Scott Moses of Solomon Partners is retained by Albertsons to promote the proposed merger of his client company with Kroger. In a recent article in
Supermarket News, Moses makes a case for the divestment of 579 stores to C&S principally in western and mid-Atlantic states and in Illinois. The article includes a ranking of supermarkets by revenue and numbers of stores assuming that the merger is approved, with C&S acquiring 579 stores and 8 distribution centers.
|
Rank
|
Chain
|
Annual Sales $ Million
|
|
1
|
Walmart+Sam’s
|
321
|
|
2
|
Kroger-Albertsons
|
160
|
|
3
|
Costco
|
98
|
|
4
|
Amazon-WFM
|
64
|
|
5
|
Target
|
55
|
|
6
|
Ahold Delhaize
|
52
|
|
7
|
Publix
|
47
|
|
8
|
HEB
|
34
|
|
9
|
Dollar General
|
31
|
|
10
|
Aldi
|
27
|
With respect to numbers of stores, grocery chains can be ranked as follows:
|
Rank
|
Chain
|
Numbers of Stores
|
|
1
|
Dollar General
|
20,022
|
|
2
|
Dollar Tree
|
16,744
|
|
3
|
Walmart+Sam’s
|
5,214
|
|
4
|
Kroger-Albertsons
|
4,414
|
|
5
|
Aldi
|
2,772
|
|
6
|
Ahold Delhaize
|
2,048
|
|
7
|
Target
|
1,956
|
|
8
|
Publix
|
1,360
|
The list of stores excludes pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreen’s and Rite-Aid.