Consumption Dresden

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KONSUM DRESDEN eG

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legal form registered cooperative
founding Konsumverein Pieschen 1882 / Vorwärts Dresden June 4, 1888
Seat Dresden , Germany
management Roger Ulke Chairman of the Management Board , Sören Goldemann Member of the Management Board , Martin Bergner Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Number of employees 831, including 76 trainees (2019)
sales 112 million € (2019)
Branch retail trade
Website www.konsum.de

The consumer Dresden eG (proper spelling: CONSUMPTION DRESDEN eG) is a consumer cooperative with headquarters in Dresden . It maintains 35 consumer and Frida markets in Saxony .

The cooperative had a turnover of 111.8 million euros in 2019 (2018: 109.5 million euros). The annual result for 2019 was EUR 313,769 (2018: EUR 378,000) and thus the return on sales for 2019 was 0.28% (2018: 0.34%). In 2017, the return on sales was 0.75%.

The company has a total of 21,608 members whose deposits are owned by the cooperative and who receive a percentage rebate, discounts on their purchases and dividends.

The cooperative was created in 1990 through a merger of the consumer cooperatives Dresden City and District Dresden-Land and is considered the legal successor to the Konsumverein Vorwärts für Dresden und Umgebung eG , which in 1935/36 in the Third Reich as a consumer cooperative Dresden was forced to liquidate by resolution of the executive board and supervisory board .

history

Entire board of the ZdK 1903, from left Karl Schmidtchen , Konrad Barth , Max Radestock from Dresden-Pieschen (chairman), Heinrich Kaufmann (secretary)

In 1882 the first Saxon consumer association was founded in Pieschen on Konkordienstraße. On June 4, 1888, the consumer association Vorwärts für Dresden und Umgebung eG was founded in Dresden. The Rochdal principles should apply to the cooperative . It was particularly emphasized that genuine and good goods should be distributed for immediate cash payment. At that time, food controls were not yet fully developed and the adulteration of food was common at all levels of production and trade. In particular, it was about stretching and enhancing the food, which not only reduced the nutritional content of the goods but also posed health risks. The dependence on the local shopkeeper by “leaving a letter” was a bad habit that drove the working class into further dependency.

The Dresden Purchasing Association was one of the first consumer cooperative purchasing associations . It was founded as the fourth German purchasing association in 1892, with 46 others following throughout Germany by 1916. The purchasing associations bundled the joint consumer cooperative purchasing of several consumer associations in a region.

In 1894, the consumer association Vorwärts acquired a piece of land and set up its first own store for food there.

The forward scored 1894 6,238 members and an annual turnover of 1,205,000 Mark to the big cooperatives in Germany. Beyond Dresden, it was also of great importance for the consumer cooperative movement throughout Germany. In 1894, the consumer association Vorwärts was one of the founding shareholders of the Großeinkaufs-Gesellschaft Deutscher Consumvereine (GEG). The forward board member Max Hoppe was one of the first five members of the GEG's supervisory board and became chairman of the board in 1897. For the founding of the national central association of German consumer associations , the managing director of the consumer association Pieschen , Max Radestock , worked out the draft statutes of the newly established central association, which was discussed in October 1902 by the relevant commission. In 1903 the founding assembly of the central association took place in Dresden, to which the German consumer cooperatives of the Hamburg, the red, the socialist direction belonged. Radestock became an honorary member and chairman of the board of the newly founded association.

In the period around 1900, the cooperative's own production was of great importance for the economic and socio-political perspective in the cooperative movement. Here, too, members of the Dresden cooperative stood out in Germany. At the general assembly of the GEG in 1903, it was decided to set up a large production plant for the cooperative's own production of soaps. The building capital required was mainly subscribed by cooperatives. Of the planned 300,000 marks, the consumer association Pieschen signed the highest amount with 70,000 marks, in third place was Vorwärts, Dresden, with 30,000 marks, a total of 100,000 marks, so a third came from the present area of ​​Dresden.

Meat processing plant of the consumer cooperative, status 2006

In 1931 the consumer association Vorwärts eG opened its first own meat processing factory on Fabrikstrasse in Dresden. The building in the New Objectivity style still exists today and is a listed building .

