Selgros

OHG Fegro/Selgros Gesellschaft für Großhandel mbH & Co.
Private
Industry Retail
Founded 1959 (Selgros)
1966 (Fegro)
1989 (Fegro/Selgros)
Headquarters Neu Isenburg, Germany
Products Cash & Carry Stores
Revenue Increase €2,997 million (2007)
Number of employees
 ~14.400 (2007)
Parent Coop (Switzerland)
Website fegro-selgros.de
Selgros activities in Europe

Selgros is a large cash & carry company 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]

Operations in Europe

Country First hypermarket No. of hypermarkets
Germany Germany 1959 45
Romania Romania 2001 19
Poland Poland 1997 14
Russia Russia 2008 7

Romania

In Romania, Selgros owns a total of 19 hypermarkets throughout the country, with four stores in Bucharest, two stores in Constanţa, and with one store each in Timişoara, Cluj-Napoca, Iaşi, Craiova, Arad, Oradea, Braşov, Ploieşti, Bacău, Târgu Mureş, Suceava, Galaţi and Brăila.[2]

Poland

In Poland, Selgros has opened 14 hypermarkets, with two stores in Warsaw, Wrocław and Łódź and with one store each in Szczecin, Gdańsk, Białystok, Bytom, Radom, Kraków, Poznań, Katowice, Lublin.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.selgros.de/ueber-uns/selgros-cash-und-carry
  2. ↑ "Selgros" (in Romanian). Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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