Greek Supermarkets
The Greek supermarket sector is dominated by the subsidiaries of the French owned Carrefour group. Carrefour Marinopoulos is the market leader with a total share exceeding 20%, while Dia has a market share of around 5%. Other major players include the Belgian owned Alpha-Beta Vassilopoulos and the Greek owned Sklavenitis and Veropoulos supermarket chains. The ten biggest supermarket chains already control over 80% of the total market share and this percentage is expected to increase even further ,. Aldi, the leading discount supermarket operator in Europe (after years of speculation) entered the Greek market in late 2008, however in 2010 withdrew completely from the Greek market.
Read more about Greek Supermarkets: List of Greek Supermarkets According To Turnover (2005 Data)
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