Greek supermarkets

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 (after years of speculation) entered the Greek market in late 2008, however in 2010 withdrew completely from the Greek market.

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 - defunct (ceased tradinng in 2011)
• 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

• 11. Home Super Market - 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.

See also

• List of Greek supermarkets

External links

• Top 500 Greek Trade Companies (In Greek)