After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, the social democratic name Vorwärts was deleted and the cooperative was transferred to the Dresden consumer cooperative . The forward had invested using the deposits of their comrades in an operations center, but they already can not build the planned extent due to the economic crisis. Due to restrictive National Socialist laws and ordinances, the cooperative now got into economic difficulties and liquidity shortage, so that in accordance with the law of May 21, 1935 and four implementing ordinances by May 26, 1936, the management board and supervisory board had to resolve the liquidation. A total of 73 German consumer cooperatives had to give up on these or similar routes. Almost a third of all members of a consumer cooperative were affected. The land and consumer distribution points for food in Dresden were expropriated.

After the end of the Second World War, the establishment of new cooperatives in the Dresden area became possible again according to SMAD order 176. In total, the four consumer cooperatives North, East, South and West were brought into being in the city of Dresden in 1946/48. They later merged to form the consumer cooperatives Dresden Stadt and Kreis Dresden-Land . The property expropriated in 1935/36 was transferred to the cooperatives.

As a result of the land reform in the Soviet occupation zone from 1945 onwards, the cooperatives in the Dresden area were forced to give up many consumer properties from 1956 to 1959.

In 1967 the first consumer department store was built in Dresden. Ten years later Konsum Dresden opened her first own restaurant.

Recent history

Consumer market on Alaunstrasse in the middle of the trendy Neustadt district

In 1990 the consumer cooperatives Dresden Stadt and Kreis Dresden-Land merged to form Konsum Dresden eG. The renovation process began in 1991. Konsum Dresden built up a sales network geared towards market economy structures.

Regional and international specialties have been part of the range since 2000. Due to this consistent realignment, the consumer cooperative has been generating profits again since 2004.

Advertising for consumption on an articulated railcar NGT D8DD of the Dresden tram

After taking over Kaiser's stores in 2000, Konsum became the market leader in Dresden.

In 2002 Konsum Dresden introduced the membership card with which members of the cooperative can identify themselves. This card replaced the consumer discount stamp booklet, which had existed since the company was founded in 1888.

In 2003 she opened the first branch outside her traditional area of ​​Dresden and the surrounding area in Plauen / Vogtland, which still exists today.

In 2005, the cooperative was the first food retail company in Germany to have all branches certified by TÜV Nord Cert GmbH & Co. KG with the Freshness TÜV. Due to sustained profits, the company was able to pay out a 5 percent dividend on subscribed shares to members for the first time in 2006.

In 2007 the company was able to open the first KONSUM freshness shop outside of its traditional Saxon sales area in Erlangen . The four markets in Swiss francs ultimately resulted in high losses for consumption, and they were all closed again.

Sören Goldemann has succeeded Gunther Seifert as a member of the board since August 2019.

The 34th store opened in Dresden-Striesen in September 2019.

In the 2018 financial year, 831 employees generated annual sales of EUR 109.5 million. The fresh produce segment comprises more than half (54.2%) of the entire range. The company primarily cooperates with food partners from the region. The majority of the workforce receives an hourly wage that is slightly above the minimum wage. Competitors pay significantly more here.

In 2019, purchases grew to 10.2 million receipts. Approx. 3,500 of the products on offer come from Saxony. This generates 22.7 percent of sales.

Awards

In recent years the cooperative has received numerous national prizes: Supermarket of the Year (2018), Organic Retail Award (2008 ), A Heart for Organic (2008, 2007), Creative Award (2008, 2007), Turnarounder of the Year (2007 ), Top Employer (2007), Letter of Honor from the Interest Group for Healthy Foods. V. (2006), Training Ace in Gold (2003), Supermarket of the Year (2003), German Fruit Prize (2001, 2002, 2004), Meat Star (2001).

