"Karl Albrecht Jr. Karl Albrecht Jr. (born 1948) is a German billionaire, and the son of Karl Albrecht, who founded the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Theo. Albrecht worked for Aldi Süd in various roles until his resignation due to a cancer diagnosis (from which he subsequently recovered). He and his sister Beate Heister control the family trust, the Siepmann Stiftung (named for their mother), which, in turn, controls Aldi Süd, the source of their joint fortune. Together with Heister, he has a net worth of US$25 billion, as of December 2018. He is married to Gabriele Mertes,"
"new supermarket chains were opened: ""Real ""and ""Extra"". Until 2004, these remained self-reliant subsidiaries of Metro AG. Following the creation of these markets, the remaining Meister Verbrauchermarkt locations were converted into Real and Extra markets. The firm Meister Verbrauchermarkt GmbH, which had become a subsidiary of MHB Handel AG after the takeover of Asko in 1978, was finally removed from the business register in 2002. Meister Verbrauchermarkt Meister Verbrauchermarkt GmbH was a supermarket chain in Bavaria which was founded in 1959 by Ludwig A. Meister in Erbendorf. It was sold in 1978 to Metro's predecessor Asko Deutsche Kaufhaus AG and"
"Tegut Tegut (styled ""tegut…"") is a Swiss-owned supermarket chain based in Fulda, Germany, which operates 312 stores across six of Germany's Bundesländer, namely in Hesse, Thuringia, Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony. In early January 2013 it was bought by Migros. The company was founded in 1947 by Theo Gutberlet under the name ""Thegu"", derived from the first letters of his first and surname, which was later renamed in 1955 to ""Tegut"". From 1961, the bigger supermarkets were called ""HaWeGe"" (an acronym for ""HandelsWarenGesellschaft"") and from 1973, the smaller stores ""Okay!"" In 1972, Tegut established a subsidiary called ""kff Kurhessische"
"Kaufland Kaufland is a German hypermarket chain, part of the Schwarz Gruppe which also owns Lidl and Handelshof. It opened its first store in 1984 in Neckarsulm and quickly expanded to become a leader in what was formerly East Germany. The chain operates over 1,200 stores in Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia. Kaufland plans to open stores in Australia, and Moldova. The history of Kaufland began when Joseph Schwarz entered the ""Südfrüchte Großhandlung Lidl & Co."" at Heilbronn as a shareholder in 1930, which was then renamed ""Lidl & Schwarz KG"". In subsequent years it"
"had noticed that Americans were traveling more and returning home with tastes for food and wine they had trouble satisfying in supermarkets of the time. The first store branded as ""Trader Joe's"" opened in 1967. This store, on Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena, California, remains in operation to this day. In the first few decades since opening, some of the stores offered fresh meats provided by butchers who leased space in the stores. Trader Joe's at one time had sandwich shops, freshly cut cheese and freshly squeezed orange juice all in-store. Germany's Theo Albrecht (owner and CEO of Aldi Nord) bought"
"classical music by a string quartet. Tegut Tegut (styled ""tegut…"") is a Swiss-owned supermarket chain based in Fulda, Germany, which operates 312 stores across six of Germany's Bundesländer, namely in Hesse, Thuringia, Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony. In early January 2013 it was bought by Migros. The company was founded in 1947 by Theo Gutberlet under the name ""Thegu"", derived from the first letters of his first and surname, which was later renamed in 1955 to ""Tegut"". From 1961, the bigger supermarkets were called ""HaWeGe"" (an acronym for ""HandelsWarenGesellschaft"") and from 1973, the smaller stores ""Okay!"" In 1972, Tegut"
"Charles Von der Ahe Charles Theodore Von der Ahe (August 29, 1882 – June 4, 1973) was an American businessman, best known as an early innovator in the grocery business in Southern California, and founder of Vons supermarket chain in Southern California along with his two sons, Wilfred and Theodore. Von der Ahe's parents were Charles Rudolph Peter Von der Ahe (1858 – 1918) and Caroline Sophie Larsen (1858 – 1917). Von der Ahe's family moved from Denmark to the United States in 1889, and they eventually settled in Illinois. Even though Charles was born in Denmark, the Von der"
"worked in a delicatessen. Karl Albrecht took over a food shop formerly run by F. W. Judt who already advertised that they were the ""cheapest food source"". Karl Albrecht served in the German Army during World War II. In 1946, the brothers took over their mother's business and soon opened another retail outlet nearby. By 1950, the Albrecht brothers owned 13 stores in the Ruhr Valley. The brothers' idea, which was new at the time, was to subtract the legal maximum rebate of 3% before sale. The market leaders at the time, which often were co-operatives, required their customers to"
"the Los Angeles area, Rexall asked Coulombe to close them down. Coulombe decided to buy them out instead. After a decade of refining his strategy in a competitive environment, Coulombe renamed his venture from Pronto Markets to Trader Joe's in Pasadena in 1967. He led the chain to success and sold it to German billionaire Theo Albrecht in 1979. Coulombe continued with Trader Joe's as chief executive until retiring in 1988. He has served on the Boards of Directors of Cost Plus and True Religion Apparel. He is married to Alice Steere Coulombe, a philanthropist. She served on the Board"
"Meister Verbrauchermarkt Meister Verbrauchermarkt GmbH was a supermarket chain in Bavaria which was founded in 1959 by Ludwig A. Meister in Erbendorf. It was sold in 1978 to Metro's predecessor Asko Deutsche Kaufhaus AG and Deutsche SB-Kauf AG and finally was merged with Metro AG in 1996. On 9 October 2002, the firm was removed from the business register. The business began operation in 1959, when Ludwig A. Meister converted his mother's shop in Erbendorf into a supermarket, based on the supermarkets he had seen in the USA. Up to that point, only a handful of supermarkets existed in Germany."
