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A Netto store in Copenhagen

Netto is a Danish based chain of discount supermarkets. Netto is owned by the Dansk Supermarked Group, which in turn is owned by A.P. Moller-Maersk Group and F. Salling. The first Netto store opened on Godthåbsvej in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1981. Image File history File links Netto. ... Image File history File links Netto. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1335 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1335 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Exterior appearance of typical American supermarket (a Safeway) A supermarket or grocery store is a store that sells a wide variety of food. ... The Dansk Supermarked Group (Danish Supermarket Group) is a corporation owning several chains of stores. ... Supply vessel Maersk Shipper (UK-flag) The A.P.Moller - Maersk Group (Danish: A.P. Møller-Mærsk Gruppen) is an international business consortium involved in a variety of business sectors, primarily transportation. ... Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI in Roman) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Netto has stores in the following countries:

• Denmark (Since 1981)
• Germany (Since 1990)
• The United Kingdom (Since 1990)
• Poland (Since 1995)
• France (Since 2001)
• Sweden (Since 2002)

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Denmark

The first Netto store opened in Denmark in Copenhagen in 1981. At first the items were sat in boxes and on pallets, but the chain quickly expanded, and the service level increased as well. Today there are 368 stores.

Germany

In September 1990 Netto started an internationalisation proces, and Germany was the second country to get Netto. The first store was opened in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania not long after the Fall of the Wall. Netto has since expanded in the states of Brandenburg, Berlin, and Saxony-Anhalt, and there are a total of 227 stores today. Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the year. ... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ... Remnant of the Berlin Wall near Potsdamer Platz, June 2003 The Berlin Wall (German: Die Berliner Mauer) was a long barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the surrounding territory of East Germany. ... Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ...

United Kingdom

Netto was opened in the United Kingdom in Leeds in 1990. Netto was primarily expanded in middle England, and there are stores in London, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, among other cities. Today there are 145 stores in the country. The Netto store at Shenley Church End (a suburb of Milton Keynes), was destroyed by fire - believed to be arson - in February 2004. It has now been rebuilt, at a cost estimated around £500,000. Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire in the north of England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England, UK. The place is named from the old British name Mamucium plus ceaster, derived from the old Latin Castra. Manchester is a metropolitan borough with city status. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... Sunderland is an industrial area and port in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Milton Keynes Milton Keynes (pronounced ) is a purpose-built, high technology city in South East England. ... The Skyline Parkway Motel in Afton, Virginia after an arson fire on July 9, 2004. ...

Curiously, the British headquarters of Netto is in the isolated ex-mining village of South Elmsall. South Elmsall is a large village to the east of Hemsworth in the City of Wakefield distict of Yorkshire. ...

Poland

The first Netto store in Poland opened in Szczecin. The expansion of the branch is concentrated in the north western part of the country from Szczecin to Gdansk, and through the country to Bydgoszcz, Poznan, and Zelona Góra, and the country has 91 stores today. Motto: none Voivodship West Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Szczecina Mayor Marian Jurczyk Area 301,3 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 415 600 1372/km² Founded City rights 8th century 1243 Latitude Longitude 53°26N 14°34E Area code +48 91 Car plates ZS Twin towns Berlin-Kreuzberg... For alternative meanings of Gdańsk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (Neither rashly nor timidly) Voivodship Pomeranian Municipal government Rada miasta Gdańska Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Area 262 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 461 400 (2003) Ranked 6th 1 035 000 1761/km² Founded... Bydgoszcz (in Polish pronounce: [:bidgɔʃʧ], German: Bromberg, Latin: Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004). ... The Poznan is also a breed of horse. ...

France

The French Comptoir des Marchands discount stores, owned by the Les Mousquetaires chain, changed their name to Netto in 2001. As of 2005 there are over 300 Netto stores in France.

Sweden

Swedish Netto.

The Swedish part of Netto was founded in 2002 as a joint venture between Dansk Supermarked and ICA Ahold called Netto Marknad AB. The co-operation was granted by the European Commission in 2001. The headquarters where established in Halmstad in March and the first store was opened in Trelleborg on May 8. A week later two stores where opened in Lund. In the beginning, Netto kept their stores in the Götaland region. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 659 KB) Netto store in Bjärred. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 659 KB) Netto store in Bjärred. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Halmstad [hulm-stɑː(d), pr. ... Trelleborg is a municipality and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... Götaland Maps of Swedens historical three lands, and Österland in Finland. ...

In August 2004 the first stores in Stockholm were opened. The head office was announced to be moved to Falkenberg in October 2003. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Old town in Stockholm from the air (help· info) is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ... Falkenberg is a Municipality in Halland County, in southwest Sweden. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Swedish Netto branch is expanding rapidly. As of 2003 there were 28 stores. One year later there were 58 stores and as of July 2005 the store count is 71. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• List of supermarkets

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External links

• Danish homepage
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• English homepage
• Polish homepage
• French homepage
• Swedish homepage