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PROFITS
Rank
Company
Global 500 rank
$ millions
% change from 2007
$ millions
% change from 2007
1 Carrefour 25 129,134 11.7 1,862 -40.9 2 Metro 50 101,217 12.1 590 -47.8 3 Tesco 56 94,300 -0.4 3,751 -11.8 4 CVS Caremark 63 87,472 14.6 3,212 21.8 5 Kroger 82 76,000 8.2 1,249 5.8 6 Walgreen 122 59,034 9.8 2,157 5.7 7 Groupe Auchan 126 57,792 14.5 1,064 -19.2 8 Seven & I Holdings 129 56,107 12.7 917 -18.9 9 AEON 140 51,945 16.2 -27 -107.2 10 Supervalu 169 44,564 1.2 -2,855 -581.5 11 Safeway 173 44,104 4.3 965 8.7 12 Woolworths 180 42,196 26.2 1,456 43.3 13 Royal Ahold 187 40,117 -20.9 1,572 -60.8 14 George Weston 254 32,361 5.9 780 48.8 15 J. Sainsbury 261 31,876 -11.0 487 -26.2 16 Wesfarmers 287 30,050 292.3 940 52.2 17 Alliance Boots 301 28,984 21.7 170 748.3 18 Delhaize Group 321 27,874 6.7 684 21.8 19 Rite Aid 337 26,290 7.7 -2,915 N/A 20 William Morrison Supermarkets 344 25,909 -0.2 820 -26.0 21 Publix Super Markets 373 24,110 3.9 1,090 -8.0 22 Migros 379 23,795 25.8 648 -2.7
From the July 20, 2009 issue