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Founded in 1919, Loblaw is Canada’s largest food and pharmacy retailer, operating around 2,500 stores and generating over CAD 64 billion in fiscal 2025 sales. Its core operations span two main retail divisions: food (about 70% of sales) and drug, anchored by Shoppers Drug Mart (30%). Loblaw’s grocery banners include Loblaws, No Frills, and Real Canadian Superstore. The company also boasts a robust portfolio of private-label offerings (about 30% of sales), such as its well-known President’s Choice, No Name, and Joe Fresh brands.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc operates a network of convenience stores across North America, Europe, and Asia. The company generates income through the sale of tobacco products, groceries, beverages, fresh food, quick service restaurants, car wash services, other retail products and services, road transportation fuel, stationary energy, marine fuel, and chemicals. In addition, the company operates stores under the Circle K banner in other countries such as Indonesia, Egypt, Macau, and others. Its operation is geographically divided into the U.S., Europe and other regions, and Canada. Revenue from external customers falls mainly into three categories: merchandise and services, road transportation fuel, and others. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the United States.

Mexico-based Femsa is a beverage and retail conglomerate in Central and South America. The holding company owns controlling stakes in bottler Coca-Cola Femsa (47% economic stake, 56% voting rights), in addition to operating 100%-owned retail assets, including convenience stores under the Oxxo banner, drugstores, and gas stations. The firm divested its 15% stake in Heineken and its distribution business in 2023. Coca-Cola Femsa and the Oxxo chain made up 75% of total company revenue and over 90% of profits in 2024.

Dollarama is Canada’s largest dollar store chain that sells a broad range of everyday consumables and household items at low fixed price points, currently capped at CAD 5. General merchandise and consumables make up 90% of total sales, and the rest is from festivity-related seasonal items. The retailer operates more than 1,600 stores across Canada, mostly in convenient locations in metropolitan areas, midsize cities, and small towns. It also holds a 60% stake in South American value retailer Dollarcity, which operates more than 600 stores across Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, and Mexico. In 2025, the firm closed its CAD 234 million acquisition of Australian retail chain The Reject Shop, which operates 395 stores.

Founded in 1883, Kroger is the largest pure-play supermarket operator in the United States, operating roughly 2,700 stores across more than 30 banners. Kroger’s business is primarily grocery-led (roughly 79% of sales), spanning fresh food and private-label offerings, complemented by fuel centers (9%) and pharmacies (12%). The firm also generates income from advertising, data analytics, and manufacturing.

Ahold Delhaize is an international food retail group created by the 2016 merger of Ahold and Delhaize Group. It operates through local supermarket and online retail brands serving customers in the United States and Europe, with additional participation in joint ventures. Its brands sell fresh food, packaged groceries, household goods and private-label products through stores and digital ordering channels. Local businesses retain their customer-facing identities while the group coordinates capabilities such as sourcing, technology and the sharing of retail practices. Revenue principally comes from product sales to household customers, supplemented by the activities of its online retail businesses. For 2025, Ahold Delhaize reported €92.4 billion in net sales, 9,551 stores excluding joint venture stores and approximately 77 million weekly customer visits across stores and online.

Dollar General is a United States discount retailer headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The business began in 1939 as J. L. Turner and Son, and its first Dollar General store opened in 1955. It operates small neighborhood stores selling frequently purchased household products, including food, snacks, health and beauty items and cleaning supplies, alongside apparel, housewares and seasonal merchandise. Its customers purchase goods for everyday use, and the company earns revenue through retail product sales. At the time of the 2007 KKR-led acquisition, Dollar General operated more than eight thousand stores. The business focuses on convenient locations and low prices, with a merchandise assortment designed around recurring consumer needs. It later returned to public ownership through a stock-market listing while continuing to expand its store network.

Founded in 1986, Dollar Tree operates almost 9,000 small-box discount stores across the United States and Canada, offering roughly 85% of its merchandise under $2. The chain targets value-conscious suburban and urban shoppers with a mix of consumables (49% of sales), variety (45%), and seasonal goods (6%). In fiscal 2024, Dollar Tree generated over $17 billion in sales, through its multi-price strategy, higher-margin discretionary assortments, and private-label products that account for nearly one-third of sales.

