– Brand name for German hypermarkets, supermarkets and department stores.
– Retail.
– In the Czech Republic, Kaufland is a branch of Kaufland Czech Republic v.o.s.
– 12th.
– founded in 1930.
– based in Prague, Czech Republic.
– In 1930, retailer Josef Schwarz entered Lidl Lidl &. After the war, the company restarted. [1954, the company purchased its own property in Heilbronn and joined the A & O-Handelskette chain.
– In 1960, the company opened its first C+C warehouse, and about four years later opened Kaufland, a manufacturing plant for grease products.
– Josef Schwarz dies at the age of 74 and his son Dieter Schwarz takes over management.
– In 1990, the first Kaufland opens in Meissen, former German Democratic Republic.
– 1994, the first Kaufland stores are opened in Leipzig and Dessau.
– Around 1998, the company opens for business in the Czech Republic.
– The first Kaufland hypermarket in the Czech Republic opened in Kladno in 1998.
– Today there are more than 130 Kaufland stores in the Czech Republic.
– The initial store area was large, about 7,000 m². Gradually it has been reduced to the current size of about 3,000 m².
– Over the years, hygiene regulations have become very strict and in January 2018, employees were banned from eating and drinking in the workplace.
– Two stores were planned to open in Olomouc and one in Humporetz in 2019.
– The Kaufland stores employ approximately 12,000-17,000 people.
– In addition to Germany and the Czech Republic, the company operates in Poland, Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania.
