Food Retail World

Company / Annual Report Link	Country of Origin / Ownership	Website Link	Selected Banners / Divisions / Notes
		A & P	A&P, Waldbaum's, Super Fresh, The Food Emporium, Food Basics, Pathmark
		GRUPO PAO DE ACUCAR	Owned by France's Casino Group ; Pao De Acucar, Compre Bom, Sendas, Extra
		AEON	Maxvalu, Jusco, Belc, Kasumi, Inageya, Maruetsu
		AFFILIATED FOODS SOUTHWEST	Harvest Foods
		AHOLD	Stop&Shop, Giant, Albert Heijn, Ica, Pingo Doce, Feira Nova
		ALFA GROUP	Owners of X5 Retail Group ; Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, Karusel
			American Consumers : 8 Shop Rite stores in Southern U.S.
		GELSON'S	Subsidiary of holding company Arden Group
		AUCHAN GROUP	Auchan, Alcampo, RT Mart,Atac, Sabeco, Cityper, SMA
		AXFOOD	Owned by Axel-Johnson ; operates Axfood, Hemkop, Willy's, PrisXtra
		BAGUAR GROUP	Iceland, Julian Graves
		BIG C SUPERCENTER	36% of shares are owned by France's Casino Group
		BJ's WHOLESALE	Wholesale Club Stores in 16 U.S. states
		BLUE SQUARE ISRAEL	Mega, Shefa Shuk, Eden Nature, Blue Center
		CARREFOUR	Carrefour, Dia, GS, Champion, Shopi
		CARULLA VIVERO	Carulla, Vivero, Surtimax
		CASINO GROUP	Libertad, Leader Price, Extra, Pao De Acucar, Geant, Casino, Monoprix
		CCM	Mega, Comercial Mexicana, City Market, Alprecio, Sumesa and Costco through a partnership with COSTCO
		CENCOSUD	Santa Isabel, Jumbo, G Barbosa, E Wong, Disco
		CENTRAL RETAIL GROUP	Has investments in Big C Supercenter ; Central, Robinson
		CITIC PACIFIC	Dah Chong Hong - DCH
		WESFARMERS	Formerly the Coles Group, they were acquired by Wesfarmers in 2007
		COLRUYT	Colruyt, OKay, BIO-planet, Spar
		COOP ITALIA	Annual Report is in Italian only
		CO-OP JAPAN	Made up of 499 member co-ops (293 retail co-ops)
		COOP NORDEN	Made up of Coop Norway, Coop Denmark, Coop Sweden, FDB Group and KF
		KF	Made up of 49 consumer cooperatives in Sweden
		COOP SCHWEIZ	2nd largest Swiss retail group, has 1500 stores
		THE CO-OPERATIVE GROUP	Recently acquired the Somerfield chain also in the U.K.
		COSTCO	Over 500 stores in 7 countries
		COST U LESS	Owned by The North West Company
		D & S	Lider, Presto, Ekono
		DAH CHONG HONG	Retail division of Citic Pacific (above)
		DAIMARU	Parent company made up of 21 subsidiaries. Supermarkets Daimaru Peacock are the core food retailers of the group
		DAIRY FARM GROUP	Owned 61% by Jardine Matheson from Bernuda
		DAVID JONES	Mainly a chain of department stores, select locations have "Food Halls"
		DELHAIZE GROUP	Food Lion, Sweet Bay, Bloom, Hannaford, Delhaize, AB, Mega Image, Super Indo
		DIXY	Dixy, Minimart, Megamart, Vmart
		DOLLAR GENERAL	Over 8000 stores in 35 U.S. states; Dollar General Market, Dollar General Discount stores
		EDEKA GROUP	Germany's number one retailer, banners include Edeka, Martkauf, Globus, Netto and Spar
		EMPERIA HOLDING	Large Polish conglomerate own / operate Eldorado, Stokrotka, Groszek, Milea and many more
		EMPIRE COMPANY	Sobeys parent company owned by the family
		GRUPO EROSKI	Owned by the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation, Eroski and Caprabo are the main retail banners
		EXITO	Exito, Pomona, Ley
		FDB GROUP	Part of Coop Norden, Annual Report is in Danish only
		GRUPO GIGANTE	Sold off many of their stores to Soriana; Super Precio is their food retail division now
		H20 RETAILING COMPANY	Formely Hankyu Department Stores Company; their conglomerate includes department stores and supermarkets
		HARASHIN NARUS HOLDINGS	Harashin, Narus
