以美国的沃尔玛、德国的麦德龙、法国的家乐福三大商业巨贾为首的外资纷纷抢滩中国的大中城市的时候,联华、华联、农工商、苏果等一批中资超市如雨后春笋,拨地而起,其连锁店遍及城乡,发展势头迅猛,有的超市的年增长速度在150％以上,联华超市的门店已经突破1000家。截止2000年底的统计,中国连锁超市店铺总数已达7685家。连锁超市的零售额直线上升,连锁百强的销售额近1000亿元。中国本土超市在一片叫好 A number of Chinese supermarkets such as Lianhua, Hualian, Nonggongshang and Suguo have mushroomed when foreign investors led by Wal-Mart of the United States, Metro of Germany, and Carrefour of France are among the largest cities in China. From the ground up, the chain stores throughout urban and rural areas, the rapid development momentum, some supermarkets annual growth rate of 150% or more, Lianhua Supermarket stores have exceeded 1000. By the end of 2000, the total number of chain stores in China reached 7,685. The retail sales of supermarket chains plummeted, with sales of nearly 100 billion yuan. Chinese local supermarket in a good applause