Following is a chart of the largest global food retailers by 1999 volume. Companies included on the list must have a significant proportion of their sales in food. The foreign currency results were translated into dollars at current exchange rates. The information came from the companies or their annual reports, except where indicated below.
Rank
Company
1999 Sales (billions)
Number of Store
Top Executive
1)
Wal-Mart Stores
$164.85
3,978
Lee Scott
2)
Carrefour
$80
8,800
Daniel Bernard
3)
The Kroger Co.
$45.35
3,474
Joseph A. Pichler
4)
Metro AG Group
$39.78
2,114
Dr. Hans-Joachim Koerber
5)
Albertson's
$37.5
2,500
Gary E. Michael
6)
Ahold
$33.81
4,446
Cees van der Hoeven
7)
ITM Enterprises
$33.71 (estimated)
8,528
Pierre Gourgeon
8)
Rewe Zentrale
$32.77
11,680
Hans Reischl
9)
Edeka Group/AVA
$32.74
10,989
Bartholomeus Werberger
10)
Tesco plc
$32.16
821
Terry Leahy
11)
Ito-Yokado
$29.62
18,276
Toshifumi Suzuki
12)
Safeway
$28.9
1,659
Steven Burd
13)
J. Sainsbury
$28.26 (estimated)
905
Sir Peter Davis
14)
Aldi
$27.52 (estimated by M+M Eurodata)
5,809
Theo Albrecht
15)
Auchan
$26.8 (estimated)
1,264
Gerard Mulliez
16)
Tengelmann
$23.96
7,863
Karl-Erivan Haub (ceo, Europe) and Christian Haub
17)
Supervalu
$20.3
479
Michael Wright
18)
Daiei
$20.02
315
Isao Nakauchi
19)
E. Leclerc
$19.97 (estimated by M+M Eurodata)
549
Michel and Edouard Leclerc
20)
Loblaw Cos.
$18.8
581
Richard J.Currie
21)
Casino Group
$16.89
5,883
Christian Couvreux
22)
Delhaize "Le Lion" Group
$16.2 (including Hannaford Bros.)
2,248 (including Hannaford Bros.)
Pierre-Olivier Beckers
23)
Fleming Cos.
$14.64
250
Mark S. Hansen
24)
Lidl & Schwarz
$14.35 (estimated by M+M Eurodata)
3,000
Richard Meyer
25)
Winn-Dixie Stores
$14.1
1,188
Al Rowland
