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Data: North America
Location: Pleasanton, Calif. Top Executive: Steve Burd, chairman, president and CEO Corporate Stores: 1,743 Sales in $ Billions: 44.8 est. Date FY Ended: 1/3/09 Website: www.safeway.com
The 75 largest food retailers and wholesalers in the U.S. and Canada combined to produce $893.08 billion in revenues in 2008, up 7.6% over their total in the preceding year.