1992 Census of Retail Trade - U.S. Summary
Food stores

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SIC Description_______________________ Estab
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Employ-
ment		 Payroll
Annual
($1,000)		 Payroll
First Qtr
($1,000)
54 Food stores 180,568 369,198,58 2,969,317 37,227,785 8,889,697
541 Grocery stores 133,263 352,558,18 2,682,153 34,425,343 8,238,092
541 pt. Supermarkets and other general-line grocery stores 73,357 314,132,65 2,337,897 31,194,647 7,471,257
541 pt. Convenience food stores 30,748 17,310,965 172,270 1,617,097 377,706
541 pt. Convenience food/gasoline stores 23,035 19,338,037 142,183 1,334,373 323,380
541 pt. Delicatessens 6,123 1,776,530 29,803 279,226 65,749
542 Meat and fish (seafood) markets 8,941 5,040,901 45,139 555,662 132,331
546 Retail bakeries 20,418 5,386,894 157,136 1,407,147 331,994
546 pt. Retail bakeries, baking and selling 18,428 4,829,997 146,986 1,311,341 308,613
546 pt. Retail bakeries, selling only 1,990 556,897 10,150 95,806 23,381
543,4,5,9 Other food stores 17,946 6,212,605 84,889 839,633 187,280
543 Fruit and vegetable markets 2,971 1,809,287 16,258 198,503 40,880
544 Candy, nut, and confectionery stores 5,029 1,223,598 25,504 209,126 47,502
545 Dairy products stores 2,340 514,643 7,879 62,267 14,178
549 Miscellaneous food stores 7,606 2,665,077 35,248 369,737 84,720

Source: 1992 Economic Census: Census of Retail Trade
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