Ratio (trading company)
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1774 |
| Seat | Muenster |
| management | Hendrik Snoek |
| Branch | Trade and services |
| Website | www.ratio.de |
The ratio GmbH & Co. KG , based in Westphalian Münster is a business group of trading and service companies. In March 2011, the Ratio Group sold the Ratio shopping centers, the Ratio specialist stores and the Ratio wholesale stores to several German retail companies.
Corporate structure
The Ratio Group operated until March 2011 a total of eight C & C - wholesale markets on the Loddenheide in Munster, in Osnabrueck , Bielefeld , Ratingen , Bochum , Hagen , Limburg and in Laatzen . In addition to these markets, which are only intended for traders, there are twelve shopping centers for end consumers at Baunatal , Bielefeld, Bochum, Brinkum , Gohfeld , Laatzen, Münster-Gievenbeck , Münster-Loddenheide , Osnabrück, Ratingen, Stadthagen and Trier , as well as two specialist markets in Limburg-Offheim and Oer-Erkenschwick .
In the service sector, the following different service providers belong to the group of companies:
- Central-Import, an international distributor with a focus on the fruit and fruit sector
- Ratio Erdöl GmbH & Co. KG, trades in mineral oil products as well as the group's own petrol stations
- Rhein-West-Logistik, a subsidiary that takes on the logistics for the Ratio group of companies as well as for other companies
- Ratio Insurance Agency, an insurance agency specializing in the industrial sector
- Ratio Reiseland, franchisee of Reiseland
- EnKL, an energy service provider
history
The company was founded in 1774. At that time, the seat was still in Greven , as the inland port for the Münsterland was located there on the Ems . The company initially traded in colonial goods . In 1825 it opened a new warehouse and office in Greven , before moving its headquarters to Münster in 1883. The reasons for this move were the connection to the railroad and the planned construction of the Dortmund-Ems Canal and the port in Münster .
In 1931 the company of the Terfloth family had to file for bankruptcy due to illiquidity . However, the then managing director Fritz Terfloth was able to take over part of the warehouse. His apprentice at the time, Egbert Snoek , drove overland for Terfloth and sold the supplies. The company was re-established by Fritz Terfloth from the capital raised. Snoek was initially appointed as authorized signatory, from 1943 Egbert Snoek became an equal partner, the company was now called Terfloth & Snoek .
In 1947, after the end of the Second World War, the company opened its first food wholesale business on the Loddenheide in Münster. In 1952 it was the first company in Germany to introduce the concentration of orders in wholesale, also known as the “ratio system”, from which the group's name was ultimately derived. With the opening of the wholesale market in Bochum in 1957, Ratio was the first food wholesaler in Europe to introduce self-service with immediate cash payment, the so-called Cash & Carry System (C&C), which was to be the model for many other wholesalers. With the opening of Ratio Markt Münster in 1963, end consumers were also able to buy from the company for the first time. In 2001 Ratio achieved sales of almost 1 billion euros with 2,900 employees.
Heinrich Rüschoff was still co-managing director in 2004. The annual turnover in the 2006 financial year was around 829 million euros gross with 2,459 employees. Ratio includes a plot of land of 916,000 m², 95% of which is owned and a building area of 365,000 m².
On September 29, 2010, Ratio Handel GmbH & Co. KG and the Edeka Group agreed to take over 19 of all 22 stores by Edeka - subject to approval by the antitrust authorities. While Edeka wanted to take over all employees in the stores it had bought, Ratio 170 of 200 jobs were "cut in a socially acceptable manner" at the corporate headquarters. Two months earlier, in July 2010, Hendrik Snoek had vehemently opposed sales speculation. There are no plans to sell at this point in time. As a reason for the sale, Snoek cited the low chances of being able to exist in the market over the long term. The differences in turnover between the companies (ratio: approx. 600 million euros compared with the competition in the double-digit billions) are too great.
On September 30, 2019, it was announced that the four Ratio wholesale stores will be sold by Edeka Hessenring. The two Ratio wholesale stores in Bielefeld and Bochum will be transferred to EFS Edeka Foodservice on January 18, 2020. The two Ratio wholesale stores in Hagen and Ratingen will be operated under the name Handelshof from February 1, 2020.
