Tengelmann Group
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Tengelmann Warenhandelsgesellschaft KG, doing business as the Tengelmann Group, is a holding company
based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Holding company
A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow...
based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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Structure
The corporation has the following subsidiaries:- A&P Tea CompanyThe Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea CompanyThe Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, is a supermarket and liquor store chain in the United States. Its supermarkets, which are under six different banners, are found in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. A&P's liquor stores, known as...
(USA); 362 stores - Kaiser’s Tengelmann GmbH, 531 retail outlets.
- KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbHKiKKiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH is a textile discounter based in Bönen, Germany, founded in 1994 by Stefan Heinig and the holding company Tengelmann Group....
, with over 3,000 branches in Germany, 235 in Austria, 2 in Czech Rep. and 1 in Slovenia - Woolworth GmbHWoolworth GmbHDeutsche Woolworth GmbH & Co. OHG is a Frankfurt, Germany based owner of the Woolworths chain of high street shops in Germany and Austria and a former subsidiary of the American F. W. Woolworth Company....
, with over 180 stores in Germany - Obi Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte GmbH & Co. Franchise Center KGOBI (store)Founded in 1970, OBI GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG is the second largest DIY retailer in Europe, and the fourth largest in the world, behind The Home Depot, Lowe's and Kingfisher plc. It is headquartered in Wermelskirchen, Germany, and belongs to the Tengelmann Group.-OBI in Europe:It formerly had...
, a DIY store chain with 340 locations in Germany and 173 in Europe. - Plus Warenhandels-GmbHPlus (supermarket)Plus was a German supermarket chain founded in 1972. It operated 2,840 stores in Germany with an approximate 27,000 employees and about 1,200 stores in several other European countries...
(2,868 supermarkets in Germany, EDEKA acquires a 70% majority stake in Plus Germany, http://inmuc100.tengelmann.de/data/website/tengelmannsite.nsf/pressemitteilungen_html/0EB7852D99B6ABABC12573950046CBFF?open), - Plus Österreich, Zielpunkt Warenhandels-AG (formerly Löwa, mostly badged as Zielpunkt) with 300 supermarkets in Austria. Also includes former branches of the defunct Konsum and Julius MeinlJulius MeinlJulius Meinl International , known also simply as Julius Meinl, is a manufacturer and retailer of coffee, gourmet foods and other grocery products. The company is based in Vienna, Austria. It is named after its founders Julius Meinl I, and Julius Meinl II.Julius Meinl III ceded control of the...
chains. - Plus Discount spol. s r. o. (Czech Republic) with 134 branches sold to REWEREWEREWE is a supermarket chain in Germany and part of the Cologne-based REWE Group. REWE have more than 15,000 stores and 211,000 employees world wide.Their catchphrase is "Jeden Tag ein bisschen besser."...
-Beteiligungs-Holding International GmbH - Plus Hellas E.P.E. & Sia E.E. (Greece) with 32 branches sold to Alfa-Beta Vassilopoulos
- Plus Élelmiszer Diszkont Kft. (Hungary) with 173 branches sold to SparSparIn sailing, a spar is a pole of wood, metal or lightweight materials such as carbon fiber used on a sailing vessel. Spars of all types In sailing, a spar is a pole of wood, metal or lightweight materials such as carbon fiber used on a sailing vessel. Spars of all types In sailing, a spar is a...
Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft - Plus Discount Bulgaria 25 branches (sold to Lidl & Schwarz)
- Plus Discount sp. z o.o. (Poland) with 183 branches sold to Jerónimo MartinsJerónimo MartinsJerónimo Martins SGPS, SA is a Portugal-based company that operates in food distribution and consumer products manufacturing. The firm is the majority owner of Jerónimo Martins Retail , which operates the Pingo Doce super- and hypermarket chains in Portugal...
- Plus Discount-Supermercados Lda. (Portugal) with 72 branches sold to Jerónimo MartinsJerónimo MartinsJerónimo Martins SGPS, SA is a Portugal-based company that operates in food distribution and consumer products manufacturing. The firm is the majority owner of Jerónimo Martins Retail , which operates the Pingo Doce super- and hypermarket chains in Portugal...
- Plus Discount Romania S.C.S. (Romania) with 100 branches (sold to Lidl & Schwarz)
- Plus Supermercados, S. A. (Spain) with 238 branches sold to CarrefourCarrefourCarrefour S.A. is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France. It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world...
and rebranded as 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...
External links
- The Tengelmann Group
- The Tengelmann Group
- The Tengelmann Group (Archive, 2003-2004, 2006)