Tengelmann Warenhandelsgesellschaft KG, doing business as the Tengelmann Group, is a

holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies ...

based in

Mülheim an der Ruhr Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr () and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is home to many compan ...

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Structure

The corporation has the following subsidiaries: * KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH, with over 3,000 branches in Germany, 235 in Austria, 2 in Czech Rep. and 1 in Slovenia * Obi Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte GmbH & Co. Franchise Center KG, a

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store chain with 340 locations in Germany and 175 in Europe.

Sold supermarket chains

*Kaiser’s Tengelmann, 531 retail outlets sold to

Edeka The Edeka Group is the largest German supermarket corporation , holding a market share of 20.3%. Founded in 1907, it consists today of several co-operatives of independent supermarkets all operating under the umbrella organisation ''Edeka Zentr ...

in January 2017, which in turn transferred 25% of the outlets to

REWE Rewe (stylized as REWE; ) is a supermarket chain in Germany and the main brand of Rewe Group headquartered in Cologne. The name originated from an abbreviation of the original name "Revisionsverband der Westkauf-Genossenschaften" (Audit unio ...

as dictated by the German

Federal Cartel Office The Federal Cartel Office (, ; BKartA) is Germany's national competition regulatory agency. First established in 1958, BKartA comes under the authority of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. The agency is headquartered ...

; all stores were rebranded according to the brands of their new owners *Plus Discount spol. s r. o. (Czech Republic) with 134 branches sold to

-Beteiligungs-Holding International GmbH *Plus Hellas E.P.E. & Sia E.E. (Greece) with 32 branches sold to

Alfa-Beta Vassilopoulos Alfa-Beta Vassilopoulos (Άλφα-Βήτα Βασιλόπουλος) or simply AB is a supermarket chain based in Greece.Basic ...

*Plus Élelmiszer Diszkont Kft. (Hungary) with 174 Plus (in 2008) and 22 Kaiser's (in 2003) branches sold to

Spar SPAR, originally DESPAR, styled as DE SPAR, is a Dutch multinational that provides branding, supplies and support services for independently owned and operated food retail stores. It was founded in the Netherlands in 1932, by Adriaan van Well, ...

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 Martins Jerónimo Martins SGPS, SA (JM) is a Portuguese corporate group that operates in food distribution and specialised retail. It operates more than 4,900 stores in Portugal, Poland, and Colombia. The group is the majority owner of Jerónimo Mart ...

*Plus Discount-Supermercados Lda. (Portugal) with 72 branches sold to

*Plus Discount Romania S.C.S. (Romania) with 100 branches (sold to Lidl & Schwarz) *Plus Supermercados, S. A. (Spain) with 238 branches sold to

Carrefour 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 ...

and rebranded as Dia *

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, was an American chain store, chain of grocery stores that operated from 1859 to 2015. From 1915 through 1975, A&P was the largest grocery retailer in the United States (and, until ...

, exited as stockholder in 2012 *Plus Österreich, Warenhandels-AG (Austria), formerly Löwa, mostly badged as Zielpunkt, with 300 supermarkets. Also includes former branches of the defunct and

Julius Meinl Julius Meinl International (german: Julius Meinl AG, Meinl-Gruppe), also known 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 aft ...

chains. Sold to Blue O in 2010.

References

External links

The Tengelmann Group

The Tengelmann Group

(Archive, 2003–2004, 2006) {{Authority control Companies based in North Rhine-Westphalia F. W. Woolworth Company Holding companies of Germany Mülheim Privately held companies of Germany The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company