		HEIWADO	Annual Report is in Japanese only
		HERITAGE FOODS LTD.	Heritage stores, Fresh@
		HUTCHISON WHAMPOA	Owned by AS Watson ; Park N Shop, Taste are their main food retailing businesses
		ICA	Owned 60% by Ahold of the Netherlands
		IDB DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	Israel's largest retailer with 38% market share; Shufersal is the banner
		INGLES MARKETS	Annual report is in 10-k format
		ISETAN	Department store business with large multi-level stores also selling food
		7 and i Holdings Co. Ltd.	Formerly known as Ito Yokado they are in the Top 20 globally
		IZUMI	Izumi's English translation is you me
		IZUMIYA	Annual Report is in Japanese only
		JARDINE MATHESON	Large conglomerate that owns 78% of Dairy Farm Group
		JERONIMO MARTINS	Ahold of the Netherlands has minority ownership of 49%; Pingo Doce, Feira Nova, Recheio
		JOHN LEWIS PARTNERSHIP	John Lewis department stores and Waitrose Supermarkets are their key retail businesses
		KESKO	K-Citymarket, K-Supermarket, K-Market, K-Extra
		KOC HOLDINGS	Effective May 30, 2008 they exited food retailing with the sale of 50.8% of Migros Turkey shares
		KROGER	Kroger, Ralphs, King Sooper, City Market, Fry's, Owens, Quality Food Centers
		LOBLAW COMPANIES LIMITED	Loblaws, Superstore, Save Easy, No Frills, maxi, Provigo, Dominion (Newfoundland)
		LOJAS AMERICANAS	Over 420 stores in Brazil ; Americanas is the banner name
		MAJID AL FUTTAIM GROUP	MAF Hypermarkets joint partnership to operate stores with Carrefour of France
		MARKS & SPENCER	Over 600 stores in 30 countries through direct ownership and partnerships
		MARUI	Annul report is in English but mainly just a business results summary
		MASSMART	Makro, CBW, Shield, Jumbo
		MATAHARI	Matahari, Foodmart, Hypermart
		KINGDOM MEIKLES	TM Supermarkets
		MERCADONA	Just under 1200 stores in 46 provinces throughout the country
		METCASH	IGA, Campbells Wholesale
		METRO GROUP	Among the global Top 10; Metro Cash & Carry, Real
		METRO	Metro, Super C, Loeb, Food Basics, A&P ( Canada only )
		MIGROS	Annual Report is in German only
		MIGROS	Not related to Migros Switzerland above
		MONDRAGON	Owners of Eroski, they are a large conglomerate of businesses in many industries
		MORRISONS	They have over 370 stores throughout the U.K. including those that were part of the Safeway chain acquired in 2004
		MOSMART	File is a business summary not an annual report, great info just the same
		MUSGRAVE	Supervalu, Budgens, Centra, Dial Prix
		NASH FINCH COMPANY	Avanza, Econofoods, Family Thrift Centers, Food Bonanza, Prairie Markets, Sun Mart Foods
		NORGES GRUPPEN	Annual Report is in Norwegian only
		THE NORTHWEST COMPANY	Northern, AC Value Center, Cost U Less, North Mart, Giant Tiger
		NTUC FAIRPRICE	Over 220 stores across Singapore
		ONA GROUP	Marjane, Acima
		PATHMARK	Now owned by A&P the annual report here is their 10k filing for fiscal 2006
		THE PENN TRAFFIC COMPANY	BiLo Foods, Quality Markets, Riverside Markets, P&C Foods
		PICK 'N PAY	Pick ' N Pay, Boxer, Score, Franklins
		PRICESMART	Warehouse Club Stores; 25 locations in Central America and the Caribbean
		PUBLIX	948 stores in 5 southern U.S. states
		REITAN GRUPPEN	Rema 1000
		RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED	Large conglomerate relatively new to food retail but have lots of capital to invest in growth
		REWE GROUP	Huge retailer cooperative ranked among the global Top 20
		RUDDICK CORPORATION	Owners of the Harris Teeter chain
