Greek supermarkets

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The Greek supermarket sector is dominated by the subsidiaries of the French owned Carrefour group. Carrefour Marinopoulos is the market leader with a total share exceeding 20%, while Dia has a market share of around 5%. Other major players include the Belgian owned Alpha-Beta Vassilopoulos and the Greek owned Sklavenitis and Veropoulos supermarket chains. The ten biggest supermarket chains already control over 80% of the total market share and this percentage is expected to increase even further [1],[2]. Aldi, the leading discount supermarket operator in Europe, is anticipated to enter the Greek market in the near future (possibly 2007 or 2008).

[edit] List of Greek Supermarkets according to turnover (2005 data) [3]

1. Carrefour Marinopoulos - 50-50 joint venture between the Greek Marinopoulos Group and the French Carrefour Group
2. Alpha-Beta Vassilopoulos - owned by the Belgian Delhaize Group
3. Sklavenitis - Greek owned
4. Veropoulos - Greek owned, part of the SPAR, Eurospar international retail franchise
5. Atlantic - Greek owned
6. Metro - Greek owned (not to be confused with the German owned Metro Cash and Carry)
7. Masoutis - Greek owned regional chain
8. Metro Cash and Carry - German owned (operates under the brand name Makro in Greece)
9. Dia - hard discounter, joint venture between the Greek Marinopoulos Group and the French Carrefour Group

10. Galaxias - Greek owned

Note that due to the corporate and legal status of Lidl in Greece it is impossible to accurately measure its market share and other financial data. However it is believed that Lidl (with over 180 stores nationwide) is within or near the top ten supermarkets chains in Greece in terms of turnover.