Metro is the third-largest grocery retailer in Canada (behind Loblaws and Sobeys) and also owns the top pharmacy chain in Quebec, Jean Coutu, following the 2018 acquisition. Its grocery banners include supermarket chain Metro, discounters Super C and Food Basics, and ethnic food grocer Adonis, while its pharmacies primarily operate under the Jean Coutu and Brunet trademarks. Metro operates both as a food retailer and a franchisor, licensing its trademarks and supplying merchandise to registered pharmacists. The firm also acts as a wholesaler and distributor to serve smaller, neighborhood grocery stores. Unlike peers Loblaws and Sobeys that operate chain stores across Canada, Metro’s operations are concentrated in Quebec and Ontario, with no presence in western Canada.

Pan Pacific International Holdings is a leading operator of discount stores and general merchandise stores primarily in Japan, operating 655 stores as of mid-2025 nationally. It offers a wide range of products from packaged food, cosmetics, and household products to consumer electronics. The primary store formats include the Don Quijote discount stores, Mega Donki format, and general merchandise stores operated under FamilyMart UNY. Overseas operations concentrate on North America and Southeast Asia. The group has acquired small supermarket chains in Hawaii and California in the US and also accelerated store expansion across Singapore and Hong Kong.

BJ’s Wholesale Club, founded in 1984, operates a membership-based warehouse club model primarily along the US East Coast, with roughly 260 clubs and a growing domestic presence across 21 states. In fiscal 2025, the company generated over $21 billion in revenue. BJ’s offers a value-oriented assortment skewed toward grocery, perishables, and consumables (72% of sales), general merchandise (11%), and gasoline (17%). Its business model is supported by recurring membership fee income and private-label brands such as Wellsley Farms and Berkley Jensen.

CP All PCL is the sole operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores in Thailand. Almost half of the stores are located in Bangkok and its vicinities, with the remaining located in provincial areas. The company also operates other related businesses, such as bill payment collection services, manufacturing and sale of convenience food and bakery products, sale and maintenance of retail equipment, payment for products and services, information technology services, logistics services, marketing services, educational institution, and training and business seminar services, including catalog sales and e-commerce businesses. The company has four reportable segments: convenience stores, wholesale, retail and mall, and others. The majority of its revenue from Convenience stores segment.

Founded in 1869, Sainsbury's is the second-largest UK grocery chain with around 10% market share. It operates around 600 supermarkets and 800 convenience stores in the UK. The company has diversified away from core food by selling clothing, fuel, and other nonfood items. In September 2016, it took a step further into nonfood retailing with the purchase of Home Retail Group, operating the Habitat and Argos chains (general merchandise and electronics stores), for GBP 1.10 billion.

Dino Polska SA operates a network of medium-sized grocery supermarkets located close to customers' places of residence. The Group's main business activity is the retail sale of multiple products, mainly food, beverages, and fresh groceries, including culinary meat products. Sales revenue is recognized at the point of transfer of goods to customers. The company conducts retail sales through non-specialized stores where food, beverages, and tobacco products predominate.

Bim Birlesik Magazalar AS is a Turkey-based company that is engaged in operating retail stores through its retail shops throughout Turkey, which sell an assortment of items, including a number of private label products which includes Fresh Meat Products, Milk and milk products, Beverages, Legumes and Bakery, Snacks and Sweets, Fruits and Vegetables, Frozen Food, Cleaning Supplies, Oils and Cosmetics and papers. The company also operates abroad including in Morocco and Egypt.

Zabka Group provides the ultimate convenience ecosystem. It has three basic business units: Zabka Polska focuses on retail activities for the operational and commercial aspects of the business, including the running and development of the modern physical convenience store network and the nationwide logistics network, Zabka International is responsible for the development of new markets and supervises the implementation of the foreign expansion, and Zabka Future is responsible for accelerating the creation of a digital convenience ecosystem with synergies between its parts and ensuring optimal technology for the multi-directional development of Group. It also includes Maczfit, which is a direct-to-consumer meal provider.

