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301. Alliance Boots

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Financials: Latest Results

Rank: 301 (Previous rank: 340)
CEO: Andrew Hornby
Employees: 64,366
Address: Baarerstrasse 78
Zug, 6300
Country: Switzerland
Website: www.allianceboots.com

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	28,983.9	21.7
Profits	170.2	748.3
Assets	27,197.6	—
Stockholders' equity	5,994.2	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	0.6
Assets	0.6

Industry: Food and Drug Stores

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Carrefour	25	129,133.9
2	Metro	50	101,216.7
3	Tesco	56	94,300.4


4	CVS Caremark	63	87,471.9
5	Kroger	82	76,000.0
6	Walgreen	122	59,034.0
7	Groupe Auchan	126	57,792.1
8	Seven & I Holdings	129	56,107.1
9	AEON	140	51,944.6
10	Supervalu	169	44,564.0
11	Safeway	173	44,104.0
12	Woolworths	180	42,195.7
13	Royal Ahold	187	40,116.7
14	George Weston	254	32,360.6
15	J. Sainsbury	261	31,876.4
16	Wesfarmers	287	30,050.0
17	Alliance Boots	301	28,983.9
18	Delhaize Group	321	27,874.4
19	Rite Aid	337	26,289.5
20	William Morrison Supermarkets	344	25,908.7
21	Publix Super Markets	373	24,109.6
22	Migros	379	23,795.1

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From the July 20, 2009 issue

Figures prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards.
Figures are for fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.

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