Plus (supermarket)

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Plus Warenhandelsgesellschaft mbH
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

  1. ^ "Keine Tabus", WirtschaftsWoche, March 5, 2007, pp. 58. 

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