Important consumer cooperatives from Dresden

literature

  • Erwin Hasselmann : History of the German consumer cooperatives. Fritz Knapp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1971.
  • Heinrich Kaufmann: Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the Central Association of German Consumer Associations . Published on behalf of the board and committee of the Central Association of German Consumers, printed by the Verlaggesellschaft deutscher Konsumvereine mbH, Hamburg 1928, 543 pages with appendix.
  • Dresden City Archives , inventory 14.8: Konsum Dresden eG
  • History of the development of the German cooperative system; Dr. Otto Ruhmer - Hamburg 1937

Web links

Commons : Konsum Dresden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Sächsische Zeitung of June 25, 2020, p. 20
  2. ↑ Locations & opening times. Konsum Dresden eG, accessed on October 17, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c Sächsische Zeitung from 8./9. June 2019, p. 23
  4. ↑ Annual Report 2017. Konsum Dresden eG, accessed on July 16, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Numbers & facts about KONSUM DRESDEN (annual balance 2016). Konsum Dresden eG, accessed on July 24, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Press release KONSUM DRESDEN continues on the road to success , June 15, 2016.
  7. ↑ Saxon Main State Archives , holdings Sig. 1549
  8. ^ A b Advertisement in Genossenschaftsfamilie , mid-June 1935, 28th vol. No. 11, family sheet of the Reichsbund der Deutschen Consumergenossenschaften GmbH (GEG) Hamburg
  9. ^ A b Erwin Hasselmann: History of the German consumer cooperatives . Fritz Knapp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1971, p. 482 .
  10. ↑ Pieschen. In: dresdner-stadtteile.de. Retrieved September 4, 2009 .
  11. ^ Dresden District Court : Cooperative Register No. 18
  12. ↑ Saxon Main State Archives, holdings Sig. 1549
  13. ^ Dresdner Anzeiger , June 18, 1888
  14. ↑ See Heinrich Kaufmann: Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the Central Association of German Consumer Associations . Published on behalf of the board and committee of the Central Association of German Consumers, Printed by the Verlaggesellschaft deutscher Konsumvereine mbH, Hamburg 1928, page 290 ff
  15. ^ Erwin Hasselmann: History of the German consumer cooperatives. Fritz Knapp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1971, page 266
  16. ^ Heinrich Kaufmann : The large purchasing company of German consumer associations mb H. GEG. For the 25th anniversary 1894–1919. Hamburg 1919, page 30 ff.
  17. ↑ Cf. Erwin Hasselmann: History of the German consumer cooperatives. Fritz Knapp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1971, page 265
  18. ↑ Heinrich Kaufmann: Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the Central Association of German Consumer Associations . Published on behalf of the board of directors and committee of the Central Association of German Consumers, printed by Verlagsgesellschaft deutscher Konsumvereine mbH, Hamburg 1928, page 68 ff.
  19. ↑ Cf. August Müller : The soap factory of the Grosseinkaufs-Gesellschaft Deutscher Consumvereine in Gröba-Riesa . Publisher: Grosseinkaufs-Gesellschaft German consumer associations with limited liability, Hamburg 1910, page 23 ff
  20. ^ The new Dresden
  21. ↑ the operating center of the consumer association (consumer cooperative forward). In: arch INFORM .
  22. ↑ Cooperative Register No. 32
  23. ^ Dresden City Archives, holdings August 14: Konsum Dresden eG
  24. ↑ History of Consumer Cooperatives in East Germany after 1989 ( Memento of 12 February 2013 Web archive archive.today ), the Central Association of German consumer cooperatives eV
  25. ^ In the self-help principle of the cooperative system in Dresden, series Dresdner Hefte, No. 91; Günther Schmiechen - Dresden 2007
  26. ↑ Bettina Klemm: Consumption relies on voluntary freshness-TÜV. In: Saxon newspaper. November 17, 2005, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  27. ^ Michael Rothe: Consumption Dresden in the roller coaster. In: Saxon newspaper. June 13, 2013, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  28. ↑ Konsum Dresden gets a new boss. In: Saxon newspaper. Retrieved April 29, 2018 .
  29. ↑ Annual Report 2018. Accessed April 8, 2020 .
  30. ↑ Michael Rothe: Konsum celebrates the super vintage with flavors. In: Saxon newspaper. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
  31. ↑ KONSUM brings Germany's most important retail award to Dresden with the “Supermarket of the Year 2018”! Konsum Dresden eG, accessed on April 29, 2018 .
  32. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Mitteldeutscher Genossenschaftsverband e. V. (PDF; 35 kB)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.mgv-info.de