Our lives are inseparable from supermarkets, especially those who live in cities. Supermarkets are one of the largest and arguably most profitable industries in the world. There are many supermarket brands around the world, supermarkets are places that people often visit in life, whether it is eating, drinking, using, everything, so what are the top ten largest supermarkets in the world? Today Xiaobian recommends the world's top ten supermarket chains, Wal-Mart ranks first in the world, take a look at it.
Walmart is the world's largest retail company, founded in 1962 by Sam Walton and founded on October 31, 1969, with 8,500 stores in 15 countries. This company is a worldwide chain enterprise in the United States, in terms of turnover, it is also the world's largest company, it can be said to be one of the most successful companies, and it is also the company that has ranked first in the world's top 500 companies for four consecutive years.
Walmart Department Store, Inc., WalMart Inc. (NYSE: WMT), is an American worldwide chain of companies, the world's largest company in terms of turnover, and its controlling shareholder is the Walton family. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA.
Walmart is primarily involved in retail, the world's largest number of employees, ranking first in the Fortune Global 500 for four consecutive years. Walmart has 8,500 stores in 15 countries around the world. Walmart operates in 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. Wal-Mart mainly has four business methods: Wal-Mart Shopping Plaza, Sam's Club, Wal-Mart Stores, and Wal-Mart Community Stores.
Founded in 1964, METRO is a diversified retail wholesale/cash and transport group in Düsseldorf, Germany, with the largest market share in the country and branches in 32 countries.
METRO warehouse supermarket is a retail format that combines supermarket and warehousing, which also saves the company a lot of costs, with an annual turnover of 59.219 billion euros, which is still counted in 2015 and now ranks third on this list.
Tesco is a global grocery and department store headquartered in Cheshire, England, founded in 1919 with stores in 14 countries across Asia, Europe and North America. It began to enter the Chinese market in 2004, and now has 115 Tesco hypermarkets in China, which can be described as a well-developed retailer in China, one of the three major retail companies in the world, and now ranks third.
Founded in 1959, Carrefour is the pioneer of the hypermarket format, the largest retailer in Europe and the second largest international retail chain group in the world. Headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, and opened on 1 January 1958 in the suburb of Annecy, it is the pioneer of the hypermarket format, the largest retailer in Europe and the second largest international retail chain group in the world.
I remember when I was in junior high school, when I heard this name, I always thought it was Chinese, but I didn't expect it to be French. Carrefour ranks second in the list with a presence in 30 countries and regions around the world, with an annual turnover of US$87.474 billion.
Now it has more than 11,000 operating retail units and operates in 30 countries and regions around the world. The Group leads the market with three main business formats: hypermarkets, supermarkets and discount stores. In addition, Carrefour has developed convenience stores and membership-based mass stores in some countries. However, due to the poor operating conditions of Carrefour China in recent years, it was acquired by Suning Tesco.
Founded in the 1930s by a member of the Schwartz family, LIDL is a fast-growing retailer in Germany and currently operates in 20 European countries. Together with ALDI, it drove the world retail giant Walmart out of Germany, and this battle alone made it famous, and now has 7271 stores in the world, which was founded in 1930.
Founded in 1883, Kroger & Company is an American supermarket chain founded in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of 2010, Kroger had 3,619 stores, about 170,000 employees, annual sales of about $19.1 billion, mainly engaged in food stores and pharmacies, so it is still different from the supermarkets that are regularly seen.
Costco Wholesale is the largest membership-based warehouse chain in the United States and one of the largest boutique wine retailers, and in 2009 was the third largest retailer in the United States and the ninth largest in the world. After years of development, Costco is now ranked seventh on this list, Costco is the founder of the membership-based warehousing wholesale club, and is now the sixteenth in the world's top 500 companies.
COSTCO Wholesale, the world's first membership-based wholesale warehousing store, originated in 1976 at PRICE CLUB in San Diego, California, and seven years later in Seattle, Washington. After more than a decade of successful operation, the two companies merged in October 1993 to form PRICECOSTCO and officially changed their names to COSTCO Wholesale in July 1998.
With more than 581 stores worldwide, in eight countries and an annual turnover of over $77.9 billion and the best service for more than 62 million members, Costco is no doubt a leader in wholesale warehousing stores. Costco, the world's largest selling chain of membership-based warehouses and wholesale stores, has been committed to providing members with high-quality branded goods at the lowest possible prices since its inception.
Costco continues to introduce new and distinctive imported goods to increase the variability of the goods, and responds to the reduction of the manufacturer's price or import tax rate at any time to give back to the members. At present, Costco operates hundreds of stores around the world, with a wide variety of products, and many special member-exclusive services and benefits for members, all of which are done to keep customers happy when shopping.
Orezzi is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany, founded by the brothers Karl Albrecht and Theo Albrecht, a century-old company with more than 10,000 stores worldwide.
Founded in 1913, Orezzi is the largest supermarket chain in Germany, and has officially entered the Chinese market, and also has a flagship store on the Internet, opening up more sales channels.
Home Depot is a U.S. retailer of home décor and construction products and services, as well as the world's leading home building materials and supplies retailer, with 2,248 stores in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. Founded in 1978, the company employs more than 355,000 people and is also actively expanding its overseas business, such as now having 5 stores in China.
Home Depot is the American home Depot company. Home Depot is the world's leading home building materials retailer and the second largest retailer in the United States, with Home Depot in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China, with 2,234 chain stores. Home Depot has been named the most popular specialty retailer by Fortune magazine for 9 consecutive years.
Named the most admired professional retailer and most admired company by Fortune magazine in the United States. There are more than 1,200 stores in the United States and 133 stores overseas. Fortune magazine released its latest U.S. Top 500 list on the evening of June 7, Beijing time, and Home Depot ranked 23rd. In June, brandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands was announced, and Home Depot ranked 24th.
Founded in 1902, Target Corporation is an American retail company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the U.S., behind Walmart, but only tenth on this list, with 1,330 stores in 47 U.S. states, and also has an online buying site that has grown over the years to become one of the global retail giants.