The AVA general commercial company of the consumers AG with seat in Bielefeld is a trading venture that above all operates wide forms of the retail trade. It is part of the EDEKA group.

History

The AVA resulted to 1975 from transformation of the 1892 created regional consumer cooperative COOP into a corporation. From that master country the AVA expanded out. 1982 began co-operation with the EDEKA group. First only with the purchase one cooperated. From this then a complete integration of the AVA developed into the EDEKA group. To 27.04.2006 the enterprise the change of name communicated to GmbH in market purchase.

Firm's structure

Selling lines

The AVA operates (conditions at the end of of 2004) 183 market purchase of self-service department stores and consumer markets and 185 market purchase building, hobby and garden center in Germany. Besides the Optikerkette crane with 90 branches belongs to. Since 2003 the AVA expands also toward foreign country. The daughter market purchase Rus operates a self-service department store and a building market in Moscow.

Logistics

The logistics daughter AVA logistics operates 3 logistics centers in Bielefeld Sennestadt, Zarrentin and Laichingen.

Produktionsgesellschaften

The fG fresh goods with enterprises in Mckritz and Laichingen supplies the addresses of market purchase with meat and Wurstwaren, fish and fine food.

Further subsidiaries

The data processing settles the AVA Informationstechnologie.Die AVA daughter CEV developed and administers purchase centers.

Market position

The AVA booked 2004 a conversion of 5,6 billion "€ and employed approx. 29,000 coworkers.

Related links

• Homepage ''' of the AVA '''
• Homepage ''' of the EDEKA '''
• History ''' of the AVA '''

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