TABLE 1—

No. of Chain Supermarkets, by Type, in Detroit and Within 15 Miles: Tricounty Detroit Metropolitan Area, 2002

	No. of Chain Supermarkets
City of Detroit
Total supermarkets	9
Full-line grocery stores	7
Supercenters	2
Tricounty Detroit metropolitan area (excluding city of Detroit)
Total supermarkets	151
Full-line grocery stores	123
Supercenters	28
Total supermarkets	160

Note. We did not include wholesale clubs (e.g., Sam’s Club) or limited-assortments stores (e.g., Save-A-Lot), which are generally smaller and offer a more limited variety of foods, in the sample.50