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The business was founded in 1930 by Josef Schwarz (1903–1977), father of Dieter Schwarz. It is headquartered in Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Schwarz Group is an international trading company with 500,000 employees and operates over 12,900 stores (in 2021) across 33 countries.
In 1932, Josef Schwarz became a partner in Südfrüchte Großhandlung Lidl & Co., a fruit wholesaler, and he developed the company into a general food wholesaler. [better source needed] In 1977, under his son Dieter Schwarz, the Schwarz-Gruppe began to
In 1973, Dieter Schwarz joined the "Lidl & Schwarz KG" business of his father Josef Schwarz and opened the company's first discount supermarket, inspired by the brothers Albrecht. After his father died in 1977, he took control of the discount chain.
Dieter Schwarz was born on 24th September, 1939, to Josef Schwarz, a businessman who founded the company, the Schwarz & Lidl discount chain. His father passed away in the year 1977, leaving behind all the responsibilities of the business.
Josef Schwarz was a German entrepreneur who started a fruit wholesale business in 1930 and later expanded it into a food retail company. He was the founder of Schwarz Group, which owns Lidl and Kaufland, and died in 1977.
5 days ago · Dieter opened the first Lidl store in 1973, became CEO in 1977 when Josef died, and built Schwarz Group into Europe's largest retail empire, with 500,000 employees.
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Our history began in 1930 when Josef Schwarz, father of the current owner, opened a grocery store. The store was destroyed in the Second World War and rebuilt during the late 1940s.
