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Tegut Gutberlet Stiftung & Co. KG
Company typeStiftung
IndustryRetail
Founded1947 (1947)
FounderTheo Gutberlet
Headquarters
Fulda
,
Germany
Key people
Thomas Gutberlet (CEO)
ProductsGroceries
RevenueIncrease € 1.16 billion (2011)
OwnerFederation of Migros Cooperatives
Number of employees
7,700 (2021)
Websitewww.tegut.com

Tegut (styled tegut…) is a Swiss-owned supermarket chain based in Fulda, Germany, which operates 275 stores[1] across seven of Germany's Bundesländer, namely in Hesse, Thuringia, Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony and Baden-Württemberg. In early January 2013 it was bought by Migros.[2]

History

The company was founded in 1947[3] by Theo Gutberlet under the name Thegu, derived from the first letters of his first and surname, which was later renamed in 1955 to Tegut. From 1961, the bigger supermarkets were called HaWeGe (an acronym for HandelsWarenGesellschaft) and from 1973, the smaller stores Okay! In 1972, Tegut established a subsidiary called kff Kurhessische Fleischwaren GmbH (KFF) which still produces Tegut's meat products. In 1973, Wolfgang Gutberlet, the son of the company founder, took over management.[4] In 1989 the company was transferred to a foundation whose supervisory board appoints the managing directors.[5] It was in 1998 that the company changed its name again, to its presently-stylised "tegut…". In August 2009, when he took over from his father Wolfgang, Thomas Gutberlet became the third generation CEO in the company.[6] The company also processes their own sausage and meat and founded the herzberger Bäckerei (Herzberger Bakery) in 1996 as a subsidiary.[7] In 1997, Tegut was the first grocer in Germany to accept credit card payments.[8] In 1998 the company was renamed tegut…. They also operate the markets under this name. With the “Lädchen für alles” (small shop for everything) concept, Tegut took up the concept of the corner shop in 2010 and set up smaller shops in the countryside and in urban districts in order to provide local supplies even in smaller communities.[9][10]

On 11 October 2012, the Swiss retail company Genossenschaft Migros Zürich (Migros Zurich cooperative), which is one of the ten shareholder of the Migros Cooperative Association, announced the takeover of Tegut's trading division consisting of six individual companies.[11][12][13] The transaction became effective in January 2013 after the approval of the antitrust authorities and the administration of the Migros Cooperative Federation.[14] The Migros Zurich Cooperative (GMZ) then took over the trading division of the former "tegut… Gutberlet Stiftung & Co. KG". Other businesses of the company, such as the Herzberger bakery, KFF as well as the agricultural businesses, became part of the new "W–E–G Stiftung & Co. KG".[15][16]

Organic food

A Tegut store in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria
Post in Tann (Rhön)

Since 1982, Tegut has been involved in the cultivation and marketing of organic food. As of 2008, almost 20% of Tegut's revenue was made from their own-produced organic food, mostly grown in eastern Hesse.[17]

Meat production

Tegut has an unusual way of creating their meat products – to promote the ripening process, their cold cuts are subjected to classical music by a string quartet.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Supermarktliste tegut..." Tegut (in German). Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. ^ "The Chairman's and CEO's Review | MIGROS Geschäftsbericht 2012". report.migros.ch. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  3. ^ "Was gut war, wird gut bleiben". Tegut (in German). Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  4. ^ Vogt, Jacqueline (2008-05-25). "Tegut-Chef Wolfgang Gutberlet: Händler mit Überzeugung". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  5. ^ "Tegut: Thomas Gutberlet übernimmt Führung". FAZ.NET (in German). 2009-08-31. ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  6. ^ "Thomas Gutberlet übernimmt Führung". FAZ (in German). 31 August 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Verkauft TEGUT die Töchter HERZBERGER und KFF? Informationen heute! // Osthessen|News". osthessen-news.de. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  8. ^ "Tegut-Kunden zahlen mit Visa" (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  9. ^ "Tegut expandiert mit Tante-Emma-Läden". 2014-12-20. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  10. ^ GRIMBERG, STEFFEN (2012-09-15). "Lädchen für das Land". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). p. 22. ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  11. ^ "Live-Ticker aus Zürich: Migros kauft Tegut - Fuldaer Zeitung". web.archive.org (in German). 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  12. ^ "Migros schluckt Supermarktkette Tegut". www.handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  13. ^ "Migros/Tegut: Die Pressemitteilung im Wortlaut - Fuldaer Zeitung". web.archive.org. 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  14. ^ "Tegut - Übernahme durch Migros abgeschlossen". Lebensmittelpraxis.de (in German). 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  15. ^ "Nach vier Jahren: Tegut will Herzberger-Bäckerei zurück". www.fuldaerzeitung.de (in German). 2020-04-21. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  16. ^ "Thomas Gutberlet über die Trennung von Tegut und seinen Vater Wolfgang". wir (in German). 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  17. ^ tegut... gute nachrichten magazin, September 2009.
  18. ^ "Tegut beschallt Wurst mit klassischer Musik". FAZ (in German). 4 September 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
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