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where did the walmart number come from? By several sources, they are the largest grocery retailer in the US. In 2012, this article puts grocery revenue at $255
by rgbrenner 9y ago
where did the walmart number come from? By several sources, they are the largest grocery retailer in the US.
In 2012, this article puts grocery revenue at $255b (over twice krogers revenue):
http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/31/news/companies/walmart-grocery/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/31/news/companies/walmart-groce...
And this article says they have 25% of the 700b grocery market:
http://www.salon.com/2013/03/28/will_wal_mart_replace_the_supermarket_partner/ http://www.salon.com/2013/03/28/will_wal_mart_replace_the_su...
And this article says "Wal-Mart's biggest revenue driver is food (55%)".. and walmart has 485b in total revenue:
https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/16/kroger-wal-mart-likely-to-enjoy-market-share-gains.aspx https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/16/kroger-wal...
- tzs 9y agohttps://www.statista.com/statistics/197899/2010-sales-of-supermarket-chains-in-the-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/197899/2010-sales-of-sup... Different sources give different rankings, often very different. I picked that one because it was the only one I found at the time that put Whole Foods at #6, so at least might be the ordering the article author was thinking of. It's also not clear how largeness should be measured. Some lists seem to be by sales. Some seem to be by number of stores. Some seem to be by number of employees. It's not always clear which a given list is using.
- rgbrenner 9y agothat site displays a lot of statistics, but has no references. its anyones guess where that data came from (and how long ago)