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By the 1990s, food retail organizations began to purchase smaller grocery chains. As a result, how many major grocery retail companies control most of the food market in the United States today?

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The world's largest supermarket chain is U.S.-based Kroger Co., with $119.0 billion in retail revenue in fiscal year (FY) 2017. Kroger is also the third-largest retail company in the world based on revenue, behind Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp. The annual report on retailers worldwide is produced by accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.

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