EMTÉ

EMTÉ was a supermarket chain in the Netherlands. It was part of Sligro Food Group. EMTÉ was founded in 1948 as a butcher. In 2015 it has 130 stores.

EMTÉ
Founded1948
FounderMechie Trommelen
DefunctJune 1, 2019 (2019-06-01)
Headquarters
Netherlands 
Number of locations
130 (December,2015)
Area served
Netherlands
ProductsSupermarkets
OwnerSligro Food Group
Websiteemte.nl

History
EMTÉ supermarket Montfoort

EMTÉ started back in 1948 as a butcher in the city of Waalwijk in the Netherlands. The owner Mechie Trommelen was planning to open a second location in the city of Drunen, however he was inspired by two already existing companies to open a supermarket. So on March 2, 1965 he opened his first supermarket called EMTÉ. It was a success so a second store was opened, this time with a liquor store in it. A third store was opened in 1973, a fourth in 1978, a fifth in 1982. This went on until EMTÉ had 12 locations. In 2002 EMTÉ became part of Sligro Food Group. In three years the number of locations went from 12 to 18. In 2006 EMTÉ took over the Edah stores. After this the EMTÉ had 82 locations and was still growing and expanding its locations. After taking over Sanders, Golff, and some locations of Spar the number of EMTÉ locations grew to the current 130.[1]

New plan

EMTÉ commenced on November 11, 2015 with a new plan called 3.0. This plan puts a kitchen into the store. In this kitchen EMTÉ will prepare: fresh meals, lunches, crudités and fruit salads. They also bake fresh pizzas and nuts. They have also expanded their cheese section with new types of cheese. EMTÉ started this formula in a store in Dieren.[2]

Sold

In March 2018 it was announced that the owner, Sligro Food Group, was going to sell the EMTÉ supermarkets, distributions centres, the meat central, and all operational and commercial departments and activities during 2018 to the temporary cooperation between Jumbo and Coop.[3] A number of 79 shops would go to Jumbo and 51 to Coop. This intended takeover was approved by the Netherlands Competition Authority. A precondition was that Jumbo had to sell three shops, because otherwise they would be a too dominant position in those locations. The Jumbo branches in Veghel and Reusel and an EMTÉ branch in Eindhoven were sold to Jan Linders (a local supermarket chain) because of that reason.[4] Some of the EMTÉ shops that did not have a future were closed.

The distribution centres in Kapelle and Putten and the meat central in Enschede closed in early 2019.[5] The last branches of EMTÉ closed their doors on 1 June of that same year.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Onze historie - EMTÉ Supermarkten". EMTÉ Supermarkten.
  2. "Eerste nieuwe stijl EMTÉ geopend in Dieren - EMTÉ Supermarkten". EMTÉ Supermarkten.
  3. Sligro Food Group sells EMTÉ to consortium of Jumbo and Coop and becomes supplier of La Place (NL), jumbo.com (accessed on 1 July 2019)
  4. Jumbo sells 3 shops to Jan Linders (NL), franchiseplus.nl (accessed on 1 July 2019)
  5. Emte supermarkt closes distribution centres, logistiek.nl (accessed on 1 July 2019)
  6. Last Emté branches close their doors: employees in tears on last day, Omroep Brabant (accessed on 1 July 2019)
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