The PG 100: Ranking Top Food Retailers in North America
In 2021, the combined sales of the companies on The PG 100 increased 11% to $2,275 trillion, compared with $2,112 trillion in 2020. Many of these companies were challenged by continued COVID-related tumult, while others benefited from consumers flocking back to foodservice counters and those retailers offering discounts on skyrocketing fuel prices. The past year also saw lots of activity in the mergers-and-acquisitions space, and this is reflected in The PG 100 as well.
Raley’s Supermarkets acquired Bashas’ Family of Stores, creating a new western superchain worthy of being included in Progressive Grocer’s Top Regionals report in 2022. Price Chopper/Market 32 and Tops Markets LLC also merged, while Bodega Latina Corp., a subsidiary of Grupo Comercial Chedraui, bought Smart & Final Holdings Inc. from Apollo Global Management. C&S Wholesale Grocers purchased Piggly Wiggly Midwest, as well as 12 Tops Markets stores that it re-bannered as Grand Union (remember that chain?).
To develop the Annual Report and The PG 100, Progressive Grocer relies on public and private sources, independent research, and proven forecasting techniques. The result is an analysis and annual ranking intended to serve as the definitive guide to the 100 largest retailers of food and consumables in North America, including companies based in Canada and Mexico that may have operations in the United States, and U.S. companies that operate north and south of U.S. borders.
The PG 100
Rank |
Company |
Fiscal Year |
Prior Year |
% Change |
Store Count |
Top Executives |
1 |
$393,247 |
$369,963 |
6.29% |
4,742 |
John Furner, President and CEO |
|
2 |
Amazon (Online and physical stores) |
$239,150 |
$213,573 |
11.98% |
662 |
Andrew R. Jassy, CEO |
3 |
Costco (U.S.) |
$141,398 |
$122,142 |
15.77% |
564 |
Craig Jelinek, President and CEO |
4 |
$137,888 |
$132,498 |
4.07% |
2,726 |
Rodney McMullen, Chairman and CEO |
|
5 |
Walgreens Boots Alliance (U.S retail) |
$112,005 |
$107,701 |
4.00% |
8,965 |
Rosalind Brewer, CEO |
6 |
$106,005 |
$93,561 |
13.30% |
1,926 |
Brian Cornell, Chairman and CEO |
|
7 |
$100,105 |
$91,198 |
9.77% |
9,939 |
Karen Lynch, President and CEO |
|
8 |
Sam’s Club (U.S.) |
$73,556 |
$63,910 |
15.09% |
600 |
Kathryn McLay, President and CEO |
9 |
$71,887 |
$69,690 |
3.15% |
2,278 |
Vivek Sankaran, President and CEO |
|
10 |
$53,699 |
$51,838 |
3.59% |
2,048 |
Kevin Holt, CEO |
|
11 |
$52,269 |
$51,859 |
0.79% |
2,439 |
Galen Weston, Executive Chairman |
|
12 |
$47,997 |
$44,864 |
6.98% |
1,293 |
Randall T. Jones Sr., CEO |
|
13 |
7-Eleven Inc. (U.S. only) |
$41,034 |
$17,801 |
130.52% |
12,973 |
Joe DePinto, CEO |
14 |
$35,964 |
$32,642 |
10.18% |
2,755 |
Guilherme Loureiro, President and CEO |
|
15 |
$34,200 |
$33,746 |
1.35% |
18,130 |
Todd Vasos, Chairman and CEO |
|
16 |
$34,000 |
$31,800 |
6.92% |
420 |
Charles Butt, Chairman and CEO |
|
17 |
$33,022 |
$31,450 |
5.00% |
7,700 |
Bob Palmer, CEO |
|
18 |
Alimentation Couche-Tard (U.S., Circle K) |
$31,128 |
$37,843 |
-17.74% |
7,076 |
Brian Hannasch, President and CEO |
19 |
Costco (Canada) |
