Veropoulos ( el, Βερόπουλος) was a large retail group based in

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until 2016. It held the

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retail franchise for Greece, with the franchise still present in the country after Spar's cooperation agreement with the Asteras Group. As a result of bankruptcy, Veropoulos was bought in 2016 by the

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, which re-branded the stores soon after as My Market stores. In

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, Veropoulos operated stores under the name of ''Chalkiadakis''. Outside Greece, Veropoulos operated supermarkets in the

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as ''Vero'', and in

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as ''SuperVero''. The company was established in 1973, when the first Veropoulos supermarket opened in

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. As of 2012, the company owned 185 stores in Greece, 10 stores in the

and six hypermarkets in Serbia. In Greece, Veropoulos was the fourth-biggest supermarket chain in terms of market share. The firm belonged to the Veropoulos family who are also the founders of the company.

Stores

These were the stores of Veropoulos as of June 2015:

References

External links

Veropoulos website
(in Greek) Supermarkets of Greece Supermarkets of Serbia Greek brands Retail companies established in 1973 Companies based in Athens Greek companies established in 1973 {{retail-company-stub

Stores

See also

References

External links