Overview of Mercado Industry

• The retail grocery is a $500 billion business
• There are 70,000 grocery stores nationwide among them Ahold, Kroger, and Supervalue.
  The 50 largest companies generate 70 percent of industry revenue.\
• States with the most concentration of mercados are California, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Illinois, and most recently New York, Florida and other east coast states.
• There are 500 major retail grocery-supplier companies that operate 7,000 grocery stores and employ 300,000 workers.
• An increasing number of retail grocery stores are mercados which primarily operate in local Latino and Asian enclaves.
• There is an estimate of 30,000 California mercado workers.
• The mercados in the L.A. county area account for at least 10% of the market share.
• Gonzalez / NorthGate Mercados – 30
• Vallarta (this Company or Mi Pueblo may take over Su Vianda)– 25
• Superior Super - 24
• PLAYERS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA:
• Sea Food City – 15 stores (4 in NorCal); employs about 1500 workers.
• Shun Fat Supermarkets – 10 stores (2 in our area) and employs about 800 workers.
• Lion Supermarkets – 6 stores in our area; employs about 500 workers.
• Ranch 99 Supermarkets – 31 stores in TX, WA, NV and CA. There are 12 stores in our area which employ about 1,500 workers.
• County Square Markets – 3 stores, with about 250 employees
• MI PUEBLO – 13 Stores and (3 pending); about 2,500 employees; about $200 million annual sales revenues.
• Chavez Markets – 6 stores with about 300 employees.
• Plenty of smaller mercados