Selgros

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Selgros
Company type Private
Industry Retail
Founded1959;66 years ago (1959) (Selgros)
1966;59 years ago (1966) (Fegro)
1989;36 years ago (1989) (Fegro/Selgros)
Headquarters Neu Isenburg, Germany
Area served
Germany, Romania, Poland, Russia
Products Cash & Carry Stores
RevenueIncrease2.svg 2,997 million (2007)
Number of employees
~14.400 (2007)
Parent Coop (Switzerland)
Selgros activities in Europe Selgros locations.PNG
Selgros activities in Europe

Selgros is a cash and carry chain in Europe, owned by Transgourmet Holding, 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]

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Operations in Europe

CountryFirst hypermarketNo. of hypermarkets
Germany 195945
Romania 2001 23
Poland 199719
Russia 200811

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, Sibiu and Alba Iulia. [2]

Poland

In Poland, Selgros has opened 19 hypermarkets, with four stores in Warsaw, Wrocław and Łódź and with one store each in Szczecin, Gdańsk, Białystok, Bytom, Radom, Kraków, Poznań, Katowice, Lublin, Siedlce and Gliwice.

References

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