Friday, June 20, 2008

Top Global Retailers

Following is a chart of the largest global food retailers. Sales figures are for the latest financial year. Companies included must have a third of their sales from food.

Rank Company Headquarters Top Executive Sales in Billions No. of stores
1 Wal-Mart Stores U.S. H. Lee Scott Jr $312.40 6,380
2 Carrefour France José Luis Duran $92.6 12,179
3 Tesco U.K. Terry Leahy $69.6 2,365
4 Metro Group Germany Hans-Joachim $69.3 2,458
5 Kroger U.S. David B. Dillon $60.6 3,726
6 Ahold Netherlands Anders Moberg $55.3 6,422
7 Costco U.S. James Sinegal $52. 9 460
8 Rewe Germany Achim Egner $51.8 11,242
9 Schwarz Group Germany Klaus Gehrig $45.8 7,299
10 Aldi Germany Hartmuth $45.0e 7,788

Source: M+M Planet Retail,

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