Les Mousquetaires
Les Mousquetaires ( The Musketeers ) is the umbrella brand of the French group ITM Entreprises SA , based in Bondoufle , Essonne department , to which several legally independent retail companies belong. The best-known sales line is Intermarché . ITM is the second largest retail chain in France.
The group belongs to the international purchasing cooperation Alidis / Agenor (based in Geneva), in which the Spanish Grupo Eroski and (since 2005) the German Edeka each hold a third.
In 1997, ITM Entreprises SA became majority shareholder in the German SPAR Handels AG through its Swiss subsidiary Intercontessa AG . This resulted in the No. 1 in the European food trade and a strategic realignment of Spar followed. Spar concentrated on small and medium-sized sales areas, 74 large Interspar hypermarkets were given up and the flag was changed to Eurospar in 1999, and to Intermarché since 2000 . With ITM, Spar formed the Swiss Agenor AG for central purchasing . In 2005 ITM became the sole owner of what is now SPAR Handelsgesellschaft mbH. The 1073 Netto branches of both Netto chains were sold to the parent company ITM in 2004 and thus remained in the group of companies. On September 12, 2005 ITM sold Spar and the German Netto Marken-Discount (Netto Süd) as well as 25% of Netto Nord to Edeka -Zentrale AG.
Sales lines
Intermarché
Around 2000 hypermarkets in France, Belgium, Portugal, Spain and Poland; in Bosnia, Romania, Serbia and Kosovo under the name InterEX. Founded in 1969, Intermarché was the first company to operate under the Les Mousquetaires umbrella brand. Intermarché is operated by the E.Leclerc chain and supplied by Spar, which belongs to Edeka.
Ecomarché
Similar to Intermarché, but smaller and mainly located in rural areas.
Restaumarché
A chain of restaurants founded in 1980, mainly located in the group's shopping centers. The current 75 restaurants sold 4.2 million meals in 2005.
Le Relais des Mousquetaires
Convenience shops with goods for daily needs in rural regions, founded in 1989.
net
Hard discounter with 413 stores.
Bricomarché
Founded in 1989, around 500 furnishing and hardware stores with garden centers and pet food departments are operated under this brand in Poland, Portugal, Belgium and France.
Logimarché
About 60 smaller home improvement stores in rural regions of France, founded in 1998. Are currently being converted to Bricomarché.
Vêti
Around 160 fashion stores (9 of them in Portugal, the rest in France) sell various fashion labels and own brands.
Roady
Over 100 combined car repair shops and car accessories shops in France, mostly located in the group's shopping centers.
