Netto is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 discount supermarket

Supermarket

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 operating in several European countries. Netto is owned by Dansk Supermarked Group, which in turn is partly owned by A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group

A.P. Moller-Maersk Group

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Netto also operates an express version of the store, known as Døgn Netto. Døgn stores offer the same service as regular Netto stores, with longer opening hours and higher prices.

2009 saw Netto celebrate its 28th birthday with special offers in store in the weeks number 16, 17 and 18 every year.
At the end of May 2009, Netto had stores in the following countries:


On 27 May 2010 it was announced that Netto would sell all UK stores to Asda

Asda

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 for £778M.
The first Netto store opened in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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, Denmark

Denmark

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 in 1981.