Former ratio markets
| branch | place | Succession |
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| Ratio shopping center (Ratio Land Baunatal) | Baunatal | MK-Warenvertriebs GmbH, Melsungen ( market purchase , operation as a ratio, Edeka Hessenring) |
| Ratio shopping center (novo shopping center) | Bielefeld | Famila Handelsmarkt Neumünster GmbH & Co. KG, Kiel (Famila Northeast) |
| Ratio shopping center (formerly novo shopping center) now market purchase | Brinkum (Stuhr) | Fresh markets Borkum GmbH, Wiefelstede (belongs to Edeka Minden-Hannover) |
| Ratio shopping center (novo specialist store) | Limburg - Offheim | Herkules DIY store & garden center (Rheika-Delta Warenhandelsgesellschaft mbh, Melsungen) |
| Ratio shopping center | Laatzen | Kaufland Vertrieb 124 GmbH & o. KG, Neckarsulm |
| Ratio shopping center | Wages - Gohfeld | Famila Handelsmarkt Neumünster GmbH & Co. KG, Kiel (meanwhile closed) |
| Ratio shopping center | Munster - Loddenheide | Neukauf Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Moers ( Marktkauf , Edeka Rhein-Ruhr) DIY and garden center section separated and given to Hellweg |
| Ratio shopping center | Munster-Gievenbeck | Neukauf Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Moers ( Marktkauf , Edeka Rhein-Ruhr)
Hellweg Baumarkt (hardware store building) |
| Ratio shopping center (novo specialist store) | Oer-Erkenschwick | Toom hardware store |
| Ratio shopping center (novo shopping center) | Osnabrück | Kaufland Vertrieb 124 GmbH & o. KG, Neckarsulm |
| Ratio shopping center (novo shopping center) | Ratingen | Neukauf Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Moers ( Edeka Rhein-Ruhr Marktkauf operation as a ratio) |
| Ratio shopping center | Stadthagen | Kaufland Vertrieb 138 GmbH & o. KG, Neckarsulm |
| Ratio shopping center | trier | neukauf Markt GmbH, Offenburg (Edeka Center in the Ratio shopping center, Edeka Südwest) |
| Wholesale market ratio | Bielefeld | EDEKA Foodservice Foundation, Offenburg (Ratio Großmarkt appearance) formerly RM Großmarkt GmbH Melsungen EDEKA Hessenring |
| Wholesale market ratio | Bochum | EDEKA Foodservice Foundation, Offenburg (Ratio Großmarkt appearance) formerly RM Großmarkt GmbH Melsungen EDEKA Hessenring |
| Wholesale market ratio | Hagen | Handelshof Arnsberg GmbH & Co. KG (part of EDEKA Foodservice) formerly RM Großmarkt GmbH Melsungen EDEKA Hessenring |
| Wholesale market ratio | Laatzen | Fresh markets Borkum GmbH, Wiefelstede (belongs to Edeka Minden-Hanover) Meanwhile closed |
| Wholesale market ratio | Limburg - Offheim | Brülle & Schmelzer GmbH & Co. KG, Lippstadt |
| Wholesale market ratio | Muenster | Brülle & Schmelzer GmbH & Co. KG, Lippstadt |
| Wholesale market ratio | Osnabrück | Brülle & Schmelzer GmbH & Co. KG, Lippstadt |
| Wholesale market ratio | Ratingen | Handelshof Haan GmbH & Co. KG (part of EDEKA Foodservice) formerly RM Großmarkt GmbH Melsungen EDEKA Hessenring |
| Ratio department store | Bochum | Ratio KOPosten-Markt until the end of June 2011, demolished and rebuilt. Operator Kaufland |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reich through Ratio , Die Zeit , article from 1972
- ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten, September 29, 2010: Edeka takes over Ratio - 170 positions in the head office are eliminated
- ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten, July 20, 2010: Ratio boss Snoek defends himself against speculation
- ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten, September 30, 2010: The ratio sale: Difficult decision for company boss Snoek