In 2013 in Russia, a new chain of food discounters will be opened – this will be the chian of discounters under the brand Plus of German Tengelmann Group. The management of “Plus Discount” company confirmed that they are planning to launch the discount chain under the brand Plus, but the exact time of the opening of the first store was not named. Is is planned to develop the new network mainly in Moscow and Moscow region.
Network Plus was founded in 1972, In 2006, there were 1,200 stores in Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain. However, in 2007-2009, holding Tengelmann sold Plus stores to competitors – Edeka, Lidl, Spar, Carrefour and others, which belonged to the Edeka group and currently operate as Netto Marken-Discount.
Now, Tengelmann is developing the network DIY – hypermarket Obi, textile discounter chain KiK, clothes retail chain Woolworth, outlet network Kaiser’s in Europe, as well as a supermarket chain A&P in the USA.
Source: www.retailer.ru