El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV is a retail company that operates throughout Mexico in three business segments: Liverpool, which offers clothing, home goods, furniture, and cosmetics in Liverpool stores as well as boutique locations; Suburbia, which includes Suburbia stores selling consumer products of its own brands; The credit segment is a complement to the Liverpool and Suburbia commercial segment. The company finances its clients in the form of Liverpool and Suburbia departmental credit cards, which customers can buy exclusively at company stores and real estate, which leases commercial space to tenants of its Galeria shopping malls. The Liverpool segment brings in the majority of revenue, with the Maximum portion coming from Mexico City and the surrounding areas.

Pepco Group NV is a pan-European, multi-format discount chain of multi-branch stores under the Pepco, Dealz, and Poundland brands. The group's stores offer clothing, home furnishings, including toys and seasonal products, as well as FMCG products. The revenue is derived from geographical segments, namely the United Kingdom, Poland, the Republic of Ireland, and the Rest of Europe.

Axfood AB operates food retail and wholesale businesses in Sweden. The company operates various food retail grocery chains, discount stores, hypermarkets, restaurants, cafes, and pharmacies through different brands. The company's operating segments include Willys, Hemkop, Dagab, City Gross, and Snabbgross. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Willys segment, which is a discount grocery chain, offering various products in both group-owned stores and online. This segment also includes the partly owned cross-border grocery chain Eurocash.

Central Retail Corp PCL is a multi-format and multi-category retailing platform in Thailand. It is a pioneer in omnichannel retailing in Thailand, complementing its retail store network and merchandise offerings with positions among store-based retailers in online traffic. The company operates under a diverse slate of retail banners divided into three segments: Hardline, Food Products, and Fashion. The majority is generated from Food Products. Geographically, the majority of revenue is from Thailand.

Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc is a retailer of closeout merchandise and excess inventory. The company sells name brand household related items that consumers use in their everyday lives at prices that are heavily discounted below traditional retailers. It offers customers a broad selection of brand name products, including housewares, bed and bath, food, floor coverings, health and beauty aids, books and stationery, toys, and electronics. It operates stores across the Eastern half of the United States. Its differentiated go-to-market plan is characterized by a fun and engaging treasure hunt shopping experience, compelling customer value proposition, and witty, humorous in-store signage and advertising campaigns.

Pricesmart Inc is principally engaged in operating U.S.-style membership shopping warehouse clubs that offer consumer goods at low prices. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States, and operates stores in the Caribbean, Costa Rica, Panama, and other regions. The company's revenue consists of net warehouse club sales from merchandise sales, membership income from annual membership fees, export sales, and other income. Its operations consist of four reportable segments; Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, and the United States. A majority of the company's revenue is derived from Central America.

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc offers a specialty grocery experience featuring an open layout with fresh produce at the heart of the store. Sprouts inspire wellness naturally with a carefully curated assortment products paired with purpose-driven people. The company continues to bring products made with lifestyle-friendly ingredients such as organic, plant-based, and gluten-free. It approximately has 407 stores in nearly 23 states. The Company has one operating segment that is healthy grocery stores.

B&M European Value Retail PLC is a retailer offering a targeted range of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and general merchandise products at consistently low prices. It operates under an everyday low-price and cost-focused model, emphasizing operational efficiency and affordability for customers. The Group is a European variety discount retailer providing products at low prices through its stores. The Group operates through three segments: B&M UK, Heron UK, and B&M France, with B&M UK generating the maximum revenue.

Trial Holdings Inc is a holding company. Along with its subsidiaries, it operates in the following reportable segments: Retail Distribution Business and Retail AI Business. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Retail Distribution Business, which operates discount stores across Japan, ranging from small to large, along with medium-sized supercenters. The product lineup of the stores focuses on food (especially fresh foods), and non-food items include daily necessities and hard goods. The Retail AI Business segment is mainly involved in research and development aimed at transforming stores into smart stores, as well as the sale of products and the outsourcing of services related to smart stores. In addition, the group is involved in real estate and resort-related businesses.

