Tegut

Tegut Gutberlet Stiftung & Co. KG

Company type	Stiftung
Industry	Retail
Founded	1947 (1947)
Founder	Theo Gutberlet
Headquarters	Fulda , Germany
Key people	Thomas Gutberlet (CEO)
Products	Groceries
Revenue	€ 1.16 billion (2011)
Owner	Federation of Migros Cooperatives
Number of employees	7,700 (2021)
Website	www.tegut.com

Tegut is a Swiss-owned supermarket company. It is based in Fulda, Germany. It has 275 stores in Hesse, Thuringia, Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony and Baden-Württemberg. In early January 2013 it was bought by Migros.

History

The company was founded in 1947 by Theo Gutberlet under the name Thegu, derived from the first letters of his first and surname. It was later renamed in 1955 to Tegut. From 1961, the bigger supermarkets were called HaWeGe. Fom 1973, the smaller stores were called Okay! In 1972, Tegut set up a subsidiary called kff Kurhessische Fleischwaren GmbH. which still produces Tegut's meat products. In 1989 the company was transferred to a foundation which appoints the managing directors. In 1998 the company changed its name again, to Tegut. It founded the Herzberger Bakery in 1996 as a subsidiary. In 1997, Tegut was the first grocer in Germany to accept credit card payments. With the “Lädchen für alles” (small shop for everything) concept, Tegut took up the idea of the corner shop in 2010. They set up smaller shops in the countryside and in urban districts to provide local supplies in smaller communities. In 2024 it had about 300 traditional supermarkets and 40 fully automated mini-shops. In the automated shops people serve themselves. They have milk, butter, fresh fruit and vegetables. They also have condoms and pregnancy tests. The company says that they should be allowed to open on Sundays as nobody works there on Sundays. The German constitution says that most shops must shut on Sundays.