Plus (supermarket)
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Plus Warenhandelsgesellschaft mbH | |
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Type | GmbH |
Founded | 1972 |
Headquarters | Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany |
Key people | Michael Hürter |
Industry | Food retailing |
Revenue | € 10 bn (2006)[1] |
Website | www.plus.de |
Plus is a German chain of supermarkets founded in 1972. It is owned by EDEKA to 70 % and the Tengelmann Group to 30%. It operates 2,840 stores in Germany with an approximate 27,000 employees and about 1,200 stores in several other European countries.
[edit] Plus in Europe
Country | First supermarket | Number of supermarkets |
Germany | 1972 | 2840 |
Austria | 2003 | 3551 |
Spain | 1994 | 238 |
Poland | 1995 | 183 |
Hungary | 1992 | 173 |
Czech Republic | 1992 | 134 |
Portugal | 2001 | 72 |
Romania | 2005 | 50 |
1) including the Zielpunkt stores
[edit] References
- ^ "Keine Tabus", WirtschaftsWoche, March 5, 2007, pp. 58.