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 Germany195945
Romania Romania200119
Poland Poland199718
Russia Russia20087

Romania

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

Poland

In Poland, Selgros has opened 18 hypermarkets, with three 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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