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From: drv@kitc.UUCP (Dennis Vogel)
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Subject: Re: Supermarket chains
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> Wondered if anybody happened to know the answer to this question, or
> where to look it up: What US supermarket chain is the most widespread
> geographically? 

For what it's worth, here are some data on the top 10
supermarkets in the US.  This is taken from "Everybody's
Business Scoreboard", published in 1983.  It contains a
lot of other trivia related to US business.

Dennis Vogel
AT&T Information System1981 Saless

							1981 Sales
1. Safeway Stores (Oakland)				$16.5 billion
   Operates some 2,000 supermarkets in the US
   mainly in the west, with a big division in
   the Washington, DC area.
2. Kroger (Cincinnati)					$11.2 billion
   Has 1,250 supermarkets in 21 states mainly
   in the midwest and south.  Sales includes
   $700 million by 515 SupeRx drugstores.
3. Lucky's Stores (Dublin, CA)				$7.2 billion
   Lucky's 530 food stores, operating under the
   name Lucky and Food Basket (in the west),
   Eagle (in the southwest and midwest), and
   Kash N' Karry (in Florida) do $4.6 billion
   of this sales volume.  Rest comes from a variety
   of other stores.
4. American Stores (Salt Lake City)			$7.1 billion
   Result of a 1979 merger that joined Delaware's
   American Stores (Acme chain) with Utah's Skaggs
   (Skaggs drugstores and Skaggs combination food
   and drugstores), American operates 1,140 stores
   in 28 states.
5. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea (Montvale, NJ)		$6.5 billion
   The once supreme A&P chain, down to 1,500
   stores, losing money steadily.  Germany's
   Tenglemann Group owns half the stock.
6. Winn-Dixie (Jacksonville, FL)			$6.4 billion
   Operates 1,220 nonunionized supermarkets in
   12 southern states and the southern tip of
   Indiana.
7. Southland (Dallas)					$5.6 billion
   The 7-11 operator. Now has more than 7,000
   units in the US, 40% franchised, 87% open
   24 hours.  Also owns the Gristede's
   carriage trade groceries in NY and 265
   automotive stores (Chief Auto Parts).
8. Jewel Companies (Chicago)				$5.1 billion
   The supermarkets-345 of them operating
   under various names-do about $3 billion
   of this sales volume.  Also in the Jewel
   corral are the 280 Osco drugstores in the
   midwest and the 145 Sav-On drugstores in
   California. There are also 240 White Hen
   convenience stores.
9. Grand Union (Elmwood Park, NJ)			$4.1 billion
   Operates 860 supermarkets in 17 states in
   the ease and south.
10.Albertson's (Boise, Idaho)				$3.4 billion
   Operates more than 400 supermarkets in 15
   western and southern states.  Derives nearly
   1/3 of sales from 73 combination food/drug
   stores in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas.