8 supermarkets and shops from your childhood that no longer exist today

8 supermarkets and shops from your childhood that no longer exist today slides

• Minimal
  

  Minimal was operated by Rewe in Germany until 2006. As part of a restructuring, from September 25, 2006 all supermarkets that previously belonged to Rewe – including Minimal – were converted to the uniform Rewe sales brand.

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• HL market
  

  The HL stores, which no longer exist today, have been part of the Rewe Group since 1989. As part of the corporate restructuring, the HL stores also became Rewe stores in 2006.

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• Co op
  

  Despite the similarity in name, Co op has nothing to do with the Swiss supermarket chain. The company was smashed in 1989 after a scandal involving manipulation of the balance sheet and asset shifts, which the “Spiegel” reported in 1989. Part of Co op later merged into Edeka Nord.

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• Massa market
  

  The Massa stores founded by Karl-Heinz Kipp are now operated by Metro AG. However, according to “Manager Magazin”, Kipp received guaranteed rental income of 50 million euros per year for the former Massa properties until 2015. However, the Massa stores were already integrated into Real’s sales network in 1994 and 1995.

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• Schlecker
  

  Schlecker filed for bankruptcy in early 2012 due to insolvency. All branches were closed by mid-2012.

  As a result, the Stuttgart public prosecutor initiated proceedings in July 2012 against founder Anton Schlecker and 13 other people on suspicion of infidelity, bankruptcy and bankruptcy. Anton Schlecker was found guilty of deliberate bankruptcy in 2017 and sentenced to two years’ suspended probation and a fine of 54,000 euros.

  His children, Lars and Meike Schlecker were found guilty of, among other things, bankruptcy, fraud and infidelity. However, both filed an appeal the next day.

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• Kaiser’s Tengelmann
  

  Kaiser’s Tengelmann was sold to Edeka at the beginning of 2017, which in turn sold 64 branches to Rewe. Today Edeka operates large former branches under its own brand, small ones as a net brand discount.

  Rewe announced that it would operate the acquired Kaiser’s branches under its own brand. However, the conversion measures proved to be a challenge for Rewe. In mid-January 2019 there are still nine Kaiser’s branches in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.

  Kaiser’s Tengelmann