List of Greek supermarkets
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National & International Chains
- AldiALDIALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...
- International Chain (German owned hard discounter) - Alfa-Beta Vassilopoulos (Άλφα-Βήτα Βασιλόπουλος) - National Chain (owned by the Belgian Delhaize GroupDelhaize GroupDelhaize Group is a food retailer headquartered in Belgium which operates in eight countries and on three continents. The principal activity of Delhaize Group is the operation of food supermarkets.-History:Delhaize Group was founded in Belgium in 1867....
) - BazaarBazaar (supermarkets)Bazaar supermarkets is a discount supermarket chain in Greece. As of 2006, it operates around 60 stores. It belongs to the Veroukas Group of companies....
- National Chain (discount supermarkets) - CarrefourCarrefourCarrefour S.A. is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France. It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world...
- International Chain (French owned) - see also Carrefour MarinopoulosCarrefour MarinopoulosCarrefour Marinopoulos is a Greek retailer. It was formed in 1999 as a 50-50 joint venture between the Greek Marinopoulos Group and the French Carrefour Group. It is the biggest retail chain in Greece in terms of both turnover and number of stores. As of 2008, the company operates over 300 stores... - DiaDia (supermarket chain)Día is the trading name of Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A., a Spanish international hard-discount supermarket chain which since 2000 is part of the Carrefour Group but since 13 May 2011 has begun a legal process of separation as a listed company on the Madrid stockmarket...
- International Chain, hard discounter, part of the Carrefour Group - LidlLidlLidl is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany that operates over 7,200 stores across Europe. The company's full name is Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG...
- International Chain (German owned hard discounter) - Carrefour MarinopoulosCarrefour MarinopoulosCarrefour Marinopoulos is a Greek retailer. It was formed in 1999 as a 50-50 joint venture between the Greek Marinopoulos Group and the French Carrefour Group. It is the biggest retail chain in Greece in terms of both turnover and number of stores. As of 2008, the company operates over 300 stores...
- formerly Greek owned, now part of the Carrefour Group - see also CarrefourCarrefourCarrefour S.A. is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France. It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world... - VeropoulosVeropoulosVeropoulos is a large retail group based in Greece. It holds the SPAR retail franchise for Greece. In Crete, Veropoulos operates stores under the name of Xalkiadakis. Outside Greece, Veropoulos operates supermarkets in the Republic of Macedonia as Vero, and in Serbia as SuperVero. The company was...
(Βερόπουλος), part of the SPARSPARSpar , trades from approximately 12400 stores in 34 countries worldwide and is the world's largest independent voluntary retail trading chain. Spar was founded in the Netherlands in 1932 by retailer Adriaan Van Well and now, through its affiliate organisations, operates through most European...
, Eurospar international chain, also known as HellaSpar - GalaxiasGalaxias (supermarkets)Galaxias is a supermarket chain in Greece, established in 1982. Its corporate name is PENTE SA and its headquartered in Athens. As of 2007, Galaxias has 123 stores, approximately half located in the greater Athens area and half in the rest of the country. Galaxias is the tenth biggest supermarket...
(Γαλαξίας) - National Chain - AtlanticAtlantic (supermarkets)Atlantic was a large supermarket chain in Greece. Atlantic supermarkets were founded in 1980 by Panayiotis Apostolou. Up to 1985 the company was a small chain with just 5 stores. After 1985 the company expanded rapidly through both organic growth and a number of acquisitions and takeovers...
(Ατλάντικ) - National Chain - Metro - National Chain (not to be confused with the German owned Metro Cash and CarryMetro Cash and Carry-Romania:METRO Cash and Carry was one of the first international food and non-food retail chains to enter the Romanian market, opening its first store in 1996 in Bucharest, near Henri Coandă International Airport....
) - SklavenitisSklavenitisSklavenitis is a major supermarket chain in Greece. In terms of total market share is the third biggest retail group in Greece behind Carrefour Marinopoulos and the Belgian owned Alpha-Beta Vassilopoulos. The company was founded in 1954 by Ioannis Sklavenitis , Spyros Sklavenitis and Miltiadis...
(Σκλαβενίτης) - National Chain - Metro Cash and CarryMetro Cash and Carry-Romania:METRO Cash and Carry was one of the first international food and non-food retail chains to enter the Romanian market, opening its first store in 1996 in Bucharest, near Henri Coandă International Airport....
- German owned (operates under the brand name Makro in Greece) - ProtonProton (supermarkets)Proton is a Greek based retail chain of independent retailers operating as a brand and buying group . All stores are independently owned. The parent company is communally owned with each retailer owning a share...
(a symbol groupSymbol groupSymbol group is a mainly British term for a form of franchise in the retail sector. They do not own or operate stores, but act as suppliers to independent grocers and small supermarkets and produce stores which then trade under a common banner...
) - part of the ELETA Ltd.
Regional & Local Chains
- MasoutisMasoutisMasoutis is a supermarket chain in Greece. Its headquarters are located in Thessaloniki. The company was established in 1976 by Diamantis Masoutis - who still owns the company - and the first Masoutis supermarket opened its doors the same year in Thessaloniki city center. Masoutis is by far the...
(Μασούτης) - Northern Greece - ArvanitidisArvanitidisArvanitidis is a regional Greek supermarket chain situated in northern Greece. The company was established in 1950 by N. Arvanitidis initially as a wholesaler. In 1986 Arvanitidis opened its first supermarket in Veria. As of 2006, the company has a total of 99 stores all of them located in...
(Αρβανιτίδης) - Northern Greece - TrofinoTrofinoTrofino is a local supermarket chain in Athens, Greece. As of 2006, it has 10 stores all of them located in the greater Athens area....
- AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece - ThanopoulosThanopoulosThanopoulos is a Greek supermarket chain situated in Athens. The company's history traces back to 1877 when Panayiotis Thanopoulos established the grocery store "Thanopoulos" in downtown Athens. Today the company has 3 stores, all of them located in the northern suburbs of Athens. The firm...
(Θανόπουλος) - AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece - KanakisKanakisKanakis is a local supermarket chain in the Greek island of Salamina. As of 2006 it has 6 stores, all located in Salamina. Kanakis was founded in Salamis in 1983....
- SalaminaSalaminaThe word Salamina may refer to* Salamis Island an Island in Greece* Salamina a town and municipality in Piraeus Prefecture in Greece* Salamina a town and municipality in the Caldas Department in Colombia...
, Greece - XAP.MA, Crete, Greece
- Angelis - (Αγγέλης Α.Ε.) - Epirus, Greece
- Gountzidis - (Γουντζίδης) - Drama - Kavala, Greece
- IN.KA, Crete, Greece
- Larissa (Λάρισα) - ThessalyThessalyThessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey....
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