Edeka Zentrale

History

Edeka Zentrale was founded in 1898 as the EDK (Einkaufsgenossenschaft der Kolonialwarenhändler). The company was renamed to its current name, EDEKA in 1913. In 1972, the cooperatives changed structure and formed twelve regional companies, the umbrella corporation and the EDEKABANK.
Thus, Edeka Zentrale converted itself from a cooperative to a public limited company. Today, Edeka Zentrale is a powerful force in food sales in Germany and one of Europe's largest retail and wholesale food organizations.

Area of Operation

The core businesses of Edeka Zentrale are Retail and Wholesale. Edeka is a group of 15 cooperatives. These cooperatives are composed of 120,000 largely independent retailers supplied by their own regional food wholesalers.

The products and services offered by the company are:

• Organic Fruits
• Vegetables
• Dairy Products
• Cereals
• Drugstores
• Food processing and Wine operations
• Publishing House
• Banking

Key Statistics

• Edeka Zentrale holds assets of $5,887.6 million.
• Edeka Zentrale has made profits of $5.3 million in 2006.
• Edeka Zentrale operates in Germany.
• Edeka Zentrale has 1,046 employees.

Organization

The key people of Edeka Zentrale’s organization are:

• Chairman and CEO
• CFO
• Members of Management Board

International Ranking

• Edeka Zentrale ranks 424 in Fortune Global 500 list.

Subsidiaries

Edeka Zentrale consists of several cooperatives of independent supermarkets all operating under the umbrella organization EDEKA ZENTRALE AG & Co KG. Edeka Zentrale has a banking subsidiary. The company owns 95% of AVA, a German retailer, as well as German grocery store chains Otto Reichelt and SPAR.

Headquarter Address

New York Ring 6,
Hamburg, 22297
Germany
Phone: 49-40-63770