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METRO AG is an international food wholesaler operating in more than 30 countries under the METRO and MAKRO brands, serving as the central management holding company. The company provides food and non-food products to professional customers, mainly HoReCa and Traders, through a multichannel model that combines wholesale stores, delivery services, and digital solutions. Its offerings include assortments tailored to professional needs, digital services through DISH Digital Solutions, a B2B online marketplace via METRO MARKETS, and real estate activities through METRO PROPERTIES. METRO operates through the segments Germany, West, Russia, East, and Others, which include digital units and logistics, IT, and procurement services.

PT Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk is engaged in the business of retail distribution of consumer products in Indonesia. It operates through the Food and Non-Food Products segments. It offers food and non-food products such as cigarettes, rice, cooking oil, sugar, milk, personal and household care products. The company generates maximum revenue from the food segment. Its geographical segments are Jabodetabek, Java (Excluding Jabodetabek), and Excluding Java.

Distribuidora Internacional De Alimentacion SA is a Spain-based company that retails the sale of food products at self-service stores, either owned or franchised. The company conducts business through self-owned stores and franchise stores. It operates stores in Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Argentina. It generates the majority of its revenue from Spain.

Shufersal Ltd is a supermarket chain operator. The company is based in Israel and generates all revenue domestically. Shufersal has three operating segments: retail segment, real estate segment, and Be segment. The retail segment, which contributes the largest portion of revenue, operates neighborhood and regional food stores, a group of organic food stores, and engages in the marketing, manufacture, and sale of both frozen and fresh baked products. The real estate segment includes leasing of various commercial and other properties. The Be segment includes operation of drug stores that mainly sell cosmetics, convenience, and toiletry products. A vast majority of the company’s revenue is generated by the retail segment.

Sendas Distribuidora SA is involved in the consumer goods business. Its cash and carry operations involve sales of items of grocery, food, perishable, beverage, wrapping, hygiene, and cleaning products, among others. Its customers include prepared food retailers (including restaurants, pizzerias, and snack bars), end-users (including schools, small businesses, religious institutions, hospitals, and hotels), conventional retailers such as grocery stores and neighborhood supermarkets, and individuals. Its stores are located throughout Brazilian states.

VinCommerce is a Hanoi-headquartered retailer operating over 3,500 WinMart and WinMart+ stores across Vietnam as part of Masan Group. The company supplies groceries, household goods, and fresh produce to urban and rural consumers, sourcing from local farms and international suppliers. VinCommerce launched its e-commerce arm VinID in 2020, reaching millions of shoppers nationwide.

Sheng Siong Group Ltd is a Singapore-based company that is principally engaged in the retail business. The company operates through the Sheng Siong Groceries chain, with stores located across Singapore. The company offers "wet and dry" merchandise, including fresh and chilled goods (such as seafood, meat, and vegetables), processed, frozen, and preserved food products, and general merchandise (like toiletries and essential household products). The company has its own distribution network, food-processing facilities, and warehousing facilities. The Group operates in one segment, which relates to the provision of supermarket supplies and supermarket operations. The Group’s operations are mainly located in Singapore.

Yonghui Superstores Co Ltd is engaged in the operation of regular chain supermarkets in China. It sells a variety of food products, household products, and supplies. Its product categories include Fresh food division, Food Products division, Clothing division, and Processing division.

H2O Retailing Corp is a Japan-based retailer that provides a broad range of merchandise to meet consumers’ needs, from daily needs to special products. The company’s core business is the department store business, which includes both the Hankyu and Hanshin department store chains. Superstore business is the company’s another major business arm, including the Izumiya and Hankyu Oasis store chains. H2O Retailing also runs a specialty store business, engaged in providing cosmetics, ladies' footwear, and other products and services. In addition to retail businesses, the company operates other businesses as well, such as hotels and restaurants.

Woolworths Holdings Ltd is a southern hemisphere retail Group. Its current operations are conducted through its two operating subsidiaries. The segments involve: Fashion, Beauty and Home; Food; Logistics; Woolworths Financial Services; Country Road Group; and Treasury. It derives maximum revenue from Food Segment. Geographically, It operates iun South Africa, Australia and New Zealand and Rest of Africa.

Kobe Bussan Co Ltd is a Japan-based company that operates through four business divisions: Business Supermarket, Restaurant and Ready-Meal, Eco-Renewable Energy, and Others. The Business Supermarket segment runs Gyomu Super stores offering affordable domestic and imported food products. The Restaurant and Ready-Meal segment operates buffet and delicatessen chains such as Kobe Cook World Buffet, Premium Karubi, and Chisouna. The Eco-Renewable Energy segment generates electricity from nineteen solar and one woody biomass power plant. The Others segment includes tourism and related businesses. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Business Supermarket segment.

DFI Retail Group Holdings Ltd is an Asian retailer that operates in five segments: Food, Health and Beauty, Home Furnishings, Convenience, and Other Retailing. Food comprises grocery retail and convenience store businesses (including Yonghui, a grocery retailer in the Chinese mainland). Health and Beauty comprises the health and beauty businesses, Home Furnishings is the Group's IKEA business, and Other Retailing represents the department stores, specialty, and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) stores of the Group's Philippines associate, Robinsons Retail.

Migros Ticaret AS is a Turkey-based company that is principally engaged in the retail business. The company also operates in the business lines of online food retailing and ready meals,  payment and electronic money services, logistics services, media, shopping center management, and others.

Sonae MC is a Portuguese food retailer and the grocery arm of Sonae SGPS. It trades through almost 1,000 company-operated stores under a multi-banner portfolio, of which the Continente supermarket chain is the best known, and sells online as well as in store. Turnover in the twelve months to mid-2021 was EUR 5.2 billion with underlying EBITDA of EUR 527 million.

Grupo Comercial Chedraui SAB de CV is a Spanish company engaged in the operation of hypermarkets in Mexico and supermarkets in the United States, and it also has a real estate division. In Mexico, the company operates through two retail formats: Tiendas Chedraui and Super Chedraui, which represent different sizes and depth of assortment. The retail stores in the U.S. are located in three southwest states: California, Nevada, and Arizona. The real estate division is involved in locating, building, and remodelling the stores, as well as leasing commercial space in shopping malls where there are Chedraui stores.

Grupo Gigante SAB de CV is an investment holding company. The company's operating segment includes Retail; Prisa distribution; Restaurants; Real Estate; Corporate, and Other. It generates maximum revenue from the Retail segment. The Retail segment mainly sells office supplies and furniture as well as office electronics and housewares. Its Restaurants segment operates a family restaurant chain and offers other related services. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Mexico and also has a presence in Chile; Central America; Colombia, and the Caribbean.

Bach Hoa Xanh is a Vietnamese chain of minimarts specializing in fresh produce and household necessities. Operating over 2,000 stores nationwide since its launch in 2015, the Ho Chi Minh City-headquartered retailer sources directly from farms to ensure quality vegetables, fruits, meats, and daily essentials. Bach Hoa Xanh caters to urban and suburban consumers with affordable pricing and convenient locations.

Oishii is a Newark-headquartered vertical farming company producing premium strawberries indoors. The New Jersey-based firm supplies nutrient-dense berries to US supermarkets in packages of eight to 11 fruits priced at $50, leveraging aeroponic technology for year-round cultivation since 2017.