Good news for Kaufland: The retail chain is allowed to occupy 13 actual branches, the cartel office doesn’t mind. However, it is doubtful whether all the shops will also become the property of Kaufland.
Green light for real contestant Kaufland: trading company that likes Lidl As far as black group Related, the hypermarket chain can have more than 13 branches. This emerges from the present observation of the Federal Cartel Office.
Accordingly, the Authority sees no competition law concern. Decision taken within eight days: Because Kaufland announced its acquisition of Real Stores on February 7., was already released on February 15 concerning antitrust authorities. In total, there is a green light for 128 branches in Kaufland.
The following 13 branches are now included:
- Augsburg, Reichenberger Strasse 59
- Braunschweig, Berliner Strasse 53
- Hanstedt-Ulzberg, Gutenbergstrae. 7
- Hermsdorf (Magdeburg), am Elbepark 1
- Kolkwitz, Berliner Strasse 114
- Cologne, Greumberger Strasse 200
- Landsberg near Halle, Saarbrücker Str. 1
- Memmingen, Fraunhoferst. 8
- Moors, Halsdonker Str. 86
- Mulheim-Karlich, industrialist. 4
- Pfarkirchen, Franz-Stelzenberger-Str. 1
- Saarlouis, Carl-Zeiss-Str. 2
- Stuhr, Propstr. 164
However, the current permit does not mean that all 13 actual locations will actually be transferred to the Kaufland branch network. Because: the trading company has to negotiate the exact terms with the real owner, Russian financial investors scp
Negotiations for two transactions have already ended: May 9 has been set as the date for Real branches in Cologne and Mor; Kaufland wants to take over until then. And business in Pfarrkirchen was supposed to close on 30 June, but can now continue under the Kaufland flag.
Shops Must Continue as Real
The list also includes six branches that must remain genuine: Braunschweig, Hermsdorf, Mülheim-Karlich, Landsberg near Halle, Saarluis and Stuhr’s shops.
It was not until the end of January that the current Real owner SCP and the Tischendorf family of entrepreneurs announced that the approximately 60 Real branches should continue to operate under the old name and not be re-branded, even after the hypermarket chain disbanded. . It was about these 57 branches at that time. Negotiations between Kaufland, the SCP and Tischendorff are likely to be difficult.
SCP acquired the ailing hypermarket chain Real with about 270 of its stores from retail group Metro in 2020 to break up and sell it.
kaufland, edka And Globus has already acquired a large number of branches. This week, Globus boss Jochen Baab spoke about a total of 20 stores to be moved to the Saarland retail chain, writes “Lebensmittel Zeitung”. As the newspaper further reports, the future is uncertain for only a handful of businesses.