$27,298 |
$24,434 |
11.72% |
105 |
Pierre Riel, EVP/COO, Costco International |
20 |
$25,457 |
$24,157 |
5.38% |
258 |
Rick Keyes, President and CEO |
|
21 |
$24,568 |
$24,043 |
2.18% |
2,451 |
Heyward Donigan, President and CEO |
|
22 |
Empire Company Ltd. (Sobeys) |
$22,394 |
$21,063 |
6.32% |
1,547 |
Michael Medline, President and CEO |
23 |
$21,773 |
$19,991 |
8.91% |
408 |
Horacio Barbeito, President and CEO |
|
24 |
$18,200 |
$17,056 |
6.71% |
2166 |
Jason Hart, CEO |
|
25 |
$17,800 |
$18,300 |
-2.73% |
362 |
Joe Colalillo, Chairman and CEO |
|
26 |
$16,306 |
$15,096 |
8.02% |
226 |
Bob Eddy, President and CEO |
|
27 |
$14,900 |
$14,100 |
5.67% |
530 |
Dan Bane, Chairman and CEO |
|
28 |
Metro (Canada) |
$14,486 |
$13,453 |
7.68% |
1,612 |
Eric R. La Fleche, President and CEO |
29 |
Dollar Tree (Including Family Dollar) |
$13,922 |
$13,265 |
4.95% |
16,077 |
Michael Witynski, President and CEO |
30 |
$12,300 |
$11,150 |
10.31% |
285 |
Randy Edeker, Chairman and CEO |
|
31 |
EG America (C-stores) |
$12,254 |
$11,425 |
7.26% |
1,698 |
George Fournier, President |
32 |
$11,900 |
$10,568 |
12.60% |
965 |
Chris Gheysens, President and CEO |
|
33 |
$11,300 |
$10,709 |
5.52% |
922 |
Chet Cadieux, CEO |
|
34 |
$11,200 |
$10,695 |
4.72% |
106 |
Colleen Wegman, President and CEO |
|
35 |
$10,812 |
$10,634 |
1.67% |
3,200 |
Dave Smith, President and CEO |
|
36 |
$10,600 |
$9,850 |
7.61% |
488 |
Laura Karet, CEO |
|
37 |
$9,907 |
$9,175 |
7.98% |
2,365 |
Darren Rebelez, CEO |
|
38 |
$9,600 |
$9,350 |
2.67% |
552 |
Max McBrayer, CEO |
|
39 |
$9,600 |
$8,033 |
19.51% |
419 |
Anthony Hucker, President and CEO |
|
40 |
Grupo Comercial Chedraui (U.S. and Mexico) |
$9,483 |
$7,275 |
30.35% |
579 |
Jose Antonio Chedraui Eguia, CEO |
41 |
$8,900 |
$9,348 |
-4.79% |
156 |
Tony Sarsam, President and CEO |
|
42 |
Costco (Mexico) |
$8,895 |
$8,180 |
8.74% |
39 |
Jaime Gonzalez, SVP/Country Mgr. Mexico |
43 |
$8,206 |
$7,618 |
7.72% |
810 |
Ricardo Martin Bringas, CEO |
|
44 |
$8,120 |
$7,594 |
6.93% |
293 |
Frank Curci, Chairman and CEO |
|
45 |
$8,100 |
$7,795 |
3.91% |
131 |
Grant Haag, CEO |
|
46 |
$7,417 |
$4,010 |
84.96% |
1,406 |
Ari Kotler, President and CEO |
|
47 |
$7,200 |
$5,600 |
28.57% |
630 |
Joseph Sheetz, CEO |
|
48 |
$6,750 |
$6,356 |
6.20% |
242 |
Keith Knopf, President and CEO |
|
49 |
United Natural Foods Inc. (Independent sales only) |
$6,638 |
$6,699 |
-0.91% |
N/A |
Steven Spinner, Chairman and CEO |
50 |
$6,527 |
$4,053 |
61.04% |
0 |
Dominik Richter, CEO |
|
51 |
Demoulas Super Markets Inc. (Market Basket) |
$6,200 |
$5,600 |
10.71% |
87 |
Arthur Demoulas, President and CEO |
52 |
$6,150 |
$6,199 |
-0.79% |
1,431 |
Bruce Thorn, President and CEO |
|
53 |
$6,099 |
$6,468 |
-5.71% |
374 |
Jack Sinclair, CEO |
|
54 |
Alimentation Couche-Tard |
$6,085 |
$6,739 |
-9.70% |
2111 |
Brian Hannasch, President and CEO |
55 |
$5,600 |
$5,250 |
6.67% |
204 |
Shane Sampson, Executive Chairman |
|
56 |
H-E-B (Mexico) |
$5,300 |
$5,184 |
2.24% |
71 |
Fernando Martinez, Director General |
57 |
$5,289 |
$5,142 |
2.86% |
181 |
Darrell Jones, President |
|
58 |
$4,988 |
$4,610 |
8.20% |
198 |
