The Annual General Meeting of REWE ZENTRALFINANZ eG approved the annual financial statements for 2025 on Saturday, 13 June: The cooperative REWE Group can look back on an economically solid and at the same time challenging business year. With the approval of the annual financial statements, REWE Group is also publishing its Annual Report 2025.
REWE Group continued its successful development in a challenging market environment in the 2025 financial year. The Cologne-based cooperative retail and tourism company increased its external revenue to more than 100 billion euros, underlining its strong market position in Germany and Europe.
Stefan Lenk confirmed
The employee representatives Orhan Akman, Peggy Zeretzki, Jörg Ausmeier and Detlef Koch left the Supervisory Boards of REWE-ZENTRALFINANZ eG (RZF) and REWE Deutscher Supermarkt AG & Co. KGaA. They were succeeded as new members of these bodies: Manfred Eßmajor, Silke Zimmer (ver.di) and Manfred Hupfauf. Emilie Bourgoin, Group Director Public Affairs, who succeeded Vivien Schmitt, will represent the interests of senior executives on the RZF Supervisory Board in future. Stefan Lenk was re-elected as Chairman of both boards, while Franziska Blumenthal, Chairwoman of the General Works Council, will also serve as Deputy Chairman of both boards.
Thomas Nonn, Divisional Director for Independence and Co-operatives, who will be leaving the Group at the end of the year after more than 36 years with the company, was also honoured at the Annual General Meeting.
With the Annual Report 2025, REWE Group underpins its role as a strong and reliable economic factor in Germany and Europe. The focus is on the consistent strengthening of competitiveness in food retail, the further development of Travel and Tourism, progress in digitalisation and customer loyalty as well as the strategic focus on sustainable growth in a volatile market environment.
Thanks to its broad, resilient business positioning, the cooperative REWE Group, one of Europe's largest trading and travel and tourism companies, can look back on another successful business year: despite persistently very challenging conditions, the company was able to achieve external revenue of more than 100 billion euros for the first time with an increase in turnover of 4.0 per cent. Group revenue increased by + 3.7 per cent to 91.1 billion euros. The Group's EBITA totalled over 1.5 billion euros. The investment offensive was continued consistently and at a high level in 2025 with a volume of 2.5 billion euros
Business model proves its worth
“We are proud that, for the first time, we have managed to break the 100-billion-euro turnover mark in this challenging environment. It demonstrates the strength of our business model and the trust placed in us by millions of customers across Europe. At the same time, in 2025 we made a conscious investment in our future viability – in competitive prices, innovative customer programmes and the further development of our business. In doing so, we are laying the foundations for long-term, profitable growth,” said Lionel Souque, CEO of the REWE Group.
Strong financial position
“The REWE Group is in a strong financial position and has a clear strategic direction. This is the joint achievement of the Management board, the supervisory bodies and all employees. Building on this solid and successful foundation, we will continue to responsibly guide the company’s successful course in the future,” said Stefan Lenk, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the REWE Group, commenting on the development.
Despite challenging conditions, the company remains stable, investment-driven and growth-oriented in the 2025 financial year. Through targeted investments in price competitiveness, customer loyalty and international expansion, the company is laying the foundations for its future development and reaffirming its commitment to remaining a strong and reliable player in its markets.
The REWE Group’s 2025 Annual Report will be available from Monday 15 June at: https://www.rewe-group.com/de/geschaeftsbericht-rewe-group-2025/
For Thomas Nonn, this year’s Annual General Meeting was his last in his current role as Divisional Director. After more than 36 years with the group, he will be leaving at the end of the year.
Stefan Lenk, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, paid tribute to Nonn’s contributions to the REWE retail team: “He has played a key role in ensuring that management and retailers at REWE now work together in a very special way. This collaboration has been built up, developed and brought to life over many years.”
„Thomas Nonn has fostered a sense of community that is of great value to the REWE Group.“Stefan Lenk Formats and structures such as SAS and TEK are prime examples of this. “They create spaces for dialogue, guidance and joint decision-making. Thomas Nonn has not only supported these structures, but has also played a key role in establishing and shaping them. The REWEformer, the committee work, the Retailers’ Academy – all of this bears his hallmark,” said Stefan Lenk in his laudatory speech.
Because management and retailers engage in dialogue at an early stage, many good and sound decisions have been made in the past – not just for individual divisions, but for REWE as a whole. Stefan Lenk: “These structures continue to form an important foundation for our ability to make sound decisions.”