List of grocery retailers

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The list of food retailers includes discounters and full-range food retailers operating worldwide and across Germany .

Today's grocery retailers

Surname	founding	Company (member since)	Market presence as	countries	Branches worldwide	Distribution type	logo
Aldi north	1961		ALDI	Belgium Denmark Germany France Luxembourg Netherlands Poland Portugal Spain United States		Discount stores
Aldi south	1961		ALDI SOUTH	Australia Germany Ireland United States United Kingdom		Discount stores
Alnatura	1984		Alnatura (until 2014 in the dm range )	Germany Switzerland	138	Organic supermarket
Billa	1953	Rewe Group (1996)	BILLA	Bulgaria Austria Russia Slovakia Czech Republic Ukraine		Full range supplier
Combi		Bünting Group	Combi	Germany		Full range supplier
Edeka	1907		EDEKA EDEKA active market EDEKA Center EDEKA New purchase of EDEKA xpress	Germany		Full range supplier
famila northeast	1974	Bartels-Langness	famila	Germany		Full range supplier
famila northwest	1977	Bünting Group	famila	Germany		Full range supplier
globe	1828		globe	Germany Russia Czech Republic		Full range supplier
hit	1901	Jackdaw Group	HIT	Germany		Full range supplier
Hofer	1962	Aldi South (1967)	HOFER	Austria Italy Slovenia Switzerland Hungary	5600	Discount stores
Karstadt	1881		KARSTADT	Germany		Full range supplier
Kaufland	1968	Black group	Kaufland	Bulgaria Germany Croatia Poland Romania Slovakia Czech Republic	1,200	Full range supplier
Lidl Lidl Austria	1973	Black group	LIDL	Belgium Bulgaria Denmark Germany Finland France Greece Ireland Italy Croatia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Sweden Switzerland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Czech Republic Hungary United States United Kingdom Cyprus	10,200	Discount stores
net	1981	Salling Group	NET	Denmark Germany Poland Sweden		Discount stores
Netto Marken-Discount	1928	Edeka (2005)	Netto-Marken-City-Discount Netto Marken-Discount	Germany	4,168	Discount stores
Norma	1964		NORMA	Germany France Austria Czech Republic		Discount stores
penny	1973	Rewe Group (1989)	PENNY	Germany Italy Austria Romania Czech Republic Hungary		Discount stores
Save	1932		City SPAR DESPAR EUROSPAR INTERSPAR SPAR SPAR express	Azerbaijan Australia Belgium Botswana People's Republic of China Denmark Germany France Georgia Greece India Indonesia Ireland Italy Cameroon Croatia Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Netherlands Nigeria Norway Oman Austria Pakistan Poland Portugal Russia Zambia Saudi Arabia Switzerland Zimbabwe Slovenia Spain South Africa Czech Republic Ukraine Hungary United Kingdom		Full range supplier
real	1992	SCP Group	real	Germany	282	Full range supplier
Good	1947	Migros Cooperative Zurich (2013)	good ...	Germany		Full range supplier
Tesco	1909		TESCO	Ireland Malaysia Poland Slovakia Thailand Czech Republic Hungary United Kingdom		Full range supplier
Rewe	1927		REWE REWE CENTER REWE CITY	Germany		Full range supplier
Plaza		North supermarkets / coop eG	Will be available in REWE-Center by mid-June 2019.	Germany		Full range supplier
Sky	1974	North supermarkets / coop eG	Will be included in REWE, REWE City and REWE Center by the end of June 2019. Sale of individual branches to Famila and Markant.	Germany Denmark Sweden		Full range supplier
Whole Foods Market	1980

Former grocery retailer

Surname	founding	resolution	Reason for dissolution	Flagged to (since)	Company (member since)	countries	Distribution type	logo
all purchase	1962	1998	Sale to Real	Real (1999)	Metro Group (1998)	Germany	Full range supplier
Bolle	1933	2011	Sale to Rewe	Rewe (2011)	Rewe Group (2008)	Germany	Full range supplier
co op	1972	1989	co-op scandal	various		Germany	Full range supplier
extra	1970	2009	Sale to Rewe	Rewe (2009)	Rewe Group (2008)	Germany	Full range supplier
divi		1992	Raised in real.			Germany	Full range supplier
Hill	1855	1989	Sale of Heinrich Hill GmbH to Deutsche Supermarket AG (Rewe).	HL (1989) Minimal (1989) Rewe (1989)	Rewe Group (1989)	Germany	Full range supplier
HL market	1961	1989	Sale to Rewe	Rewe (2006)	Rewe Group (1989)	Germany	Full range supplier
Kaiser's Tengelmann	1881	2016	Sale to Edeka with resale of individual branches to Rewe	Edeka (2017) Netto Marken-Discount (2017) Penny (2017) Rewe (2017)	Edeka (2017)	Germany Hungary (sold to Spar Austria in 2003, flag changed to Spar in 2011)	Full range supplier
Migros Cooperative	1995	2013	German branches sold to Rewe	Rewe (2013)	Migros	Germany France Liechtenstein Austria       (1993-1997) Switzerland	Full range supplier
Minimal	1973	1989	Sale to Rewe	Rewe (2006)	Rewe Group (1989)	Germany	Full range supplier
plus	1972	2010	Sale to Edeka	Netto Marken-Discount (2009)	Tengelmann	Bulgaria Germany Poland Portugal Romania Czech Republic Hungary	Discount stores
Meeting 3000		2018	Edeka Südwest discount stores (160 branches)	Netto and Edeka xpress (2018)	Edeka	Germany	Discount stores

Remarks:

1. ↑ If different from the name
2. ↑ This name is only used for markets in Hungary
3. ↑ This name is used exclusively for markets in Italy
4. ↑ This name is used as the only brand identity in Germany
5. ↑ Describes the situation in the German-speaking countries
6. ↑ Describes the situation in the German-speaking countries
7. ↑ If different from the name

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.handelsdaten.de/top-100-vertriebslinien-im-stationaeren-einzelhandel
2. ↑ Kieler Nachrichten: Now the flag is changed to Rewe in Kiel
3. ↑ Sky becomes Rewe - supermarkets change their name Kieler Nachrichten online on August 20, 2018. Accessed on February 3, 2019.
4. ↑ Kieler Nachrichten: Now the flag is changed to Rewe in Kiel
5. ↑ Kiel sees RED - sky becomes REWE
6. ↑ Sky becomes Rewe - supermarkets change their name Kieler Nachrichten online on August 20, 2018. Accessed on February 3, 2019.
7. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt: Ten supermarkets in the north change hands