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Kaufland ( [ˈkaʊ̯flant]) is a German hypermarket chain, part of the Schwarz Gruppe which also owns Lidl. The hypermarket directly translates to English as "buy-land." It opened its first store in 1984 in Neckarsulm and quickly expanded to become a major chain in what was formerly West Germany.
The Schwarz Group is an international trading company with 500,000 employees and operates over 12,900 stores (in 2021) across 33 countries. It is made up of the two retail divisions, Lidl and Kaufland . In addition to the retail business, the Schwarz Group also owns brands in the beverage, baked goods, sweets and ice cream sectors.
Lidl. Lidl ( German pronunciation: [ˈliːdl̩] LEE-dəl) is a German international discount retailer chain [3] that operates over 12,000 stores, present in every member state of the European Union, Serbia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. [4] Headquartered in Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, the company belongs to the ...
Number of employees. 43,773 (2010) Parent. Rewe Group. Website. www.penny.de. Penny or internationally Penny Market (in Bavaria and Austria Penny Markt) is a German discount supermarket chain based in Germany, which operates 3,550 stores. [1] The market was founded by Leibbrand Gruppe in 1973; since 1989, it has been fully owned by the Rewe Group.
The Edeka Group is the largest German supermarket corporation as of 2017, holding a market share of 25.3%. [2] Founded in 1907, it currently consists of several co-operatives of independent supermarkets, all operating under the umbrella organisation Edeka Zentrale AG & Co KG, with headquarters in Hamburg. There are approximately 4,100 stores ...
Carrefour's largest store in Bulgaria (9,000 m2) was located at The Mall on Tsarigradsko shose in Sofia between 2012 and 2016. A medium-size Kaufland store in Sofia (2007) A medium-size Billa store in Pleven (2006) An example of a smaller Billa store, built inside a shopping center in Silistra (2009) A Technopolis store in Sofia's Mladost ...
In Portugal, there are a considerable number of hypermarket chains in operation, including Continente (the biggest and the first Portuguese chain to go international), Auchan, Pingo Doce, Lidl and Intermarché. Most of these chains also operate supermarkets and smaller stores. Auchan.
Aldi (stylised as ALDI [6]) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 12,000 stores in 18 countries. [7] [8] The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, when they took over their mother's store in Essen. The business was split into two separate ...