美国Village和Fresh超市会计财务报表对比分析英文版.docxVIP

BFIN/ACTG 441 Financial Statement AnalysisProject#2 Ratio and common-size analysis Village Super Market,Inc. V.S. Fresh Market,Inc. By: Xiaoru Liu 02/21/2016 Summary of Companies: Both Village Super Market and The Fresh Market are grocery retailers that are heavily involved in their communities and strive to bring fresh food for all at a reasonable price. My company, Village Super Market (VSM), also known as Shop Rite, is a retail grocery store that strives for excellence. Village Super Market currently employees over 6,700 employees. There are currently 29 Shop Rite stores operating in northern, central and southern New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. They are all owned and operated by one family (About Village Super Market, Inc., 2015). Their vision is to help families live better lives (About Village Super Market, Inc., 2015). Some of their products and services include, but are not limited to; a bakery, seafood, meat and poultry, deli and dairy, daily household items, frozen foods, fresh produce, baking and cooking ingredients, snacks, candy, organic products, pharmaceuticals, floral services, the ShopRite Brand, alcoholic beverages such as wine and beer, catering services, beauty and health products, etc (Village Super Market, Inc. Weekly Circular Categories, 2015). Competing company, the Fresh Market (FM) is also a good grocery retailer. What started in North Carolina, is now spread across 27 states and has about 169 stores (The Fresh Market, Inc. About Us, 2013). Fresh Market employs about 7,800 employees. Some of their products and departments include; candy, deli and cheese, produce, grocery and dairy, baking and snacking ingredients, prepared foods, floral shop, gifts, seafood, health and beauty products, daily household items, wine selections and their very own Fresh Market Brand of products (The Fresh Market, Inc. Departments, 2013). Answers to Questions 1. Which of the two companies is the more liquid? Is your company’s tre