Selgros

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Selgros
TypePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1959 (Selgros)
1966 (Fegro)
1989 (Fegro/Selgros)
HeadquartersNeu Isenburg, Germany
Area served
Germany, Romania, Poland, Russia
ProductsCash & Carry Stores
RevenueIncrease €2,997 million (2007)
Number of employees
~14.400 (2007)
ParentCoop (Switzerland)
Websitefegro-selgros.de
Selgros activities in Europe

Selgros is a cash & carry chain in Europe, owned by , a wholly owned subsidiary of Coop (Switzerland). It started in 1989 as a joint venture between Rewe Group (50%) and Otto Group (50%). In March 2008, Rewe took over 100% of the company, and in October 2008 formed the Transgourmet Holding company with Coop. In 2011, Coop purchased the remaining interests of Transgourmet, which included Selgros.[1]

Operations in Europe[]

Country First hypermarket No. of hypermarkets
Germany 1959 45
Romania 2001 23
Poland 1997 18
Russia 2008 11

Romania[]

In Romania, Selgros owns a total of 23 hypermarkets throughout the country, with four stores in Bucharest, two stores in Constanţa, two stores in Târgu Mureş and with one store each in Timișoara, Cluj-Napoca, Iaşi, Craiova, Arad, Oradea, Braşov, Ploieşti, Bacău, Suceava, Galaţi, Brăila, Bistrița, Baia Mare and Alba Iulia.[2]

Poland[]

In Poland, Selgros has opened 18 hypermarkets, with three stores in Warsaw, Wrocław and Łódź and with one store each in Szczecin, Gdańsk, Białystok, Bytom, Radom, Kraków, Poznań, Katowice, Lublin and Siedlce.

References[]

  1. ^ "Selgros | Das Unternehmen". www.selgros.de.
  2. ^ "Selgros" (in Romanian). Retrieved 1 July 2015.

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