INTERVIEW - «Wir profitieren von den niedrigen Mieten auf dem Land»: Der Enkel des Tegut-Gründers sieht die Zukunft des Handels ausgerechnet im Dorf
Die Migros-Tochter Tegut wird gerade abgewickelt – und deren ehemaliger Chef Thomas Gutberlet hat schon ein neues Projekt: Er will die deutsche Provinz wiederbeleben. Wird er dieses Mal Erfolg haben?
Thomas Gutberlet, the grandson of Tegut's founder, is restarting his family's business in a new venture called Tante Enso. The superstore chain Tegut went bankrupt after selling to Migros Zürich in 2013, resulting in hundreds of millions of francs in losses and thousands of job losses. Gutberlet now aims to revive rural German commerce by bringing supermarkets to areas where major German retail chains have abandoned.
He sees the future of retail in rural areas where large retail chains have retreated. The company will operate on low rents and benefit from government subsidies in some regions. Tante Enso plans to take over 36 former Tegut stores and revitalize them with a genossenschaftal model, where 35% of local residents must own shares to open a store.
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