REWE Group

REWE Group
Type	Cooperative
Industry	Retailing
Founded	1927
Headquarters	Cologne, Germany
Key people	Alain Caparros, CEO; Heinz-Bert Zander, Chairman
Products	Discount Stores, Grocery Stores, Convenience stores, Cash&Carry, Hypermarkets, Home improvement and, Optical, Pharmacy, Clothing, Cosmetics and more
Revenue	€48 billion (2011)
Employees	323,000 (2011)
Website	www.rewe-group.com

REWE Group is a German diversified retail and tourism group based in Germany. Its current turnover is around 48 billion euros. It operates in 14 European countries and employs over 323,000 people in its trading and travel divisions.

Divisions [edit]

Trading [edit]

REWE - A supermarket chain in Germany with 3,000 stores.
BILLA - A supermarket chain with more than 1,000 stores in Austria (is the market leader in the Austrian foodstuffs trade) and 400 stores in 9 other European countries.
extra - A supermarket chain in Germany with 300 stores. (now defunct)
Penny Market - A discount supermarket chain with 3,000 stores in Germany, Austria, Italy, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
Penny Market XXL - A discount hypermarket chain in Romania.
Fegro/Selgros - A cash and carry store chain operated as a joint venture with Otto Group in Germany, Romania, Russia and Poland.
nahkauf - A convenience store operator in Germany.
toom Market - A hypermarket chain with locations in Germany.
ProMarkt - A consumer electronics company with 50 stores in Germany.
toom BauMarkt - A DIY/home improvement chain with 250 stores located in Germany.
MERKUR - A supermarket chain with 100 stores in Austria.
Standa - A supermarket chain with 158 stores in Italy.
BIPA - A health and beauty retail chain with 560 stores in Austria
REWE GVS - A grocerie wholesaler in Germany
Kaufpark - A supermarket chain with 120 stores in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Furr's Grocery Stores - A supermarket chain in Texas and New Mexico, U.S., owned by REWE from 1979 to 1990.

Tourism [edit]

REWE Touristik: ITS, Jahn Reisen, Tjaereborg and clevertours.com
Deutsches Reisebüro: Dertour, Meier’s Weltreisen and ADAC Reisen ^[1]

Country ranking in 2006 [edit]

Country	No. of Stores	Sales (million euros)
Germany	8,939	M€31,220
Austria	1,901	M€4,618
Italy	337	M€1,736
France*	-	M€1,140
Romania	65	M€1,050
Switzerland*	22	M€904
Czech Republic	245	M€844
Poland	33	M€679
Hungary	158	M€443
Slovakia	117	M€274
Croatia	50	M€215
Bulgaria	22	M€138
Russia	69	M€
Ukraine	21	M€68