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Of the various voluntary groups of independent
retailers, EMD is the number 2 in Europe. This
applies to the various figures, from the market share to
the overall sales, but also to the quality of trading
and the benefits for the members. Since it was founded
in 1989, EMD has uncompromisingly pursued the goal of
tapping into the advantages of strong Europe-wide
cooperation for its members in their respective markets.
This includes cost advantages due to joint purchasing
negotiations as well as the innovation of joint private
labels.
The members of EMD are all companies which were
founded and are run by strong entrepreneurial
personalities. All of them are involved in the food
sector (Food und Nonfood). Responsibility, commitment
and a profound knowledge of the local market
requirements are something they all have in common.
They are all facing hard competition: alongside the
general challenges which the independent retail trade
has always had to cope with, over the course of time new
ones have arisen. In this environment, intensive
cooperation, without giving up independence, is the
success factor for the independent trader – and as a
voluntary group EMD offers an established structure
which has been successful over decades to achieve this.
All of the members live our motto “The power of
partnership”: They themselves are the driving force
behind the activities and successes of EMD. In concrete
terms, lived partnership means jointly taking advantage
of the bundled market potential of as many members as
possible. Without this commitment, the success of EMD
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