The Tegut supermarket chain will be completely dissolved; according to the company, the brand will disappear by the end of the year at the latest. Around 7,400 employees were informed this morning that operations would be discontinued and the branch network would be sold. There were already before in January reports about possible closures and one Job cuts.

According to information from “Food newspaper” (LZ), Edeka has signed contracts that secure the majority of the locations for the group, subject to the approval of the Federal Cartel Office.

Edeka takes over the majority of Tegut’s network

The majority of the markets are to be distributed across the Edeka regions of Hessenring, Southwest, Southern Bavaria and Northern Bavaria. In addition, the Edeka headquarters is taking over the new logistics center in Michelsrombach, the Herzberg bakery and the Tegut sister company Smart Retail Solutions with around 40 autonomous Teo stores.

According to “Lebensmittel Zeitung” (LZ), Rewe is negotiating a significantly smaller package of probably under 100 branches, without central administrative functions.

Edeka vs. Rewe: This is how the branch network is distributed in Germany

Although Rewe and Edeka together form the top of the German food market, there is a wide gap in the size of the branch networks. While Rewe has around 3,800 stores, Edeka operates almost three times as many with over 11,000 locations, as “Shopfitting” reported.

Edeka also consistently maintains its position ahead of its Cologne competitor in the core economic factors – sales and market share.