"From 2014 its brands Dirk van den Broek, Digros and Bas van der Heijden continued as Dirk. Dirk (supermarket) Dirk, formerly Dirk van den Broek, is a supermarket chain that operates 110 stores in the Netherlands. The original business was established in 1942 by Dirk van den Broek as a milk store in Amsterdam. In 1948 it was converted into a self-service market. The first supermarket was opened in 1953, also in Amsterdam. In 1972 Dirk started the Digros formule located in Katwijk, in 1973 he bought the supermarkets from Bas van der Heijden which were located around Rotterdam. In"
"Lidl Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (; ) is a German global discount supermarket chain, based in Neckarsulm, Germany, that operates over 10,000 stores across Europe and the United States. It belongs to Dieter Schwarz, who also owns the store chains Handelshof and hypermarket Kaufland. Lidl is the chief competitor of the similar German discount chain Aldi in several markets, including the United States. There are Lidl stores in every member state of the European Union, except Latvia and Estonia. Lidl stores are also present in Switzerland, Serbia and the USA. In 1930, Josef Schwarz became a partner in Südfrüchte"
"Dirk (supermarket) Dirk, formerly Dirk van den Broek, is a supermarket chain that operates 110 stores in the Netherlands. The original business was established in 1942 by Dirk van den Broek as a milk store in Amsterdam. In 1948 it was converted into a self-service market. The first supermarket was opened in 1953, also in Amsterdam. In 1972 Dirk started the Digros formule located in Katwijk, in 1973 he bought the supermarkets from Bas van der Heijden which were located around Rotterdam. In 2009 the company of Dirk van den Broek merged with Dirk Kat's DekaMarkt into the Detailresult Groep."
"Colruyt (supermarket) Colruyt is a chain of supermarkets, started at Lembeek near Halle, Belgium. Colruyt carries the surname of the founder of the family business, the Colruyt family still owns the company. Colruyt is part of Colruyt Group, a Belgian multinational family business in wholesale distribution that evolved from the Colruyt supermarkets. It is competing with hard discounters such as Aldi and Lidl in Benelux countries where it is a well established market leader. The current manager is Jef Colruyt. The company's retail trade division includes the direct supply of products to retail customers operating through brands Colruyt, OKay, Bio-Planet,"
"and 18 grandchildren. Von der Ahe's father Charles had opened Vons Groceteria in 1906, and expanded to 87 stores by 1928, but he sold the business a year later. A few years later, Von der Ahe and his brother Ted (Theodore) convinced their father Charles provide financial backing, and they opened the Vons Grocery Company in 1932. In 1948, Vons opened a pioneering store which offered self-service, pre-packaged produce, meat, and deli items, which has been called by some the first supermarket and established Vons and Von der Ahes as leaders in the industry. Many features of supermarkets today, such"
"Dieter Schwarz Dieter Schwarz (born 24 September 1939) is a German entrepreneur and owner of the Schwarz-Gruppe. He is the chairman and CEO of the supermarket chain Lidl and the hypermarket chain Kaufland. As of January 2018, Schwarz had a net worth of $20.9 billion, making him the 52nd richest person in the world. After the death of his father Josef Schwarz in 1977, he took control of the ""Schwarz & Lidl"" discount chain. Soon afterwards, he bought the naming rights from an unrelated person Ludwig Lidl, who was a former schoolteacher, in order to side-step a legal battle with"
"lives in Heilbronn, with his wife Franziska and has two children. Dieter Schwarz Dieter Schwarz (born 24 September 1939) is a German entrepreneur and owner of the Schwarz-Gruppe. He is the chairman and CEO of the supermarket chain Lidl and the hypermarket chain Kaufland. As of January 2018, Schwarz had a net worth of $20.9 billion, making him the 52nd richest person in the world. After the death of his father Josef Schwarz in 1977, he took control of the ""Schwarz & Lidl"" discount chain. Soon afterwards, he bought the naming rights from an unrelated person Ludwig Lidl, who was"
"Globus (hypermarket) Globus Hypermarket Holding (""Globus SB-Warenhaus Holding GmbH & Co. KG"") branded as Globus is a German retail chain of hypermarkets, DIY stores and electronics stores. In 1828 Franz Bruch (1801-1865) opened a grocery store in St. Wendel under his name. In 1865 Joseph Adam Bruch (1837-1905) continued in the management of the company. Joseph Karl Bruch (1873-1949), the grandson of the founder, took over the company from his father in 1905. Since then the company has developed from a retailer towards wholesale. On 1 February 1949 Joseph died. His two sons, Franz-Josef and Dr. Walter Bruch (1913-1999), took"
