Reply #24: # 21 US food retailer in 2007, 35th largest US overall retailer 2005.

[Hannah Bell]

The Tengelmann Group is a holding company based in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

The corporation has the following daughter companies:

A&P Tea Company (USA) with 456 branches.

Kaiser’s Tengelmann AG, 718 retail outlets.

KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH, with 2,039 branches in Germany, 235 in Austria, 2 in Czech Rep. and 1 in Slovenia

OBI Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte GmbH & Co. Franchise Center KG, a DIY store chain with 340 locations in Germany and 173 in Europe.

Plus Warenhandels-GmbH (2,868 supermarkets in Germany, EDEKA acquires a 70% majority stake in Plus Germany, <1>),

Plus Österreich, Zielpunkt Warenhandels-AG (formerly Löwa, mostly badged as Zielpunkt) with 300 supermarkets in Austria. Also includes former branches of the defunct Konsum and Julius Meinl chains.

Plus Discount spol. s r. o. (Czech Republic) with 134 branches

Plus Hellas E.P.E. & Sia E.E. (Greece) with 32 branches

Plus Élelmiszer Diszkont Kft. (Hungary) with 173 branches

Plus Discount sp. z o.o. (Poland) with 183 branches sold to Jerónimo Martins

Plus Discount-Supermercados Lda. (Portugal) with 72 branches sold to Jerónimo Martins

Plus Discount Romania S.C.S. (Romania) with 48 branches

Plus Supermercados, S. A. (Spain) with 238 branches.



By my count, the holding co owns over 8000 stores.