10. Pantry
Fortune 500 rank: 382
2009 revenue: $5.5 billion
2009 total shareholder return: -36.6%
Investors didn't show the Southern convenience store operator any hospitality: Its stock spiraled downward over the course of the year, due largely to declining sales and profits.
The Pantry was hurt by its location in the hard-hit Southeast region, as well as by shrinking gasoline margins and a tobacco tax. The company hired a new CEO in the fall, but so far the regime change hasn't boosted shares.
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