DekaMarkt is a Dutch retail company which operates a chain of

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s in the country. DekaMarkt is a member of Superunie, a Dutch purchasing organization for supermarkets. DekaMarkt has stores in

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and

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History

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Dutch businessman Dirk Kat opened his first

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in Velsen-Noord in 1941, but it had to close in 1944 as a result of the

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. In 1949, under his leadership, the first complete self-service store of the Netherlands opened its doors under the name ''Kijkgrijp''. In 1950, Kat established joint purchasing with other grocers so that together they could guarantee low prices to their customers. In 1952, Kat built a central warehouse, which was the forerunner of the distribution centres. In 1955, the first modern supermarket in the Netherlands was opened in

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. This supermarket also sold fresh products such as bread, meat and vegetables. From 1969, the name ''DekaMarkt'' was introduced at the stores in

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and

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, and it would eventually be introduced at all stores by 1986. ''Deka'' is derived from the initials of Dirk Kat. In 1974, the first

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''DekaMarkt Slijterij'' was opened.

Merger with Dirk

Since 2001, the company had been maintaining a close cooperation with Dutch supermarket chain

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. In 2008, the supermarket entered a merger with Dirk to form Detailresult Groep. Both supermarket formulas continued to exist side by side. At the beginning of 2013, the DekaMarkt stores were converted to a new formula, which would give them the look and feel of a real

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Other activities

In addition to the supermarket activities, the company has a wine shop and a garden centre. The Deka Wine Market (''Deka Wijnmarkt'') opened on 17 October 2007, in Beverwijk. This is now closed and the wine range is in the shop itself. The garden centre, ''DekaTuin'', opened its doors in March 2008 in

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, and later a second location was added in

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. DekaMarkt also has a petrol station on the same site. Furthermore, DekaMarkt has its own production company with bakeries, cattle and agriculture and a butcher's shop and has several distribution centres and fresh produce centres. Since 2011, the company has its own delivery service.

References

External links

Official website

Official website Detailresult Groep N.V.
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