Ahold Czech Republic

Albert Česká republika, s.r.o., is a division of the Netherlands-based Ahold Delhaize group, operating in the Czech Republic. The company (then known as Euronova a.s.) began trading in Czechoslovakia in 1990. Today it operates the approximately 330 outlets forming the supermarket chain Albert.

Albert Česká republika
Albert
IndustryRetail
FoundedPrague, Czech Republic (30 July 1991 (1991-07-30))
First founded 1990
Headquarters
Prague
,
Czech Republic
Area served
Czech Republic
ServicesRetail grocery: hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores
Revenue52,557,204,000 Czech koruna (2018) 
1,211,468,000 Czech koruna (2018) 
648,448,000 Czech koruna (2018) 
Total assets23,068,251,000 Czech koruna (2018) 
Number of employees
10,605 (2016)[1]
ParentAhold Delhaize
Websitewww.albert.cz

History

The company (then still Euronova) opened its first store in 1991, under the brandname Mana. This outlet, in Jihlava, was Czechoslovakia's first supermarket.[2]

In 2005, Ahold took over 56 outlets of the Austrian-based Julius Meinl supermarket when the latter company left the Czech market, and remodelled them to conform to their Albert brand.[3] In 2009, the company dropped the Hypernova brand, re-branding all hypermarket operations to the name Albert Hypermarket.[4]

In March 2014 Ahold Czech Republic a.s. acquired 35 hypermarkets and 14 supermarkets from Spar for more than 5.2 billion Czech koruna.[5] With this move Albert became and remains the Czech Republic's biggest supermarket chain in terms of outlets, with some 330 stores.[6] The Prague TV guide mentioned in 2015 both the original pioneering and current outdatedness of the Albert stores.[4]

References
  1. Annual report of AHOLD Czech Republic for calendar year 2016
  2. "Před 25 lety v Česku otevřel první supermarket. Jak se tehdy nakupovalo?". iDNES.cz. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  3. "Ahold získal obchody Meinl za 911 milionů". iDNES.cz. 2006-11-03. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  4. http://prague.tv/en/s72/Directory/c209-Shopping/n1604-prague-in-depth-shopping-supermarkets-and-hypermarkets
  5. "SPAR odchází z českého trhu, z padesáti prodejen budou Alberty". iDNES.cz. 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  6. "Albert, Czech Republic". Ahold Delhaize. Archived from the original on 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
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