Company type | Private |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1959 1966 (Fegro) 1989 (Fegro/Selgros) | (Selgros)
Headquarters | Neu Isenburg, Germany |
Area served | Germany, Romania, Poland, Russia |
Products | Cash & Carry Stores |
Revenue | €2,997 million (2007) |
Number of employees | ~14.400 (2007) |
Parent | Coop (Switzerland) |
Website | fegro-selgros.de |
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% of the company, and in October 2008 formed the Transgourmet Holding company with Coop. In 2011, Coop purchased the remaining interests of Transgourmet, which included Selgros. [1]
Country | First hypermarket | No. of hypermarkets |
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Germany | 1959 | 45 |
Romania | 2001 | 23 |
Poland | 1997 | 19 |
Russia | 2008 | 11 |
In Romania, Selgros owns a total of 23 hypermarkets throughout the country, with four stores in Bucharest, two stores in Constanţa, two stores in Târgu Mureş and with one store each in Timișoara, Cluj-Napoca, Iaşi, Craiova, Arad, Oradea, Braşov, Ploieşti, Bacău, Suceava, Galaţi, Brăila, Bistrița, Baia Mare and Alba Iulia. [2]
In Poland, Selgros has opened 19 hypermarkets, with four stores in Warsaw, Wrocław and Łódź and with one store each in Szczecin, Gdańsk, Białystok, Bytom, Radom, Kraków, Poznań, Katowice, Lublin and Siedlce.