This statistic presents the number of employees of the leading 15 supermarkets in the United States in 2019. As of March 2019, Walmart Inc. is the U.S. supermarket with the largest workforce with about 2.2 million employees.
Number of employees of the leading supermarkets in the United States in 2019 (in thousands)*
* Full-time equivalent employees. Full-time equivalent employees are the sum of regular workers plus one-half the number of part-time employees.
Statistic is based on Food Marketing Institute's definition of a supermarket: a grocery store with a minimum of 2 million U.S. dollars in annual sales.
Leading 15 U.S. supermarkets based on sales in terms of all-commodity volume (ACV).
** Aggregate of ShopRite, Price Rite and The Fresh Grocer banners.
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Progressive Grocer. (May 31, 2019). Number of employees of the leading supermarkets in the United States in 2019 (in thousands)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/240842/number-of-ftes-of-the-leading-us-supermarkets/
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Number of employees of the leading supermarkets in the United States in 2019 (in thousands)* [Graph], Progressive Grocer, May 31, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/240842/number-of-ftes-of-the-leading-us-supermarkets/