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franchised), those store count decreasing from 190 to 36 stores during the year as they are
converted over to the Jumbo banner.
EB Identities: Jumbo, ‘O’ Lacy, C1000 and C1000 Basic
EB skus: 1,000+ (E)
Profile: You could call 2011, a highlight year for Jumbo—still busy converting the Super de Boer
banner stores over to Jumbo format. Jumbo paid € 553 to buy that chain in 2009 of some 300+
stores (including franchised affiliates). Jumbo’s encore came in November 2011 with its
announced plans to take over the C1000 supermarket chain of some 412 stores from the private
equity firm, CVC Capital Partners. C1000 operates as a € 4 billion food wholesaler, supplying
goods and services to independent retailers in The Netherlands, who are licensed to operate
supermarkets under the C1000 banner, served by six distribution centers. In 2008, CVC had
purchased 73.2% of C1000 (formerly called Schuitema—owned by Ahold of the Netherlands).
Jumbo’s takeover of C1000 was finally cleared in February 2012 by the competition authority in
The Netherlands, thus giving Jumbo—minus the divestment of some 18 stores—another 400+
C1000 stores in its operation. Bottom line: Jumbo emerges as a wholesaler-retailer with annual
revenues of € 7.5 billion ($10 billion+), overseeing some 700+ stores, and with an 23% market
share in the country—second only to Ahold’s Albert Heijn supermarket chain (more than 800
stores and a market share of about 33%).
Procurement Contacts: N/A
K-VA-T FOOD STORES, INC.
201 Trigg St., Abingdon, VA USA
Tel: (276) 628-5503; (800) 826-8451
Fax: (276) 623-5440
www.foodcity.com
Total 2011 Sales: $2 Billion+ (E)
Percentage of Sales in Exclusive Brands (Pri ate & De igner): N/A
Principal Business: While the Food City banner traces back to 1918, family owned K-Va-T Food
Stores took control of the chain, having started out as a Piggly Wiggly franchisee. The Food City
chain has since grown to 93 supermarkets (75 with pharmacies) in Southeast Kentucky, Southwest
Virginia, and Northern Tennessee. Also, the company operates 11 Super Dollar Discount Food