Gustav Lichdi AG

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Gustav Lichdi AG
legal form Corporation
founding February 5, 1904
resolution January 31, 1980
Seat Heilbronn GermanyGermanyGermany 
sales 114.5 million DM (1977)

The company Gustav Lichdi AG was a large grocery store with its headquarters in Heilbronn , which was founded on February 5, 1904 and existed until January 31, 1980.

history

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Gustav Lichdi founded Gustav Lichdi GmbH on February 5, 1904 in the Lohtorstrasse / corner of Rathausgasse in Heilbronn. In 1918 the GmbH was converted into a limited partnership . Before the First World War it had 22 branches. In 1923 the company was converted into a family corporation with a share capital of 25 million marks as part of a family establishment, with the original sole proprietor, Gustav Lichdi, becoming the director of the AG. In 1927, at the instigation of Edeka, a protest meeting of trade and industry against the branches of the Gustav Lichdi company took place. In 1928 Gustav Lichdi AG closed with a profit of 26,500 Reichsmarks. In 1929 the AG had 50 branches and employed 170 employees with an annual turnover of 4 million Reichsmarks and achieved 73,335 Reichsmarks in net profit, compared to 26,500 Reichsmarks in the previous year. In 1931, the suit was Unit Price Business good value against the company Gustav Lichdi AG dismissed; In it, Wohlwert demanded that the product designation "Lichdi's full-value unit prices" be omitted.

In 1950 the share capital of Gustav Lichdi AG was set at 1 million DM. In 1951 the AG had over 70 branches with around 450 people in Württemberg, Baden and Bavaria and, along with Kaiser and Tengelmann, was one of the major branches. In 1952 the AG employed 400 people. In 1954 the AG had 72 branches in 44 locations and celebrated its 50th anniversary. In 1958 the AG had an annual turnover of 37 million DM. In 1960 the AG was able to increase its turnover to 55.4 million DM; In 1961 sales exceeded the 60 million mark. In 1962/1963 the turnover was 67.4 million DM. In the financial year 1963/1964 the Lichdi turnover exceeded the 70 million mark and made 72.4 million DM turnover with 64 branches and 800 employees. In 1967 the AG had sales of 81.28 million DM.

In 1970 the business operated 90 self-service shops and supermarkets, the largest of which had 1,300 m² of retail space. In 1970 the parent company was under the management of Kurt and Diether Götz Lichdi. The Lichdi-Centers could be found in Heilbronn, Nuremberg, Ludwigshafen, Grünstadt, Speyer, Landau and other cities.

In 1974 the Co op Schwaben Group acquired 75 percent of Gustav Lichdi AG. In 1975 Lichdi had sales of 91.4 million with around 600 employees. In 1977, Gustav Lichdi AG, part of the co op group, had sales of 114.5 million DM, compared to 107.5 million DM in the previous year in 1976. The co op Schwaben AG made a billion DM in sales. On December 31, 1978 the co op group acquired 100 percent of Gustav Lichdi AG, and from January 31, 1980 Gustav Lichdi AG was no longer active on the market.

literature

  • Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of Gustav Lichdi AG Heilbronn a. N: Feb. 5, 1904-1929. Gustav Lichdi Publishing House, 1929.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Renz, Werner Föll: Chronicle of the city of Heilbronn. Volume II: 1896-1921. Heilbronn 1986, p. 70.
  2. ↑ Alexander Renz, Friedrich Dürr, Werner Föll: Chronicle of the City of Heilbronn. Volume III: 1922-1933. Heilbronn 1986, pp. 98, 110, 214, 280, 329, 350, 353, 386 f., 389, 411, 503, 508, 512, 526, 564, 646.
  3. ↑ Alexander Renz, Susanne locks: Chronicle of the city of Heilbronn. Volume VI: 1945-1951. Heilbronn 1995, pp. 281, 404, 420, 430, 533, 545, 548.
  4. ↑ Alexander Renz, Susanne locks: Chronicle of the city of Heilbronn. Volume VII: 1952-1957. Heilbronn 1996, pp. 32, 62, 173, 257, 310, 429, 457.
  5. ↑ 50 years of Gustav Lichdi AG. Heilbronn . In: Economic Service . No. 2 , February 15, 1954, p. 15 .
  6. ^ Gustav Lichdi AG. Heilbronn . In: Economic Service . No. 6 , June 15, 1958, p. 19 .
  7. ↑ Further increases in sales are recorded. From the annual report of Gustav Lichdi AG. In: Franconian news . 2nd February 1962.
  8. ↑ VWD: Lichdi sales exceed DM 70 million. 10 (14)% dividend on doubled share capital - fiscal year adjusted to the calendar year. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . March 11, 1965, p. 8 .
  9. ↑ Lichdi with 72.4 million DM sales . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . August 7, 1964, p. 17 .
  10. ↑ From Ludwigshafen to Heilbronn. In: Mannheimer Morgen . 4th August 1968.
  11. ↑ Manfred Kaiser, Felix F. Voigt: Heilbronn - young city on the way into the future. Druckhaus Heilbronn GmbH, Heilbronn 1970.
  12. ↑ Annette Geisler: 1950: Serve yourself. In: Heilbronner Stadtzeitung , No. 10 of May 20, 2009, p. 6 (online here  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice .; PDF; 1.6 MB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.heilbronn.de  
  13. ^ Kai D. Eichstädt: Grocery trade. Chain stores make cash. More and more entrepreneurs are selling their national chains to the industry giant. In: The time . January 11, 1974.
  14. ↑ Lichdi about industry average . In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung . No. 163 , July 17, 1976, p. 16 .
  15. ↑ Lichdi AG in sales growth . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . No. 164 , July 20, 1978, p. 11 .
  16. ↑ db: Gustav Lichdi AG is no longer on the market. Business operations leased to mother / last 48 branches with sales of 120 million marks. In: Heilbronn voice . No. 26 , January 31, 1980, pp. 19 .