"Heijn (1865–1945) was the original founder of Albert Heijn stores, which is now the largest food retailer in the Netherlands. His grandson, Albert Heijn (1927–2011), was the founder of Ahold. Albert's brother, Gerrit Jan Heijn (1931–1987), also a top manager at Ahold, was kidnapped and murdered in 1987. Albert Heijn Albert Heijn B.V. is the largest Dutch supermarket chain, founded in 1887 in Oostzaan, Netherlands. It is named after Albert Heijn, Sr., the founder of the first store in Oostzaan. Albert Heijn is the oldest organization owned and operated by the Dutch supermarket operator Ahold. The founder of the company"
"Makro Makro is an international brand of warehouse clubs, also called cash and carries. Ownership of the worldwide chain of stores is split between two companies: Metro AG in Europe and SHV Holdings in Latin America. SHV opened the first Makro in Amsterdam in 1968. In the following years more stores opened in the Netherlands and several other European countries and, in 1971, South Africa. In the 1970s and 1980s Makro extended its business to the Americas and Asia. Makro had also expanded to the United States in the mid-1980s. In 1989, Kmart bought the US locations, and converted most"
"Billa (supermarket) BILLA () is an Austrian supermarket chain that operates throughout Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The company, which was founded by Karl Wlaschek in 1953, is currently owned by Germany's REWE Group. The chain's name is derived from a contraction of ""BILliger LAden"", German for 'cheap shop' Billa operates stores in these 6 European countries: Billa also had locations in Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Romania but all of those had since been sold to other supermarket chains. In 2002, all 14 Billa stores in Hungary were sold to Spar. In 2009, all 14 Billa stores in Poland were"
"Albert Heijn Albert Heijn B.V. is the largest Dutch supermarket chain, founded in 1887 in Oostzaan, Netherlands. It is named after Albert Heijn, Sr., the founder of the first store in Oostzaan. Albert Heijn is the oldest organization owned and operated by the Dutch supermarket operator Ahold. The founder of the company (Albert Heijn) was born in 1865. In fact, the name ""Ahold"" is short for Albert Heijn Holding. In 1952, Albert Heijn initiated the self-service store. For the first time, the customers were not served one by one but could pick their products by themselves. The stores are full"
"offer products badged under brand names they have created. The chain is unrelated to the Danish Netto chain, which has operations in several German states, or the French-owned Netto discount store. However Edeka owns 25% of a joint venture with the Danish Netto. Netto Marken-Discount Netto Marken-Discount is a German discount supermarket chain. It is owned by the German supermarket cooperative Edeka Group, and operates mostly in the south and west of Germany. The first store was opened in 1984 and the chain is expanding aggressively, with its 1000th store opening in 2004 and its 4000th in 2009. In 2009"
"(Koninklijke Ahold N.V.) of the Netherlands. Pick-N-Pay Supermarkets Pick-N-Pay Supermarkets was a chain of supermarkets which operated in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio area. The company's origin can be traced to the year 1928 and the opening of a small dairy store in Cleveland Heights, Ohio by Edward Silverberg who then expanded his operation and created a chain of such stores which he called Farmview Creamery Stores. In 1938, Mr. Silverberg opened a supermarket on E. 185th Street which he called Pick-N-Pay. In 1940, he changed the name of all his stores to Pick-N-Pay Supermarkets. He grew the chain to a"
"Jack Cohen (businessman) Sir John Edward Cohen (commonly known as Sir Jack Cohen; 6 October 1898 – 24 March 1979), born Jacob Edward Kohen, was an English grocer who founded the Tesco supermarket chain. Cohen was born in London and grew up in Whitechapel. His family was Jewish: his father, Avroam Kohen, was a Polish immigrant from Łódź who worked as a tailor, and his mother was Sime Zaremba. He was named Jacob Edward Kohen but was known as Jack from an early age. He was educated at the London County Council elementary school on Rutland Street until he was"
