A brief look at the Supermarket market.
Clerance Saunders, originator of the idea of a self serve supermarket.
Did you Know:
There about 70,000 grocery stores (excluding convenience stores) in America.
Combined annual revenue of almost $500 billion.
There are about 38,000 US wholesale food distribution companies.
"The specialty food store industry includes about 20,000 stores with combined annual revenue of $20 billion. Major companies include Whole Foods Market and Trader Joe's."
source: marketresearch.com
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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70,000 grocery stores? Jeez. You know, I always wondered what they do with all that food that goes bad. I mean, there's no way they can sell every product before the shelf life is over. With 70,000 grocery stores, that's a lot of left over food!
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