Food Stores CEO pay ratio
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A benchmarks for SIC 54. Highest in-industry ratio on this page: Albertsons Companies, Inc. at 541:1.
- Median pay ratio
- 282:1
- Average pay ratio
- 278:1
- Median CEO pay
- $4.6M
- Companies tracked
- 6
Data updated August 2026
Answer first
Food Stores sits at #7 of 63 SIC-2 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio and #57 of 63 by median CEO pay - ratio rank is not dollar rank (6 FY2025 filers, median 282:1 / $4.6M).
Placement uses the same latest-fiscal-year-per-SIC medians as the Industries directory. Median-ratio rank #7 of 63 is not median-CEO-pay rank #57 of 63. Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. Inside this SIC, Albertsons Companies, Inc. currently leads the in-page company list at 541:1.
- Median ratio
- 282:1
- #7 of 63 SIC-2 industries
- Median CEO pay
- $4.6M
- #57 of 63 by median dollars
- Filers
- 6
- FY2025 SIC 54
Ratio bands inside Food Stores
Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 4 complete FY2025 filings in SIC 54. Segments sum to the in-industry set, not the leader bars below.
Food Stores vs all SIC-2 industries
Unique-issuer pay ratios in this SIC as bars , plus live COUNT placement #7 of 63 industries by median CEO-to-worker pay ratio (90th percentile) . Corpus complete-filing median is 87:1; this industry's median is 282:1.
Filing-year trail · SIC 54
Same SIC-2 industry_benchmarks extract across FY2021–2025: median CEO-to-worker pay ratio, median CEO dollars, and filer count per fiscal year. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; they are not inflation-adjusted and do not invent missing years.
- Latest median ratio
- 282:1
- FY2025
- vs prior FY
- -2.5:1
- from FY2024 285:1
- Median CEO $ YoY
- +16%
- $4.6M latest
- Filer count YoY
- -2
- 6 in FY2025
| FY | Median ratio | Δ ratio | Median CEO pay | Δ pay | Filers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 263:1 | - | $6.4M | - | 7 |
| 2022 | 242:1 | -22:1 | $4.5M | -30% | 8 |
| 2023 | 408:1 | +167:1 | $8.1M | +83% | 8 |
| 2024 | 285:1 | -124:1 | $4.0M | -51% | 8 |
| 2025 | 282:1 | -2.5:1 | $4.6M | +16% | 6 |
Source: PlainCEOPay industry_benchmarks for SIC 54 (Food Stores), FY2021–2025. Each row is one fiscal-year cohort median, not a company-level panel.
Lower-third median CEO pay
Food Stores in the higher-ratio third
Food Stores median CEO pay $4.6M sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries (#57 of 63 by dollars). Food Stores (SIC 54) posts a higher-third median CEO-to-worker pay ratio of 282:1 across 6 FY2025 SEC filers.
Inside this hotter-ratio band, the 25th percentile CEO earned $2.9M while the 75th earned $8.3M - firm size and equity packages still drive wide spreads. When the average (278:1) and median (282:1) stay close, pay practices look more uniform across the sector.
Below: each of the 8 Food Stores companies PlainCEOPay tracks in this SIC , with CEO total compensation, median worker pay, and pay ratios. Company pages compare each filing to this industry median. Figures are from SEC EDGAR filings - not estimates.
According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database, PlainCEOPay's August 2026 refresh processed 2,456 public companies with 1,423 complete FY2025 DEF 14A proxy filings (fiscal years 2021 through 2025) under Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K. See our methodology for parsing rules.
Companies in Food Stores (8 )
| # | Company | CEO Pay | Median Worker | Pay Ratio | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albertsons Companies, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1646972 | $16.8M | $31K | 541:1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Kroger Co Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 56873 | $15.6M | $34K | 457:1 | 2024 |
| 3 | Weis Markets Inc SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 105418 | - | - | 436:1 | 2025 |
| 4 | Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1575515 | - | - | 354:1 | 2025 |
| 5 | ARKO Corp. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1823794 | $5.5M | $26K | 210:1 | 2025 |
| 6 | Ingles Markets Inc Latest filing FY2024 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 50493 | $3.1M | $23K | 137:1 | 2024 |
| 7 | Krispy Kreme, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1857154 | $3.7M | $33K | 111:1 | 2025 |
| 8 | Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. SEC EDGAR DEF 14A, CIK 1547459 | $623K | $42K | 15:1 | 2025 |
Latest filing: 2 of the 8 issuers above have no FY2025 filing on file, so their row shows their newest earlier year (see the FY column). They are ranked here beside FY2025 filers and each carries the marker; the Food Stores benchmark and the lead figures on this page use FY2025 filers only.
Food Stores median CEO pay $4.6M sits in the bottom third of SIC-2 industries (#57 of 63 by dollars). Open Albertsons Companies, Inc. for the in-SIC filing next to this median, or compare every SIC on the Industries directory.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.