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Unanimous: All resolutions, elections and discharges were unanimous I Photo: Michael Pröck
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Annual General Meeting of REWE Dortmund
The team and culture are special
by Achim Bachhausen

Retailers, the Management Board and the Supervisory Board of REWE Dortmund Großhandel eG looked back on a challenging 2022 at this year's Annual General Meeting. The war in Ukraine and the associated gas and energy crisis also characterised the economic environment in the Ruhr and Rhine regions. High inflation and sharply rising prices weighed on consumer sentiment and demand behaviour.

The 2022 jubilarians with laudator and CEO: Ingeborg Tutschkus, Helmut Engel, Claudia Engel, Carsten Engel, Matthias Guhling, Jan Runkel (son of Frank Runkel), Andreas Schmidt, Jochem Nehm, Jan Gebel I Photo: Achim Bachhausen "Despite this challenging environment, REWE Dortmund Großhandel eG can once again look back on a successful business year in which the very good result of the previous year was once again exceeded," reported Supervisory Board Chairman Stefan Lenk. According to CEO Andreas Schmidt, the start to 2023 was also pleasing overall. By the beginning of June, the approximately 400 stores had recorded an increase in sales of 7.6 per cent. The new shops opened since January had got off to a good start. However, this success is no coincidence, as competition in REWE Dortmund's sales region remains fierce. In order to be successful in this environment, price performance is once again becoming increasingly important in addition to service and product range, Schmidt noted. The cooperative also invested heavily: the first fully electric lorries were put into operation in 2022 and a new administration building was completed. 130 stores already offered the pick-up service in the financial year, a further step towards digitalisation.

The current Supervisory Board of REWE Dortmund: Frank Dürre, Ines Wäntig, Christian Symalla, Lukas Sanecki, Stefan Lenk, Christoph Steverding, Bernhard Menze, Nicole Hagemann, Reinhard Amshove, Marcus Engelhardt, Markus Handschuh, Michael Krummenerl (from left) I Photo: Achim Bachhausen

Supervisory Board members confirmed in office

Supervisory Board positions were up for election this year as scheduled. The three retailers Lukas Sanecki, Christian Symalla and Christoph Steverding stood for re-election and were unanimously elected for a further term of office by the 144 members of the cooperative present in the Börsensaal. Works Council Chairman Jochem Nehm and Ingeborg Tutschkus stepped down from the ranks of employee representatives. The employees of the subsidiary REWE Dortmund SE & Co KG appointed Nicole Hagemann and Markus Handschuh to the Supervisory Board in their place. „The team and culture at REWE Dortmund are something special, we are only strong when we work together.“ Stefan Lenk, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of REWE Dortmund I Photos: Michael Pröck

25 years at REWE Dortmund

The independent retailers have been the face, heart and pulse of REWE Dortmund since it was founded 110 years ago. In 2022, the Engel family in Unna-Massen, Runkel in Mettmann, Kamp in Dortmund and Freidank (also in Dortmund) celebrated 25 years of belonging to their cooperative. In some cases, however, the respective retail companies were founded much longer ago.

„I look forward to continuing our excellent cooperation with REWE Dortmund. We can learn from each other.“Lionel Souque, CEO of the REWE Group Lionel Souque, CEO of the REWE Group, gave an overview of the latest developments at the trading group

REWE Dortmund: Rooted in the region

REWE Dortmund SE & Co. KG is a joint venture of REWE Dortmund and REWE Group with headquarters in Dortmund-Asseln. REWE Dortmund SE & Co. KG is 80 per cent owned by REWE DORTMUND Großhandel eG. The sales area of the approximately 400 supermarkets is North Rhine-Westphalia - with the Ruhr region, the Lower Rhine region and the Sauerland and Münsterland regions forming the focal points. The stores are mainly operated by independent retailers. „We want to be number 1 for our customers. We are focussing even more on the core topics of prices, freshness and quality as well as our employees and are continuing to make great progress in revising our product range.“Andreas Schmidt, Chairman of the Management Board of REWE Dortmund Satisfied with the past year: Andreas Schmidt, CEO of REWE Dortmund

The company's headquarters, the service centre in Dortmund-Asseln, is home to REWE Dortmund's 18,000 square metre meat plant, which processes around 275 tonnes of the company's own meat and sausage products every day, as well as a warehouse covering over 75,000 square metres. REWE Dortmund also operates a 45,000 square metre fresh produce centre in the Scharnhorst district as a central storage location for chilled products.

REWE Dortmund's approximately 400 stores also include around 100 branch stores, which are managed by the subsidiary Michael Brücken under the name "REWE Ihr kaufpark". The company akzenta with its seven supermarkets is also part of REWE Dortmund. Around 20,500 employees work in the stores, while around 2,200 employees in Dortmund ensure smooth operations in wholesale with logistics, administration and production. In addition, around 1,000 young people are currently undergoing training in wholesale and retail.

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