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Here are some of the leading global food retailers in world. As a beverage producer or a brand owner, pitching your brand into chains may be your next step if you want to grow your revenue. Successfully pitching your brand into chains is a great way to increase your beverage sales.
Every market is different but the fundamentals of what chains are looking for remains the same. On this page you will find a list of some of the leading food retailers.
Wal-Mart stores (USA)
What started small, with a single discount store and the simple idea of selling more for less, has grown over the last 50 years into the largest retailer in the world. Today, nearly 260 million customers visit Wal-Mart more than 11,500 stores under 63 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce sites in 11 countries each week.
Carrefour (France)
Carrefour Europe is a French Hypermarket own by the Carrefour Group located in the city of Coquelles near the Eurotunnel and Calais. Carrefour Group is the leading retailer in Europe and the second-largest retailer in the world, employing nearly 365,000 people. They have more than 10,100 stores in 34 countries.
Tesco PLC (England)
As one of the world’s largest retailers with 476,000 colleagues, they serve millions of customers a week in our stores and online. Their operations in the UK are the largest within the Group, with over 3500 stores and over 310,000 colleagues. Tesco PLC has strengthened the foundations of the UK business.
Metro Group (Germany)
METRO GROUP is everything but simple-minded Over 220,000 employees around the world stand for added value for customers, passion and state-of-the-art retailing. Their powerful sales brands provide private and commercial customers with a broad range of products and services. METRO GROUP offers private and commercial customers a broad array of services in cash & carry and in retail.
Schwarz group (Germany)
Schwarz Group is a private family-owned German retail group that owns and operates the Lidl and Kaufland brands. It is the second-largest retailer in the world, behind WalMart, for revenue. The headquarter of Schwarz group is in Neckarsulm.
Kroger Group (USA)
The Kroger Company is an American retailer founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Kroger Co. is one of the world's largest grocery retailers, with fiscal 2015 sales of $109.8 billion. The Kroger Co. Family of Stores spans many states with store formats that include grocery and multi-department stores, discount, convenience stores and jewelry stores.
Costco Wholesale (USA)
Costco Wholesale is a multi-billion dollar global retailer with warehouse club operations in eight countries. Despite their large size and explosive international expansion, they continue to provide a family atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. They are proud to have been named by Washington CEO Magazine as one of the top three companies to work for in the state of Washington.
ALDI (Germany)
ALDI is a leading global discount supermarket chain with almost 10,000 stores in 18 countries. ALDI is based in Germany, the chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946 when they took over their mother's store in Essen which had been in operation since 1913; it is one of the world's largest privately owned companies. The ALDI group currently consists of 35 independent regional branches with approximately 2,500 stores.
Target (USA)
Target Corporation (NYSE TGT) is an upscale discount retailer that provides high-quality, on-trend merchandise at attractive prices in clean, spacious and guest-friendly stores. Target has 1795 stores in United States. Target has 38 distribution centers in the United States.
Auchan ( France)
An unlisted company, combining family and employee shareholders, Groupe Auchan, now renamed Auchan Holding, is organized into 3 main firms Auchan Retail, which groups together in all countries the existing food retail channels: hypermarkets, convenience stores and e-commerce. Auchan Holding is present in 16 countries, employs are 337,800 people.
ITM (Intermarche) (France)
Intermarché (English translation: Intermarket) is the brand of a general commercial French supermarket, part of the large retail group 'Les Mousquetaires' founded in 1969 under the name EX Offices, by Jean-Pierre Le Roch. EX Offices was renamed Intermarché in 1972. In 2011, Intermarché had 1,800 supermarkets throughout France.
Ahold Delhaize (Netherland)
Ahold Delhaize’s international headquarters is in Zaandam, the Netherlands. Ahold Delhaize is one of the world’s largest food retail groups, a leader in supermarkets and e-commerce, and a company at the forefront of sustainable retailing. Their 22 great local brands serve more than 50 million shoppers each week in 11 countries.
Large retail chains like Costco, Whole Foods, Walmart and Kroger represent significant opportunity to small and mid size beverage companies, but only 2-3% of companies that present their brands are actually picked-up by big chain stores.
You need to be ready to make your pitch count! How do you start? What do large Chains look at when they are deciding to carry a beverage brand? The answers to these questions are something you should consider BEFORE you go in to your first meeting with the execs.
In the below article, you will learn about how to pitch your brand to MEGA chains.
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