"£18.1 billion as of 22 April 2015, the 28th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange. Jack Cohen, the son of Jewish migrants from Poland, founded Tesco in 1919 when he began to sell war-surplus groceries from a stall at Well Street Market, Hackney, in the East End of London. The Tesco brand first appeared in 1924. The name came about after Jack Cohen bought a shipment of tea from ""Thomas Edward Stockwell"". He made new labels using the initials of the supplier's name (TES), and the first two letters of his surname (CO), forming"
"co-founders were influenced by the teachings of Colombian-born American marketing executive Bernardo Trujillo, who taught executive education as part of the NCR Corporation's marketing campaign. However, the Belgian retailer Grand Bazar preceded Carrefour by two years when it opened three hypermarkets in a short span in 1961 under the name ""SuperBazar"" after Belgian law restricting the size of department stores was abolished in January 1961. The first ""SuperBazar"", opened in Bruges on 9 September 1961, initially designed to become a non-food department store, however only covered a surface area of , and was later converted into a regular supermarket. The"
"originally a 75:25 joint venture between Dansk Supermarked and the largest German supermarket chain, Edeka. Dansk Supermarked acquired Edeka's 25% stake in January 2013, enabling it to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Dansk Supermarked. Edeka also owns a separate discount supermarket chain, Netto Marken-Discount, which is completely unrelated to Dansk Supermarked. The United Kingdom Netto stores, also set up in 1990, were later sold to the British supermarket chain Asda, (owned by the United States retailer Walmart), in 2010. However, in 2014, Dansk Supermarked relaunched Netto UK stores as a 50:50 joint venture with another British supermarket chain, J"
"DekaMarkt DekaMarkt is a Dutch retail company which operates a chain of supermarkets in the country. DekaMarkt is a member of Superunie, a Dutch purchasing organization for supermarkets. The first DekaMarkt opened in 1941 selling groceries in Velsen-Noord opened by Dirk Kat. In 1955 the first real supermarket opened in IJmuiden, where fresh bread, meat and vegetables were available. The name DekaMarkt was first used in 1969, when branches in the Zaanstreek introduced the name. In 1986 the final branch was named DekaMarkt. The term 'Deka' came from Dirk Kat's name. In 2001 the supermarket became part of the Detailresult"
"branding of the stores to their Billa brand, common in Austria. Minimal (supermarket) The brand Minimal (written miniMAL in official usage) was used for a former chain of full-service supermarkets that was operated in Germany and Poland by Rewe Group until 2006. The first Minimal store was opened in 1973 by the Bad Homburg-based Leibbrand Group. The group, which also owned other retail chains such as HL-Markt, Penny Markt or toom, initially sold 50% of its assets to Rewe in 1974 and was bought out completely in 1989. The Minimal stores at first had a floor size of 800 to"
"with the company's centenary. In April 2018, his net worth was estimated at $3.9 billion. He is married to Bergit Oberwelland, with four children, and lives in Berlin, Germany. Axel Oberwelland Axel Oberwelland (born 1 August 1966) is a German billionaire heir and businessman, the owner of the confectionery manufacturer August Storck, founded by his eponymous great-grandfather in 1903. The company is best known for its brands Werther's Original, Riesen and Toffifee. Axel Oberwelland was born on 1 August 1966 in Bielefeld, the son of Klaus Oberwelland. He went to high school in Bielefeld, followed by a boarding school near"
"Bell and his two brothers opened a supermarket in San Francisco. Cala Food was the first supermarket chain in San Francisco to stay open 24 hours per day, and one of the first in the US to use checkout scanners. The Cala Foods chain was purchased by the Yucaipa Companies in 1988. In 1994, Cala became a division of the Ralphs Grocery Company when Ralphs merged with Yucaipa. In August 2006, Ralphs reached an agreement to sell 11 of 13 Cala and Bell stores back to Harley DeLano, previous manager of the chain. While DeLano retains the right to use"
"Minimal (supermarket) The brand Minimal (written miniMAL in official usage) was used for a former chain of full-service supermarkets that was operated in Germany and Poland by Rewe Group until 2006. The first Minimal store was opened in 1973 by the Bad Homburg-based Leibbrand Group. The group, which also owned other retail chains such as HL-Markt, Penny Markt or toom, initially sold 50% of its assets to Rewe in 1974 and was bought out completely in 1989. The Minimal stores at first had a floor size of 800 to 1000 square metres, which was a considerable size at the time."