The company operates on a strategy of effective and efficient food distribution, conducting its' retail food operations through a total of 2,349 retail food stores that are supplied by 32 distribution centers [REF].
On July 11, 2012, after the close of trading, SuperValu reported net sales of $10.6 billion and net earnings of $41 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, compared to net sales of $11.1 billion and net earnings for $74 million for the year-earlier period.