Sweet department store

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Administration Hausmann OHG

logo
legal form OHG
founding 1954
resolution 1996
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Hameln , Germany
management Carl Hausmann
Number of employees 600 (1980)
Branch Retail , real estate

Logo of the original company and the main business branch "Sweet Department Store"
Former Headquarters of the Hausmann OHG / Süßes Kaufhaus OHG administration as seen from the B1 in Hameln - Klein Berkel . Meanwhile the seat of various other companies

The administration Hausmann OHG , based in Hameln, was a German confectionery chain , operator of shopping centers and sports facilities. The administration Hausmann OHG was better known to the public under the name of its founding and core business "Sweet Department Store". In its heyday the company had over 200 branches nationwide. At that time the group of companies employed 600 people.

history

The Hausmann OHG administration was founded in Hameln in 1954 as a “sweet department store”. Carl Hausmann was the managing director from the company's foundation to its bankruptcy . In the course of time, the specialist confectionery trade became a diversified group of companies with its own biscuit factory, a perfumery chain, a café chain as well as a shopping park and sports center. In 1961 the company moved to the newly built company headquarters in Hameln-Klein Berkel with its own coffee roasting facility and a fully automated warehouse. Owner and managing director Carl Hausmann showed himself to be a very social and generous company owner by having initially a dozen built private homes for employees. Others followed later. In 1968 (and opened in 1969) the administration Hausmann OHG built the Multi-Markt, a shopping center with numerous retailers, at the gates of the city of Hameln in what is now the Klein Berkel district . At the time, this shopping park was unique in all of northern Germany.

subsidiary company

Surname Branch Location The End
Sweet department store OHG (original company) Confectionery Hameln-Klein Berkel Sale to Stollwerck AG
Hausmann KG Property Management Hameln-Klein Berkel insolvency
multimarkt food and consumer goods - Handelsgesellschaft mbH & Co. OHG shopping mall Hameln-Klein Berkel sale
Roastery Mareno Coffee roastery Hameln-Klein Berkel closed
Mocca cup Coffee sales branches Hameln-Klein Berkel closed
Emmerthaler Keksfabrik GmbH KG confectionery Emmerthal sale
Perfumery Cornelius GmbH & Co perfumery Hameln-Klein Berkel insolvency
Mode-Textil-Center Hausmann OHG textiles Hamelin closed
Tennis center sport Center Hameln-Klein Berkel sale
Praline Specialty confectionery Hamelin closed
Confiserie Mareno AG Chocolate factory Zurich Sale to RAD OIL AG
The ice cream shop Ice cream parlors Hamelin closed
JOY Fine glass and chinaware, souvenirs Hamelin sale
Cafes Exclusive cafes Hameln-Klein Berkel sale

Branches

Surname number of stores
Sweet department store 200
Perfumery Cornelius 11
Mocca cup 10
The ice cream shop 3
Praline 1

Dissolution and bankruptcy

In the early 1990s, the company got into financial difficulties due to rapid expansion and speculation with the yen , so that parts of the company had to be sold. Initially, the multi-store was sold to a Cologne company. Unprofitable branches and loss-making business departments were closed, so the company had its own car workshop, shop fitting and decoration department for years. However, all of these measures did not lead the company out of the red and so in 1994 the original company, the Süße Kaufhaus, with its remaining 130 branches was sold to the Stollwerck group. The sale meant the end of the Hausmann OHG administration. In 1996 she and the remaining subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy at the Hameln District Court. By June 1, 1997, the remaining companies were liquidated and the last employees were laid off.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dewezet v. October 24, 1961, page 12. Retrieved April 11, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Dewezet v. November 9, 1968, page 3. Retrieved March 27, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Dewezet v. May 22, 1969, page 3. Retrieved March 27, 2014 .
  4. ↑ www.multimarkt-hameln.de. Archived from the original on April 23, 2011 ; Retrieved March 27, 2014 (archived version at archive.org).
  5. ↑ Dewezet v. October 24, 1961, page 12. Retrieved April 11, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Stollwerck expands sales network. In: FAZ . September 26, 1994, p. 20 , accessed March 27, 2014 .