Selver is a chain of

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s and

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s operating in

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

. Selver is a

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Tallinna Kaubamaja Grupp Tallinna Kaubamaja Group ( et, Tallinna Kaubamaja Grupp) is Estonian trade Concern (business), concern located in Tallinn. The Group's operators deals with both: retail and wholesale trade. Over one tenth of Estonian retail is contributed by the G ...

. The chain was established in 1995 with the opening of Punane Selver in

Lasnamäe Lasnamäe is the most populous administrative district of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The district's population is about 119,000, the majority of which is Russian-speaking. Local housing is mostly represented by 5–16 stories high panel blo ...

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

. Expansion outside of Tallinn began on 10 May 2002 with the opening of Mai Selver in

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet o ...

. Since 18 December 2008 Selver also operated in

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

, but in the end of 2009 due to the

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Selver was forced to close all its 6 supermarkets in

. There are currently 73 stores in operation all over Estonia (as of August 2022). In 2012 – Kulinaaria OÜ – a subsidiary of AS Selver was created. Kulinaaria, which has grown into the most modern food producer in the Baltics, currently supplies Selveri Köök’s food to Selver stores across Estonia. Other clients include the convenience stores of Olerex and Alexela, as well as Tallink ships. In addition to the Selveri Köök brand, the Van Kook and Gurmee Catering brands have also been established. In 2021, the home delivery area of the Selver e-store expanded to all of Estonia. With the expansion, e-Selver became the only e-grocery store that delivers goods home by courier to every country in mainland Estonia and the large islands throughout their entire extent.

Annual sales

Selver gross sales (in million Euros): * 2010 300,2 * 2005 (nine months) 94,6 * 2004 93,8 * 2003 78,2

Stores

Hypermarkets

Supermarkets

Selver ABC

Delice supermarkets

Former stores

Comarket

Comarket was a chain that started in 2002, the owner was ABC Supermarkets before being bought by Selver in 2020. The company that owned it used to be a sister company before being merged in May 2020. Selver announced about Comarket being rebranded as Selver ABC which started from October 2020. By the end of November all stores in Tallinn except Marja Comarket were rebranded. Due to Marja Comarket being close to Marienthali Selver the store was closed. Rebranding finished on 10 February 2021 with the last store closing on 17 February and the Comarket brand no longer exists.

References

External links

Official website
* {{Commons category-inline, Selver in Estonia Supermarkets of Estonia Supermarkets of Latvia Retail companies established in 1995 Estonian companies established in 1995 Economy of Tallinn