Dansk Supermarked A/S - Early History

Early History

The Danish Supermarket was built on the foundation of the Salling Department Store Department Store, created in 1906 by Ferdinand Salling. He worked there until his death in 1953 and he managed to transform his company into public limited company - F. Salling A / S.

After the death of F. Salling, his son Herman Salling took over the company. He traveled all over the world in search for inspiration and new ideas. After that he decided to focus on department stores, supermarkets and hypermarkets chains.

In 1960, Herman Salling opened his first store Føtex, which was a completely new type of store for Denmark. The idea behind that store was to provide both food and textiles under one roof.

Despite, the fact that Føtex is the oldest store in the Dansk Supermarket Group, it has never stopped growing. In 2007, the company decided to open a Føtex Food store, which will offer only quality food and in 2009 the first store was opened in the intersection of Aarhus, Aalborg and Hasseris. Today, there are 6 Føtex Food stores all over Denmark.