curci / chairman; president and CEO

49

49

K-VA-T Food Stores Inc.

2.4

2.2

9.09%

Dec.

135

Traditional supermarket

Food City; Super Dollar Discount Foods

Abingdon Va.

Steven C. Smith / president and CEO

Growth of 9.1% in estimated sales for fiscal 2016 ended December 2016 in part reflects the first full year of operation of 29 BI-LO stores acquired in the second half of fiscal 2015 and converted to Food City stores.

50

49

Bozzuto's Inc.

2.2

2.2

0.00%

Sept.

9

Wholesale distributor

Bozzuto's

Cheshire Conn.

Michael A. Bozzuto / chairman; president and CEO

51

51

Alex Lee Inc.

2.1

2.1

0.00%

Sept.

94

Wholesale distributor; traditional supermarkets

Lowes Foods; Just$ave; Merchant Distributors Inc.

Hickory N.C.

Boyd George / chairman; Brian George / president and CEO

51

51

Associated Food Stores

2.1

2.1

0.00%

Dec.

43

Wholesaler

Macey's; Fresh Market; Dan's Fresh Market; Lin's Fresh Market; Dick's Fresh Market 

Salt Lake City

Neil Berube / president and CEO

51

53

Brookshire Grocery Co.

2.1

2.0

5.00%

Sept.

177

Traditional supermarkets

Brookshire's Food Stores; Super 1 Foods Stores; Spring Market; Fresh by Brookshire's; Express Lane; Zippy B

Tyler Texas

Bradley W. Brookshire / chairman and CEO

Acquired 25 Walmart Express stores for conversion to its Spring Market banner in July 2016 that represented an increase of 16.4% to its fiscal 2015 year-end store count of 152.

54

54

Central Grocers

1.9

1.9

0.00%

Aug.

38

Retailer-owned wholesale cooperative

Strack & Van Til; Ultra Foods; Town & Country Markets

Joilet Ill. 

Ken Nemeth / president and CEO

Officials at the wholesaler said corporate retail store sales represented about 38% of total sales for the fiscal year ended in September.

54

57

Grocery Outlet Inc.

1.9

1.7

11.76%

Dec.

261

Discounter

Grocery Outlet Bargain Market

Emeryville Calif.

Eric Lindberg and MacGregor Read / co-CEOs

56

60

Big Y Foods Inc.

1.8

1.6

12.50%

Dec.

77

Traditional supermarket; convenience store

Big Y; Big Y Express (fuel and C-store); Table & Vine Fine Wines and Liquor; Fresh Acres Market

Springfield Mass. 

Donald D'Amour / chairman and CEO

56

54

The Fresh Market Inc.

1.8

1.9

-5.26%

Jan.

176

Traditional supermarket

The Fresh Market

Greensboro N.C. 

Richard A. Anicetti / president and CEO

56

56

Saker ShopRites Inc.

1.8

1.8

0.00%

Oct.

29

Traditional supermarket

ShopRite

Freehold N.J.

Richare Saker / president and CEO

59

57

Superior Grocers

1.7

1.7

0.00%

Dec.

45

Traditional supermarket

Superior Grocers

Santa Fe Springs Calif.

Mimi Song / president and CEO

59

57

Woodman's Food Market Inc.

1.7

1.7

0.00%

Sept.

16

Traditional supermarket

Woodman's Markets

Janesville Wis.

Phil Woodman / president

61

60

99 Cents Only Stores LLC

1.6

1.6

0.00%

Jan.

395

Dollar chain

99 Cents Only

Commerce Calif.

Geoffrey J. Covert / president and CEO

61

68

Amazon.com

1.6*

1.3*

23.08%

Dec.

0

Online retailer

Seattle

Jeffrey P. Bezos / chairman; president and CEO

Estimated consumables sales represent an assumed 2% share of estimated or reported total North America sales for fiscal 2016 ended December 2016 and fiscal 2015. For fiscal 2016 estimated North America and worldwide total sales were $77.9 billion and $134.2 billion respectively; up from reported 2015 North America and worldwide levels of $59.5 billion and $107 billion respectively.

61

60

Village Super Market Inc.

1.6

1.6

0.00%

July

29

Traditional supermarket

ShopRite

Springfield N.J.

James Sumas / chairman and CEO

64

63

Affiliated Foods Inc.

1.5

1.5

0.00%

Sept.

0

Wholesaler

Amarillo Texas

Randy Arcenaux / president and CEO

64

63

Bashas' Inc.

1.5

1.5

0.00%

Dec.

116

Traditional supermarket

Bashas'; Eddie's Country Store; AJ's Fine Foods; Food City; Bashas' Dine

Chandler Ariz.

Edward "Trey" Bahsa III / chairman; president and CEO 

64

65

Bodega Latina

1.5

1.4

7.14%

Dec.

58

Hispanic format

El Super

Paramount Calif.

Carlos Smith / president and CEO

67

65

Coborn's Inc.

1.4

1.4

0.00%

Dec.

106

Traditional supermarket; discount format; online retail

Coborn's; Coborn's Express; Cash Wise Foods; Save-A-Lot; Little Duke's; Holiday Station; Ace Hardware; Subway

St. Cloud Minn.

Chris Coburn / president and CEO

67

65

Piggly Wiggly Midwest

1.4

1.4

0.00%

Dec.

115

Traditional supermarket; company-owned and franchised stores

Piggly Wiggly; Butera Market

Sheboygan Wis. 

Paul Butera / chairman and CEO

69

68

Fareway Stores Inc.

1.3

1.3

0.00%

Oct.

115

Traditional supermarket

Fareway; Omaha Meat Market

Boone Iowa

Reynolds W. Cramer / CEO

69

68

Inserra Supermarkets Inc.

1.3

1.3

0.00%

Dec.

23

Traditional supermarket

ShopRite; Price Rite

Mahwah N.J.

Lawrence Inserra Jr. / chairman and CEO

71

71

Brookshire Brothers

1.2

1.1

9.09%

April

258

Traditional supermarket; c-stores;

Brookshire Brothers (+Pharmacy; +Express); Cormie's Grocery; Tobacco Barn; David's; David's Express; Pecan Foods

Lufkin Texas

Jerry Johnson / CEO

72

72

Rouses Enterprises LLC

1.1

1.0

10.00%

Dec.

54

Traditional supermarket

Rouses Markets

Thibodaux La.

Donald Rouse Jr. / president and CEO

Estimated sales growth of 10% reflects October 2016 acquisition of nine LeBlanc's Food Stores as well as organic increase of a net two stores for the fiscal year ended December 2016.

73

72

Northgate Gonzalez Markets LLC

1.0

1.0

0.00%

Dec.

41

Hispanic format

Northgate Gonzalez Market

Anaheim Calif.

Miguel Gonzalez Reynoso and Oscar Gonzalez Reynoso / co-presidents

73

72

Pay and Save Inc./Lowe's Market 

1.0

1.0

0.00%

Aug.

151

Traditional supermarket; Hispanic format

Lowe's Market; Food King; Food Jet (primary banners); Shop 'n Save; Lowe's Family Center; Lowe's Mercado; Lowe's Super $ave Discount Foods; La Feria; Big 8 Food Stores; Ace; Fiesta Foods

Littlefield Texas

Roger Lowe Jr. / CEO

73

72

Vallarta Supermarkets Inc. 

1.0

1.0

0.00%

Dec.

49

Hispanic format

Vallarta Supermarkets

Sylmar Calif.

Enrique Gonzalez Jr. / president and CEO