Tegut…

Tegut (styled tegut...) is a German-owned supermarket chain based in Fulda, Germany, which operates more than 300 supermarkets with approximately 7,600 employees across six of Germany's states, namely in Hesse, Thuringia, Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate, Lower Saxony and Baden-Württemberg. In early January 2013 it was bought by the Swiss retail company 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, which was later renamed in 1955 to Tegut. From 1961, the bigger supermarkets were called HaWeGe (an acronym for HandelsWarenGesellschaft) and from 1973, the smaller stores Okay! In 1972, Tegut established a subsidiary called kff Kurhessische Fleischwaren GmbH (KFF). In 1973, Wolfgang Gutberlet, the son of the company's founder, took over management. In 1989 the company was transferred to a foundation whose supervisory board appoints the managing directors. It was in 1998 that the company changed its name again, to its presently-stylised "tegut...". Since August 30th, 2009, Thomas Gutberlet, the grandson of the company founder, became the company's third generation CEO. The company also processes their own sausage and meat and founded the herzberger Bäckerei (Herzberger Bakery) in 1996 as a subsidiary. In 1997, Tegut was the first grocer in Germany to accept credit card payments. In 1998 the company was renamed tegut.... The markets also operate under this name. With the concept "Lädchen für alles" (small shop for everything), Tegut took up the concept of the corner shop in 2010 and set up smaller shops in the countryside and in urban districts to provide local supplies even in smaller communities.