Food Retail and Distribution

Supermarket and grocery store chains, food-buying co-operatives, convenience store operators and food distribution and wholesale companies that sell or distribute packaged food and grocery items to consumers or to other retailers, spanning national chains, regional groups and the consumer co-operative societies that operate as grocery retailers in their own right. This group is kept distinct from the Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail group, reserved for warehouse clubs, big-box discount retailers and drug store chains that sell a broader mix of staples merchandise beyond food.