Boxer Retail Ltd is engaged in the retail of food, health and beauty products, general merchandise and liquor, including additional value-added-services, in South Africa and Eswatini. The company has one operating segment, namely Boxer Group that includes all retail operations under the Boxer Superstores, Boxer Build and Boxer Liquors brands selling products such as groceries, general merchandise and liquor.

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.

Weis Markets Inc is a U.S.-based company that is principally engaged in retailing food products in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. The company's products mainly belong to the following categories: center-store goods, fresh goods, pharmacy services, fuel, and others. The center-store goods include groceries, dairy products, frozen foods, alcoholic beverages, and general merchandise items. The fresh goods include meats, seafood, floral, prepared foods, and bakery products. The center-store goods and fresh goods jointly account for the majority of the company's total revenue.

Seria Co Ltd is a Japanese discount retailer. The business operates under the "100 yen" price concept. The "100 yen" shop stocks various products, from clothing to stationery, and each item is priced at 100 yen. These shops keep prices down by purchasing goods internationally and in large quantities. The company operates stores, wholesale and franchisees, offering consumer products. The company offers a variety of goods, such as food products, clothes, kitchen and electrical appliances, cosmetics, accessories, health products, cleaning products, outdoor products, and seasonal products. Seria is also commercializing its own private-brand products.

Wangfujing Group is a publicly listed Chinese retail operator headquartered in Beijing. It operates department stores, shopping centres, outlets and other consumer retail formats across multiple Chinese regions. The group sells merchandise directly to consumers and also earns income from commercial-space leasing and services provided within its retail properties. Its physical store network gives it access to large volumes of consumer transactions and established relationships with brands and suppliers. Wangfujing contributed CNY 400 million for 5.56% of CCB Consumer Finance in 2023. Its participation gives the lender access to retail consumption scenarios that complement China Construction Bank's financial infrastructure and BSAM's municipal investment role. The investment was a strategic minority holding rather than an ordinary purchase of listed securities.

Ingles Markets Inc is a U.S.-based company that is principally engaged in operating a supermarket chain. The company operates the business in the southeast United States, mainly in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, with a few stores in Virginia and Alabama as well. The company locates its stores majorly in suburban areas, small towns, and neighborhood areas. It offers a broad range of goods, including food products, pharmacies, health and beauty care products, and general merchandise. The retail business contributes the majority of the company's revenue. The company's real estate ownership of a material portion of total stores enables it to generate rental income.

M. Yochananof & Sons (1988) Ltd operates a chain of supermarkets. The company provides meat, fish, fast food, food, vegetables and fruits, grains, pharmacy and cleanliness, breads, cheese, and drinks.

Max Stock Ltd operates a chain of departmental stores. The stores offer school supplies, tools and hardware, clothing items, toys, plasticware, gifts and accessories, baking utensils, furniture, home decor items, and other products.

Europris ASA is a Norwegian discount store company. The group consists of two segments, Norway and Sweden. The Norwegian segment includes Europris ASA, Europris Holding AS, Europris AS, Europris Butikkdrift AS, Lekekassen Holding AS, and Strikkemekka Holding AS. The Swedish segment consists of Runsvengruppen AB, OoB AB, Runsven AB, Runsven Fastighets AB, and OoB Finans AB. The group operates a chain of stores in the discount variety retail sector and online stores that sell consumer goods, including sales to franchise stores. Retail sales are usually settled in cash or by debit or credit cards.

Pick N Pay Stores Ltd is a South African multiformat and multichannel retailer. The company operates in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Mauritius, Swaziland, and Lesotho. The company offers food and groceries, clothing, general merchandise, and services across multiple store formats, both franchised and owned. The customer base is mainly represented by middle-income South African consumer. The portfolio of stores is composed of supermarkets, hypermarkets, local shops, express shops, clothing shops, liquor stores, and others.

