Top 10 Food & Grocery Retailers in the World in 2021 by Sales

Walmart Inc, Schwarz Unternehmenskommunikation GmbH & Co KG, Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co oHG, The Kroger Co, and Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd are the top 5 food & grocery retailers in the world in 2021 by sales. Cumulatively, the top 10 food & grocery retailers generated retail sales of $1,124,947 million, where the highest retail sales were generated by Walmart Inc ($317,713 million), followed by Schwarz Unternehmenskommunikation GmbH & Co KG ($135945 million), and Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co oHG ($113,203) while the lowest retail sales were generated by REWE Group ($60,385 million). The United States of America-based Walmart Inc is the leading food & grocery retailer in the world (by retail sales). The company reported revenues of $611,289 million for the fiscal year ended January 2023 (FY2023), an increase of 6.72% over FY2022. It is a retailer that operates grocery stores, supermarkets, hypermarkets, department and discount stores, and neighborhood markets. The company’s stores offer grocery and consumables, health and wellness, technology, office, and entertainment, hardlines, apparel, and home categories at everyday low prices. The company served 230 million customers through its 10,500 retail stores under 46 banners in 24 countries and e-commerce platforms and employs 2,300,000 people. Schwarz Unternehmenskommunikation GmbH & Co KG is one of the leading food & grocery retailers in the world (by retail sales). The company reported revenues of $157,983 million in the year 2021 (FY2021). The company owns and operates supermarkets, food stores, hypermarkets, and discount stores. It offers products such as groceries, kitchen and household goods, fresh produce, dairy products, sports, and electronic goods, bread and bakery products, alcohol-free beverages, and garden and hardware goods. It operates stores through two brands, Lidl and Kaufland. The company employs 550,000 people.