Alexandra Richber
"You did your A-levels and you're learning to be a shop assistant?" Alexandra Richber had to listen to this question, an expression of incredulous amazement, several times. But she was not deterred. Today, she runs two REWE stores as a self-employed saleswoman.
Businesswomen in the co-operative
They have helped shape REWE and are also actively involved in the committees of the co-operatives. But although they are at least as successful as their male colleagues, they are quantitatively in the minority: REWE's saleswomen. We asked Sylvia Stilleke and Kathrin Gödecke why this might be the case.
For Semai Akale, a Hessian with Eritrean roots who has successfully managed a REWE store in Mainz since 2018, multiculturalism is "not really an issue at all". A conversation about how life with three brothers prepares you for self-employment and how to mould career changers into senior managers.
REWE saleswoman Manuela Kimes
REWE Kimes received the "Store Team of the Year" award at Supermarket Stars 2022: good atmosphere, many applicants, hardly any staff turnover. REWE saleswoman Manuela Kimes revealed how this can work these days.