J. Sainsbury

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J. Sainsbury, trading as Sainsbury's, is a supermarket chain in the U.K., founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury. Its business segments include retail food, general merchandise and clothing, and financial services through Sainsbury's Bank and Argos.&nbsp;

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The corporations on our annual list of the world's 500 largest companies combined to generate $41.7 trillion in revenue over the past year.

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The corporations on our annual list posted aggregate revenues of $41 trillion for the second year in a row.

The corporations on our annual list of the world’s largest companies delivered a record $41 trillion in aggregate revenues.

The first-ever European edition of the Fortune 500, ranking companies by revenue. 

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British supermarket stalwart J Sainsbury has a 15% share of the U.K.’s grocery market. Annual revenue at the group, which includes general merchandise retailer Argos and home furnishings business Habitat, hit $37.9 billion in the year ended Mar. 4, 2023.   
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Aggregate sales hit $37.8 trillion last year—an increase of 19%, the highest annual growth rate in the list’s history.

Total revenue for the world’s biggest companies fell 4.8% to $31.7 trillion this year—the first decline in half a decade.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $33.3 trillion in revenues and $2.1 trillion in profits.

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This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $27.7 trillion in revenues and $1.5 trillion in profits.

This year's Fortune Global 500 generated $27.6 trillion in revenues and $1.5 trillion in profits.

The world's 500 largest companies generated $31.2 trillion in revenues and $1.7 trillion in profits in 2014. Together, this year's Fortune Global 500 employ 65 million people worldwide and are represented by 36 countries.

Global business is back. After limping through a worldwide financial crisis and economic slowdown, the 500 largest companies ranked by revenues shattered all sorts of performance records in 2013: They racked up combined revenues of $31.1 trillion, up 2.5% from 2012, and profits soared 27% to nearly $2 trillion. China’s 95 companies (up from 89 last year) posted $5.8 trillion in revenues. The U.S. has four fewer companies on the list than last year but remains (for now) the country leader, with 128 corporations on the list—including No. 1 Wal-Mart Stores—reporting $8.6 trillion in revenues. 

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J. Sainsbury, trading as Sainsbury's, is a supermarket chain in the U.K., founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury. Its business segments include retail (food, general merchandise and clothing), and financial services through Sainsbury's Bank and Argos.

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