SUPERCENTERS: Sales +4% in 2013
Supercenter sales (Walmart Supercenter, Super Target, Meijer, and Kroger Marketplace stores etc ) grew 4% to $200.3bn in 2013, while store counts increased 3.2% to over 3,800 stores. Growth is expected to continue at a rate of 3% per year into 2018.
A hybrid of a large traditional supermarket and a mass merchandiser, supercenters offer a wide variety of food and non-food items. Stores average more than 170,000 square feet and typically devote as much as 40% of their space to grocery items.