		SAFEWAY	Safeway, Vons, Dominicks, Genuardi's, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Pavilions, Carrs
		J SAINSBURY'S	Sainsbury's, Bells Stores, Jacksons Stores, JB Beaumont
		THE SAVOLA GROUP	Panda, Hyper Panda
		SCHUITEMA	In April 2008 Ahold sold their 73.2% interest in Schuitema to CVC Capital Partners equity firm
		SEARS HOLDINGS	Though mainly department stores Super K-mart stores are comparable to Wal-mart and Target in food offerings
		SEVENTH CONTINENT	Over 120 stores and just under $ 1 Billion in sales
		SEIYU	Seiyu is the Wal-mart investment in Japan
		S GROUP	#2 in Finland; Prisma, S- Market, Sale, Alepa, Kodin Terra
		SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LTD.	Not related to U.S. Shoprite; Shoprite, Checkers, USave
		SHV HOLDINGS	Makro Cash & Carry stores, over 170 locations in South America and Asia
		SIAM MAKRO	Thailand division of SHV's Makro
		SLIGRO FOOD GROUP	Em-te, Golff
		SMART & FINAL	Once owned by France's Casino Group in 2007 they were sold to Apollo Management equity firm
		SOBEYS	Owned by the Sobey family they are no longer publicly traded but remain a subsidiary of Empire Co.
		SOMERFIELD	Now owned by the Cooperative Group
		SONAE	In 2005 they sold off their holdings in Brazil to Wal-mart
		SORIANA	Over 250 stores throughout Mexico
		SPAR INTERNATIONAL	Over 13,500 stores in 33 countries; nothing in North America to date
		SPARTAN STORES	D&W Fresh Markets, Fa,ily Fare, Felpausch Food Centers, Glen's Markets
		SPERWER HOLDING	Annual Report is in Dutch only
		STATER BROTHERS	Over 160 stores in Southern California
		STOCKMANN	Mainly department stores; their food retailing is mainly fresh / perishables...22,000 products according to their site
		SUPER de BOER	Formerly known as Laurus the new name came into effect January 1st, 2008
		SUPERVALU INC.	Acme, Albertsons, Bigg's, Bristol Farms, Shaws, Save A Lot, Jewel-Osco, Lucky
		TAKASHIMAYA CORP.	Large scale department stores
		TARGET	Over 1500 stores ; in 2008 have begun operations in India
		TENGELMANN GROUP	Owners of A&P in the U.S. ; Plus, Zielpunkt, Kaiser's
		TESCO	Fresh & Easy is their U.S. entrance into North America's Food Retail World
		THE SULTAN CENTER	Has a 15% market share in Kuwait with locations in Kuwait, Jordan and Oman
		TOKYU CORPORATION	In 2007 they entered into a resource sharing partnership with Isetan
		TRADEKA	Euromarket, Valintatalo, Siwa
		UNIFIED WESTERN GROCERS	Major wholesaler / cooperative of retailers in the U.S.
		VISHAL RETAIL LTD.	Over 140 hypermarket format stores in 94 cities in India
		WAL-MART	Still growing; in the U.S. they will be launching their Marketside stores to compete with Tesco Fresh & Easy
		WAL-MART MEXICO	Often referred to as Walmex; Wal-mart, Superama, Aurrera are the key food retail formats
		WASGAU AG	Annual Report is in German only
		WEIS MARKETS	157 stores; Weis, Mr. Z's, Weis/Kings
		WESFARMERS	Owners of what used to be known as the Coles Myer Group
		WESTON	Owner of Loblaw Companies Limited; Weston is a large conglomerate with many international ties
		WHOLE FOODS MARKET	The world's largest chain of all natural food supermarkets
		WIHURI OY	Mainly a food wholesaler through their Metro business
		WINN-DIXIE	Emerged from Chapter 11 protection and remains competitive in the supermarket / food retail world of the Southern U.S.
		WOOLWORTHS LIMITED	Woolworths, Safeway, Foodtown, Supervalue, Big W
		X5 RETAIL GROUP	Russia's largest retailer; Perekrestok, Karusel, Pyaterochka