Super organic market
| SuperBioMarkt AG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1973 |
| Seat |
Munster , Germany
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| management |
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| Number of employees | > 600 |
| sales | EUR 65 million (2019) |
| Branch | Organic stores, grocery stores, health food stores, supermarkets |
| Website | www.superbiomarkt.com |
| Status: 2019 | |
The SuperBioMarkt AG is an organic supermarket chain based in Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia and 26 branches in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony .
history
The company has its origins in the macro store , which was founded in 1973 by Rainer Welke. The Makrohaus was one of the first 5 organic shops in Germany. In 1979 the second store with 130 m² was opened on Achtermannstrasse in Münster. In 1993, the owner Michael wheel built the company for the first full range - Biosupermarkt made in North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1996 the first branch outside of Münster was opened in Osnabrück . The AG was founded in 2001, the AG is not listed on the stock exchange. SuperBioMarkt AG today sells around 7,000 items; According to the company, these are entirely from organic production.
SuperBioMarkt AG has been running the "Bio to go" bistro in Münster since May 2011 and the "natur-elle" natural cosmetics studio in Münster and Düsseldorf since September 2012 .
In autumn 2016, the headquarters of SuperBioMarkt AG moved from the Münster-Hiltrup district as anchor tenant to the new office building H7 at the city harbor in Münster . According to the investors, the H7 is Germany's largest timber hybrid high-rise and it was built according to particularly high ecological standards at the request of the main tenant SuperBioMarkt AG.
On April 1, 2018, SuperBioMarkt AG will take over the two branches of the Rewe organic market chain TEMMA in Düsseldorf from the Rewe Group .
Shareholders
SuperBioMarkt AG is a non-listed stock corporation. On January 16, 2018, the company announced that Bio Development AG, based in Switzerland, had acquired 38% of the shares. The remaining shares will remain with the CEO and majority shareholder Michael Radau. Bio Development AG is a holding company in the organic food industry, which has set itself the task of providing organic companies with a healthy capital base and thus contributing to the further development of an organic industry that is independent of large corporations. She is also involved in the organic supermarket chain Bio Company in Berlin and is the owner of the organic wholesaler Phönix GmbH.
Brother Egg Initiative
In February 2017, SuperBioMarkt AG, together with eight regional chicken farmers from North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, started the Bruder-Ei initiative for rearing male chicks, similar to Alnatura . Since SuperBioMarkt AG only sells eggs from small farms in the region of the locations, the demand for regionality and the promotion of small farms was combined with the solution of the problem of day-old chicks via a joint crowdfunding solution .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Board of Directors . Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ↑ [1] . Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ↑ [2] . Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ↑ SuperBioMarkt boss Michael Radau in the interview-handelsjournal. Retrieved June 24, 2020 .
- ^ History. Retrieved June 24, 2020 .
- ↑ A brief description of SuperBioMarkt AG . Retrieved April 23, 2012.
- ↑ Organic products taken out of their niche ( memento from October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on NOZ.de. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ↑ Bio to go opening ( Memento from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved July 4, 2013.
- ↑ Natural cosmetics studio natur-elle . Retrieved July 4, 2013
- ↑ The tallest wooden skyscraper towers over the south side of the harbor on wn.de. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ↑ Superbiomarkt takes over Temma on rp-online.de. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ↑ New participation aims to strengthen regional organic retail . Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ↑ Swiss Bio Development AG takes over 38 percent of SuperBioMarkt AG in Münster . Retrieved January 19, 2018.
- ^ Initiative brother egg . Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ↑ Supermarket blog.com: SuperBioMarkt asks its customers: Have you already crowd found a breakfast egg today? . Retrieved April 18, 2017.