Selgros Cash & Carry

Coop Group reported CHF 16.9 billion in 2024 Wholesale and Production segment sales (a 2.9% currency-adjusted increase), with Transgourmet Holding AG, the wholly owned Coop subsidiary that controls Selgros, ranking as Europe’s second-largest cash-and-carry and wholesale supplies business. Coop is a member-owned Swiss cooperative with 2.59 million members at the end of 2024, governed by a 10-member Board of Directors prioritizing long-term sustainability and stakeholder engagement; this cooperative ownership structure differentiates Selgros and Transgourmet from publicly listed wholesale competitors like Metro AG.

Selgros began operations in 1989 as a joint venture between REWE Group and Otto Group, with REWE acquiring full ownership in March 2008 before forming the Transgourmet Holding joint venture with Coop Switzerland in October 2008. Coop acquired the remaining Transgourmet interests in 2011, integrating Selgros into its broader European wholesale strategy. The brand operates from headquarters in Neu-Isenburg, Germany, with the parent Transgourmet structure also encompassing Transgourmet Cash & Carry (Germany), Prodega (Switzerland), and country-specific delivery wholesale operations across France, Spain, and Austria. Stores typically stock 60,000+ articles spanning food and non-food categories targeted at HoReCa operators, independent retailers, and small business buyers.

Selgros operates approximately 80 cash-and-carry stores across Germany (38 stores under Selgros and 3 under Transgourmet brands), Poland (20 stores headquartered in Poznań), and Romania (23 stores headquartered in Brașov), with Transgourmet completely withdrawn from the Russian market. Stores typically run 6,000 to 14,000 square meters with membership-only access and direct supply to professional catering clients. For mall operators, Selgros is generally not a mall-based tenant counterparty but a retail park or industrial-zone destination wholesaler; leasing decisions route through Transgourmet’s country-level commercial organizations operating semi-autonomously under Coop Group’s centralized strategic framework from Basel.