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føtex is a
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chain of
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s. The business was established in 1960 as the first supermarket in Denmark and later gave rise to
Salling Group Salling Group A/S (until 1 June 2018 Dansk Supermarked A/S) is Denmark's largest retailer, with a market share of 34.9%. It owns several chains of stores - Netto, Føtex, Bilka and Salling. All of these chains operate exclusively in Denmark ex ...
(previously Dansk Supermarked Group). The name "føtex" is a mix of the Danish words ''"Fødevarer"'' (daily groceries) and ''"Textil"'' (textiles).


History

Herman Salling Herman Christian Salling (born 20 November 1919 in Aarhus; died 8 May 2006) was a Danish merchant and director. He was a pioneer in the department store and retail business in Denmark. Herman Salling was the son of local merchant Ferdinand Salling ...
opened the first føtex in 1960 in the street ''"Guldsmedgade"'' in the city of
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in
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. Føtex in many ways revolutionized the way in which the Danes shopped: this was the first time the Danes saw a non-food (electronics, clothes, perfumes, books etc.) and a food department gathered under one roof. In 1964,
Herman Salling Herman Christian Salling (born 20 November 1919 in Aarhus; died 8 May 2006) was a Danish merchant and director. He was a pioneer in the department store and retail business in Denmark. Herman Salling was the son of local merchant Ferdinand Salling ...
, ancestor of Ferdinand Salling, realized that to compete with other initiatives starting in those years, he needed a strong financial support. He contacted the
A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group (), also known simply as Maersk (), is a Danish shipping company, active in ocean and inland freight transportation and associated services, such as supply chain management and port operation. Maersk was the largest container shipping line a ...
which acquired 50% of the shares and supported Sallings project financially. As of 2006, the chain consists of 76 stores located all over
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.


A typical store

Inside a typical føtex, there is a food section, a
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and a non-food section. The food section is like a full-service supermarket, with a
bakery A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, donuts, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also categorized as cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers wh ...
and a
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. The non-food section includes electronics, cosmetics and clothing among other general things. Føtex also launched an
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area with the ability to print
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s. The online store also includes
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s.


føtex food

The føtex food concept was introduced in 2010, also in the original store in Guldsmedgade in Aarhus at the store's 50-year anniversary. The føtex food concept phased out the non-food departments and concentrated focus on food items instead.


See also

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Bilka Bilka is a Danish chain of hypermarkets. The first store opened in 1970 in Tilst, a suburb of Aarhus. The chain was founded by Herman Salling and is now a part of Salling Group. Today the only air to the large supermarket group is Nikolaj Har ...
* Netto * Tøj & Sko * A-Z *
A.P. Møller-Mærsk (), also known simply as Maersk (), is a Danish Freight transport, shipping company, active in ocean and inland freight transportation and associated services, such as supply chain management and Port operator, port operation. Maersk was the l ...
* Dansk Supermarked A/S


Sources

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External links


fotex.dk - føtex website

dsg.dk - Dansk Supermarked Gruppen
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fotex Retail companies established in 1960 Supermarkets of Denmark Companies based in Aarhus Dansk Supermarked Salling Group