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to: navigation, search Plus Warenhandelsgesellschaft mbH Former
type GmbH Industry Food retailing Founded 1972 (1972) Defunct
2009 (2009) Headquarters Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany Key people
Michael Hürter Revenue 10 bn (2006)[1]  Plus was a German-based
international supermarket chain founded in 1972. It operated
2,840 stores in Germany with an approximate 27,000 employees and
about 1,200 stores in several other European countries.   The
Edeka Group and the Tengelmann Group entered a joint venture to
acquire the Plus supermarket chain on November 16, 2007, which
resulted in 70% of Plus supermarkets being owned by the Edeka
Group and 30% owned by the Tengelmann Group.  As of January
2009, the stores in the Plus supermarket chain owned by the
Edeka group were remodelled into Netto Marken-Discount
supermarket chain branches, while the Tengelmannn Group's
supermarkets were bought by Lidl, Spar, Carrefour, etc.  In the
Netherlands, there is an unrelat