Distributa
| Distributa consumer market GmbH & Co. KG
|
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1903 |
| resolution | 2007 |
| Reason for dissolution | sale |
| Seat | Saarlouis |
| management | Gabriele Immetsberger and Christoph Leinen |
| Number of employees | 3000 (2006) |
| sales | 589 million euros (2006) |
| Branch | Grocery retail |
The Distributa group of companies based in Saarlouis was a German trading company . In 2005, Distributa ranked 26th among the largest retail companies in Germany with a turnover of 603 million euros. In 2006 sales amounted to 589 million euros. At that time there were a total of 3000 employees. Since the sale of the operating divisions hela specialist stores and Accord supermarkets, the group has no longer been operating.
Distributa is a member of the BBB & R subgroup of the Markant AG trade cooperation .
history
The company was founded in 1903 by Johann Spanier as a grocery store . In the 1920s, this was supplemented by a first wholesaler, which was followed by others in 1960. After the Saarland came to Germany by referendum in 1957, the J. Spanier company became a member of the VIVO retail chain and later also of the IFA. In its largest expansion, the company supplied around 400 grocery stores in Saarland.
In 1963, today's company headquarters with wholesale and cash & carry was established in Saarlouis, and the first hypermarkets opened a few years later. In 1969 a hypermarket in Saarbrücken was given the name hela center for the first time . From 1970, smaller supermarkets opened under the name IX-MARKT . The company subsequently expanded its locations to include other federal states.
Creation of the group of companies
The Distributa group of companies was established in 1972 and in 1977 opened the first “do-it-yourself” specialist store under the name hela Baupark . In the next decade, hela Wohnexpress, -Autopark, -Gartenmeister and the first hela professional center were added. From 1986 the IX markets were replaced by the larger Accord markets. In January 2004 the seven hela hypermarkets were sold to Kaufland .
Gabriele Immetsberger, the founder's granddaughter, has been managing director together with Christoph Leinen since September 2006. They succeeded Werner Diehl, who had headed the company for more than thirty years.
Sale and withdrawal
In June 2007, the entire food division of Distributa, consisting of 29 modern Accord supermarkets located in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, a cash & carry location, a warehouse of over 7000 m² and the company headquarters in Saarlouis, were sold to the REWE Group . The grocery sales division recently achieved annual sales of over 150 million euros with almost 2,000 employees.
In July 2007 the 33 hela specialty stores of Distributa were sold to Globus SB-Warenhaus Holding . However, the purchase was linked to a number of conditions that were initially not met. This has Bundeskartellamt an unbundling process initiated. Globus SB-Warenhaus Holding was supposed to sell 4 of the 33 hela stores to an independent competitor. But this was disregarded, so that the Federal Cartel Office threatened to prohibit the entire purchase. Globus then tried to sue the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court and failed at the end of 2008. In mid-2010, the unbundling proceedings were discontinued because Globus sold the four stores in question to its competitor Obi . Since the sale of the food and specialty store divisions, the group is no longer operational as a trading company.
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Saarlouis Press "Visiting Distributa" 2007
- ^ City of Saarlouis Press "Visiting Distributa" 2007
- ↑ kartellblog.de from September 10, 2010 ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
