Companies & Competitors
Use the resources below to gather a better understanding about the companies in the grocery and food retail industry.
Start by looking for information about the larger or publicly-held companies first, since it is a lot more challenging to find private company information.
- D&B Hoovers
Use for company profiles, news, analyst reports, SWOT analyses, executive information, company financials, and more. Note: If you have trouble logging in, try opening the link in an Incognito or Private browser window.
- Search for large public companies, such as Kroger, to retrieve company financial information, analyst reports, SWOT Analyses, company news, and more.
- Mergent Online
Contains extensive public company information including financials, filings, equity and industry reports, U.S. economic information, and much more. Information can be screened, selected, and downloaded.
- Search for large public companies, such as Kroger, to retrieve company financial information, analyst reports, and more.
- PrivCo
A fantastic source for business and financial research on non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed and international unlisted companies. The primary area of focus is on private companies with at least $1 Million in annual revenue or $1 Million in VC/PE funding.
- Search by company name to find information about private companies
- Use the search filter to screen for companies by industry, such as "Food & Beverage Retail"
- Additional options include year of founding, location, employee size, growth rate, etc.
- Mergent Intellect
Use to find companies and competitors by user-defined search criteria, such as size, location, industry, sales, and more. Useful for private company information which includes estimated sales.
- Use Mergent Intellect to find companies in your industry by location.
- Use the advanced search feature and then screen by industry using either the SIC or NAICS code.
- For SIC codes, start by browsing to the 54 Food Stores code to find the most relevant industry code.
- For NAICS codes, start by browsing to the 445 Food and Beverage Retailers code to find the most relevant industry code.
- How to use Mergent IntellectHow-to videos to help you find information quickly in Mergent Intellect.