James Lanning, President and CEO |
|
59 |
$4,700 |
$5,119 |
-8.19% |
170 |
Pete Van Helden, CEO |
|
60 |
$4,700 |
$4,175 |
12.57% |
900 |
Leon Bergmann, CEO |
|
61 |
$4,224 |
$4,112 |
2.72% |
196 |
Jonathan Weis, Chairman, President and CEO |
|
62 |
Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) |
$4,000 |
$3,900 |
2.56% |
177 |
Bill Moore, Director and CEO |
63 |
$3,800 |
$3,714 |
2.32% |
180 |
Brad Brookshire, Chairman and CEO |
|
64 |
$3,600 |
$3,450 |
4.35% |
112 |
Todd Schnuck, Chairman and CEO |
|
65 |
Alex Lee Inc. (Lowes Foods) |
$3,500 |
$3,350 |
4.48% |
80 |
Brian George, President and CEO |
66 |
$3,430 |
$3,150 |
8.89% |
1,421 |
Neil Rossy, President and CEO |
|
67 |
$3,400 |
$2,759 |
23.23% |
150 |
John Alston, President and CEO |
|
68 |
K-VA-T Food Stores Inc. (Food City) |
$3,100 |
$2,968 |
4.45% |
136 |
Steven C. Smith, CEO |
69 |
$3,100 |
$2,700 |
14.81% |
265 |
Dean Janeway, CEO |
|
70 |
$3,079 |
$3,134 |
-1.75% |
415 |
Eric Lindberg, CEO |
|
71 |
$2,935 |
$2,700 |
8.70% |
391 |
Barry Feld, CEO |
|
72 |
$2,890 |
$2,400 |
20.42% |
425 |
Dion Houchins, Chairman and CEO |
|
73 |
$2,800 |
$2,620 |
6.87% |
403 |
Robert Obray, President and CEO |
|
74 |
Giant Tiger (Canada) |
$2,515 |
$2,350 |
7.02% |
260 |
Paul Wood, President and COO |
75 |
$2,500 |
$2,466 |
1.38% |
84 |
Charles D’Amour, President and CEO |
|
76 |
Bozzuto’s Inc (Wholesale) |
$2,400 |
$2,300 |
4.35% |
N/A |
Michael Bozzuto, President and CEO |
77 |
$2,345 |
$2,166 |
8.26% |
129 |
Reynolds Cramer, President and CEO |
|
78 |
$2,100 |
$1,887 |
11.29% |
159 |
Jason Potter, CEO |
|
79 |
$2,000 |
$1,000 |
100.00% |
0 |
Yakir Gola, Co-Founder and CEO |
|
80 |
$1,800 |
$1,519 |
18.50% |
19 |
Phil Woodman, President |
|
81 |
$1,800 |
$ 1,455 |
23.71% |
99 |
Il Yeon Kwon, Founder and CEO |
|
82 |
$1,623 |
$1,511 |
7.41% |
120 |
Chris Coborn, President and CEO |
|
83 |
$1,600 |
$1,387 |
15.36% |
65 |
Donny Rouse, CEO |
|
84 |
$1,590 |
$1,464 |
8.61% |
146 |
Roger Lowe Jr., CEO |
|
85 |
$1,530 |
$1,353 |
13.08% |
61 |
Marc Glassman, Chairman |
|
86 |
$1,512 |
$1,458 |
3.70% |
29 |
Robert Sumas, CEO |
|
87 |
$ 1,498 |
$ 1,311 |
14.26% |
52 |
Enrique Gonzalez Jr., President and CEO |
|
88 |
$1,387 |
$1,299 |
6.77% |
54 |
Alice Chen, CEO |
|
89 |
$1,275 |
$1,025 |
24.39% |
170 |
Michal Lagunionek, President and CEO |
|
90 |
$1,254 |
$1,135 |
10.48% |
35 |
Agustin Herran, President and CEO |
|
91 |
$1,204 |
$1,007 |
19.56% |
70 |
Gerald Melville, President |
|
92 |
$1,200 |
$1,155 |
3.90% |
130 |
Rafael Ortega, President |
|
93 |
$1,100 |
$940 |
17.02% |
39 |
Mark Skogen, CEO |
|
94 |
$1,075 |
$965 |
11.40% |
47 |
Mimi Song, President and CEO |
|
95 |
$ 1,055 |
$1,036 |
1.83% |
162 |
Kemper Isley, Chairman, Director |
|
96 |
$845 |
$711 |
18.85% |
41 |
Miguel Gonzalez Reynoso, President and CEO |
|
97 |
$ 43 |
$699 |
6.29% |
1,165 |
Macedonio Garza Hernandez, CEO |
|
98 |
$576 |
$307 |
87.62% |
54 |
Talashi Patel, Co-Founder |
|
99 |
$470 |
$461 |
1.95% |
0 |
Linda Findley, CEO |
|
100 |
$452 |
$420 |
7.62% |
315 |
Andy O'Brien, CEO |
|
Total |
$2,275,651 |
|
11.00% |
|
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