Netto (store)
Netto is a Danish discount supermarket operating in several European countries. Netto is owned by Dansk Supermarked Group, which in turn is partly owned by the Maersk conglomerate. Netto also operates an express version of the store, known as Døgn Netto ("(24 hour) Day Netto"). Døgn stores offer the same service as regular Netto stores, with longer opening hours and higher prices.
In September 2009, Netto celebrated its 28th birthday, with special offers in store during the promotion.
In June 2014, Netto returned to the United Kingdom, with a joint venture with Sainsbury's, with the first store being opened in November 2014, in Moor Allerton, West Yorkshire.
Geographic coverage
As of November 2014, Netto had stores in the following countries:
Denmark
The first Netto store opened in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1981. At first the items sat in boxes and on pallets, but the chain quickly expanded, and the service level increased as well. Today there are 442 stores.
Germany
In September 1990, Netto started an internationalisation process, and Germany was the second country to gain Netto stores. The first store was opened in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern not long after the Fall of the Wall. Netto has since expanded in the states of Brandenburg, Berlin, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein, and there are a total of more than 340 stores by December 2014.
