WASHINGTON -- Eleven convenience-store retailers, beginning with 7-Eleven, were named to the 2008 Top 100 Retailers list put together by STORES magazine, while five ranked among the Top 400 chain-restaurant brands as determined by Restaurants & Institutions magazine.
The top retailers list was determined based on annual revenue, which is estimated for private or closely held companies, according to the STORES reports.
The c-store chains on the Top 100 Retailers list in order of position and including their 2007 revenues are:
29.) 7-Eleven, Dallas, $13 billion
31.) Alimentation [image-nocss] Couche-Tard, Laval, Quebec, $12.1 billion
39.) Valero Energy, San Antonio, $8.9 billion
49.) Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Oklahoma City, $7 billion
50.) The Pantry, Sanford, N.C., $6.9 billion
58.) TravelCenters of America, Westlake, Ohio, $6.2 billion
68.) RaceTrac Petroleum, Atlanta, $5 billion
70.) Casey's General Stores, Ankeny, Iowa, $4.8 billion
75.) QuikTrip, Tulsa, Okla., $4.5 billion
84.) Sheetz, Altoona, Pa., $3.9 billion
97.) Wawa, Wawa, Pa., $3.3 billion
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Meanwhile, Restaurants & Institutions' 44th annual ranking of the Top 400 chain-restaurant brands is based on 2007 sales.
Aggregate systemwide sales for this year's 400 largest brands were $292.1 billion, up 5.4% from the previous year, according to the magazine. That's a decent showing, but not as robust as the 6.8% increase posted by last year's Top 400. More telling is this year's 1.9% increase in total foodservice units, which is less than half of last year's 3.9% unit growth, the magazine reports.
C-store chains on the list and their 2007 foodservice sales, include:
22.) 7-Eleven, $2.43 billion
81.) Wawa, $450 million
84.) Circle K (Alimentation Couche-Tard), $412 million
122.) Sheetz, $293 million
125.) Casey's General Store, $290 million
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