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What are the large supermarket chains in America?

1, Wal-Mart: Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), an American global chain, is the company with the largest turnover in the world, and its controlling shareholder is the Walton family. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA. Wal-Mart is mainly involved in the retail industry, with the largest number of employees in the world, ranking first among the Fortune 500 companies in the United States for five consecutive years. Wal-Mart has 8,500 stores in 65,438+05 countries around the world. Wal-Mart has operations in 50 states and Puerto Rico. Wal-Mart has four main business models: Wal-Mart Shopping Plaza, Sam Member Store, Wal-Mart Supermarket and Wal-Mart Community Store.

2. Kmart: Kmart is the largest discount retailer in the United States and one of the largest wholesalers in the world. Kmart's business includes traditional Kmart and Kmart hypermarkets and Kmart supermarkets. Provide convenient shopping in 50 States, Puerto Rico, Guam and Virgin Islands.

3. albertson Company was founded by Joe albertson in 1939. He changed the traditional delivery mode and introduced a brand-new service, such as simple bakery, magazine rack, homemade ice cream, popcorn and vending machine, and became one of the largest food retailers in the United States with high-quality service.

4. Costco: Costco is the largest chain membership warehouse supermarket in the United States, established in 1976, located in Price, San Diego, California.

In 2009, the club was the third largest retailer in the United States and the ninth largest retailer in the world. Costco is the founder of the membership warehousing and wholesale club, and currently has more than 500 branches in 7 countries around the world, most of which are located in the United States. In addition, with its membership card, you can also enjoy low refueling fees.

A supermarket is a supermarket, which generally refers to a store where goods are publicly displayed, customers help themselves, and the payment is settled in one lump sum. It mainly deals in fresh food and daily necessities.

Supermarket is a self-service, open and self-service retail enterprise. It was developed after World War II and first rose in Europe and America. Now there are 200,000 supermarkets in more than a dozen countries in Europe and America.

Supermarkets generally distribute food and daily necessities, with the following main features: ① Small profits but quick turnover, and basically set up shop assistants to handle middle and low-grade goods; (2) The goods are packed in small packages, indicating the weight, specifications and price; (3) equipped with cars or baskets for customers to choose goods; (4) go out and settle the payment at one time.

Reference link: Baidu Encyclopedia-Supermarket