Supermarkets of the year 2024 have been determined

Trade magazine Lebensmittel Praxis honors the best German markets.

Essen, April 17, 2024: Elli-Markt in Delbrück, Edeka Wilger from Borken, Rewe-Center Egelsbach and Edeka-Center Cramer from Langenhagen are the Supermarkets of the Year 2024. On Wednesday evening (April 17, 2024), a top-class jury of experts named these four stores the best in German food retail. The winners impressed with their creativity and innovative ideas, quality awareness and customer focus. In the end, these strengths are also reflected in impressive sales figures.

The 'Employee of the Year' in food retail was also chosen. This year's special prizes went to Joana Deck, Edeka Rees in Malterdingen (Baden-Württemberg), Michaela Haberhauer, Edeka Kaltschmid in Grassau (Bavaria) and Johannes Lohmaier, Rewe Markt in Zolling (Bavaria).

'The supermarket is increasingly becoming a world of experience for customers. In the end, the store that offers the best quality, the best service and the best prices will come out on top. This is only possible with professionally qualified and highly motivated employees. The winners of the 'Supermarket of the Year' and 'Employee of the Year' competitions prove this time and time again. We can all learn from them,' says Dr. Ludger Schulze Pals, Managing Director of Lebensmittel Praxis Verlag, highlighting the benefits of the competition.

The Supermarket of the Year is awarded in four categories: chain stores with up to 3,000 square meters of retail space, chain stores with over 3,000 square meters of retail space, independent stores with up to 2,000 square meters of retail space and independent stores with over 2,000 square meters of retail space. The jury consists of experts and high-ranking managers from the food industry as well as top decision-makers from the largest German retail companies. Three stores are nominated for the final selection in each category. The pre-selection is made by the editors of Lebensmittel Praxis. To this end, it examines all incoming applications in detail and incognito. At the same time, an independent market research institute conducts an extensive consumer survey on the markets in question. The research and analysis results form the basis for the jury's decision.

Supermarkets of the year 2024

• Chain stores up to 3,000 square meters: Elli-Markt , Delbrück (Image: PE-a--0104615.jpg);
• Chain stores over 3,000 sqm: Rewe-Center, Egelsbach (Image: PE-a--0144682.jpg);
• Independents up to 2,000 sqm: Edeka Wilger, Borken (Image: PE-a--0114641.jpg);
• Independents over 2,000 sqm: Edeka-Center Cramer, Langenhagen (Image: PE-a--0174716.jpg)

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Employee of the year 2024

The winners are:

• Joana Deck, Edeka Rees, 79364 Malterdingen (Baden-Württemberg)
• Michaela Haberhauer, Edeka Kaltschmid, 83224 Grassau am Chiemsee (Bavaria)
• Johannes Lohmaier, Rewe Markt, 85406 Zolling (Bavaria)

The final of the 'Supermarket of the Year' competition took place for the fourth time in the Grand Hall of the Zeche Zollverein in Essen. The food at the after-show party was prepared by the chefs of the new media partner 'essen&trinken'. Like Lebensmittel Praxis, the title belongs to the Landwirtschaftsverlag publishing group. 'What goes together and belongs together is growing together,' Dr. Ludger Schulze Pals makes clear.

During the day, around 450 interested people took part in the informative congress program of the industry get-together. The numerous experts and speakers included Björn Fromm (BVLH President and independent dean), Lionel Souque (CEO of the Rewe Group), Prof. hc Dr. Gerhard Drexel (Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Spar Austria) and Prof. Marcel Fratzscher (President of the German Institute for Economic Research and Professor of Macroeconomics at Humboldt University in Berlin). Further information can be found at www.supermarktdesjahres.de.

These are the 12 nominated markets for the 2024 final

Chain stores up to 3,000 sqm sales area

• E-Center, Allerstraße 1, 38448 Wolfsburg (Lower Saxony)
• Elli, Schlaunstraße 3, 33129 Delbrück (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Tegut, Gorkistraße 11a, 99084 Erfurt (Thuringia)

Chain stores with over 3,000 square meters of retail space

• Kaufland, Borsbergstraße 35, 01309 Dresden (Saxony)
• Kaufland, Lohmener Straße 13, 01796 Pirna (Saxony)
• Rewe-Center, Kurt-Schumacher-Ring 4, 63329 Egelsbach (Thuringia)

Self-employed persons up to 2,000 square meters of sales area

• Edeka Wilger, Otto Hahn Straße 8, 46325 Borken (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Rewe Rahmati, Düsseldorfer Straße 80-82, 42697 Solingen-Ohligs (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Rewe Familie Zizek, Berliner Straße 277, 65205 Wiesbaden (Hesse)

Independents over 2,000 square meters of sales area

• E-Center Cramer, Walsroder Straße 165, 30855 Langenhagen (Lower Saxony)
• E-Center Kohler, Alter Stadtbahnhof 1, 77933 Lahr (Baden-Württemberg)
• Rewe-Center, Philipp-Reis-Straße 4-6, 35510 Butzbach (Hesse)

Lebensmittel Praxis (LP) is the modern specialist medium for the food trade and industry. It reaches its readers as a printed magazine (20 times a year) and online. Its content includes daily news from the food industry, store reports, background information on product ranges and markets as well as interviews with managers and movers and shakers from trade and industry. There are also prestigious events and awards that bring trade and industry together and move them forward. Further information can be found at www.lebensmittelpraxis.de. Lebensmittel Praxis and Lebensmittel Praxis-Verlag are part of the Landwirtschaftsverlag Münster group of companies.

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