Penny or internationally Penny Market (in
Bavaria
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and
Austria
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''Penny Markt'') is a
discount supermarket
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chain based in
Germany
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, which operates 3,550 stores.
The market was founded by
Leibbrand Gruppe Leibbrand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Werner Leibbrand, German psychiatrist and medical historian
* Annemarie Leibbrand-Wettley, German medical historian
See also
* Leibbrandt
* Lybrand
* Liutprand (disambiguation)
Ex ...
in 1973; since 1989, it has been fully owned by the
Rewe Group.
In
France
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, the chain was bought in 2005 by the Ed brand of the
Carrefour group
Carrefour () is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. The eighth-largest retailer in the world by revenue, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, groceries stores and convenience stores, which ...
. In 2010, it operated approximately 3,000 stores across 6 countries in
Europe
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. In May 2014, Penny is present in Germany, Austria,
Bulgaria
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,
Hungary
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,
Italy
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,
Czech Republic
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,
Romania
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and soon in
Turkey
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. After taking over 7 stores in
Liguria
Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...
from Tuodì in October 2017 for € 9.2 million, it is present in Italy with 357 points of sale distributed in 17 regions, served by 7 distribution centers.
Operations
*Penny Market exited the Bulgarian market on October 31, 2015.
See also
*
REWE Group
*
Billa Billa may refer to:
Films
*Billa (1980 film), ''Billa'' (1980 film), 1980 Indian Tamil film
*Billa (2002 film), ''Billa'' (2002 film), 2002 Pakistani Punjabi film
*Billa (2007 film), ''Billa'' (2007 film), 2007 Indian Tamil film, remake of ''Bil ...
*
Selgros
Selgros is a cash and carry chain in Europe, owned by Transgourmet Holding, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coop (Switzerland). It started in 1989 as a joint venture between Rewe Group (50%) and Otto Group (50%). In March 2008, Rewe took over 100% ...
References
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Penny*
Penny Germany*
Penny Markt Austria*
Penny Market Italy*
Penny Market Hungary*
Penny Market Czech Republic*
Penny Market Romania
Companies based in Cologne
Retail companies established in 1973
Companies established in 1973
Supermarkets of Austria
Supermarkets of Bulgaria
Supermarkets of the Czech Republic
Supermarkets of Germany
Supermarkets of Hungary
Supermarkets of Italy
Supermarkets of Romania
German brands
Trading companies
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