Yesway Inc is a U.S.-based convenience store operator that manages retail locations under the Yesway and Allsup's brands. Its stores offer foodservice products, grocery items, and private-label products. The company operates in rural and suburban markets across the Southwest and Midwest regions of the United States. It derives its revenue in the United States by operating convenience stores that offer merchandise, fuel, and other products and services designed to appeal to the convenience needs of the customers.

Hangzhou Jiebai Group Co Ltd is a China-based company engaged in general merchandise retailing.

Philippine Seven Corp and its subsidiaries are mainly involved in the business of retailing, merchandising, buying, selling, marketing, importing, and exporting all kinds of grocery items, dry goods, foodstuffs, beverages, drinks, and all kinds of consumer needs and in connection therewith, operating warehouses, storage, delivery vehicles, and similar facilities. It is also engaged in the management, development, sale, exchange, and holding of investments and real estate of all kinds. It has one segment which is Store operations segment.

Eureka Forbes Ltd is engaged in manufacturing, selling, renting, and servicing of vacuum cleaners, water purifiers, trading in electronic air cleaning systems, etc. Its main revenue is generated from the sale of water purifiers, spares, and servicing. Geographically, the company derives a majority of its revenue from its customers in India.

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc operates natural and organic grocery and dietary supplement stores. It offers the following product categories: natural and organic food, dietary supplements, natural body care, household, pet care products, books, and handouts. The Company has a single reporting segment, natural and organic retail stores, through which business is conducted. The company generates the majority of its revenue from grocery products and dietary supplements, and the rest from other products.

Village Super Market Inc operates a chain of ShopRite supermarkets, a few of which are in northern New Jersey, southern New Jersey, Maryland, and in northeastern Pennsylvania. The company is a member of Wakefern Food Corporation (Wakefern), a retailer-owned food cooperative and owner of the ShopRite name. It consists of one operating segment, the retail sale of food and nonfood products.

Beijing Hualian Department Store Co Ltd is engaged in the operation and management of shopping centers and cinemas. Geographically the activities are carried out in China.

Tokmanni Group Corp is a variety discount retailer operating in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark, offering affordable prices, a diverse product range, and integrated online and store networks. Its revenue is derived from grocery products such as food, beverages, household paper, cleaning products, and cosmetics, and non-grocery products including apparel, home and living, garden, and leisure items. The Group consists of the Tokmanni and Dollarstore segments, where the Tokmanni segment generates maximum revenue and includes Tokmanni, Click Shoes, and Shoe House stores and online platforms, while the Dollarstore segment includes Dollarstore and Big Dollar stores. Finland generates the majority of its revenue.

Borosil makes and sells consumer glassware, including borosilicate and opal glass items, plus kitchen and storage products and microwave-safe tableware. It sells through retail stores, e-commerce and distributors in India. It is headquartered in Mumbai.

Nilkamal makes moulded plastic furniture, crates, storage products and mattresses, and sells under Nilkamal and @home brands in retail stores. It serves both households and industrial customers in India and abroad. It is headquartered in Mumbai.

Stove Kraft makes kitchen and home appliances such as gas stoves, cookware, pressure cookers and mixers under the Pigeon and Gilma brands. It sells through retail, e-commerce and institutional channels in India. It is headquartered in Bengaluru.

Grupo Casas Bahia SA is an omnichannel retailer with national reach, serving millions of consumers through brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce (1P and marketplace), using Casas Bahia, Ponto, and Extra.com brands. The company also provides credit card services to clients. The company operates through two traditional retail brand chains in Brazil: Casas Bahia and Pontofrio. The Company sells consumer electronics, home appliances, furniture, and other domestic items. It also offers services, such as intermediation in the sale of extended warranty, equipment installation, marketplace, and financial and operational services such as installment sales and co-branded credit cards.

Multi Retail Group Ltd is a retail marketing chain of Home, Garden, and Car products. It offers Furniture, Electricity and Lighting, Bath and plumbing, Home maintenance, and Rugs among others.