Grocery Store Chains That Disappeared Quietly

As we know, anything can happen at any time in the business world. Sometimes, events occur in the business world that we have not even heard of, and some of the businesses we are customers of or pass by every day. We may not be able to find it in place one day.

Naturally, grocery chains also got their share from this situation. Some of the grocery chains that we frequently saw in our neighborhoods and perhaps even shopped in in the past, are somehow they disappeared. So what happened to these markets?

You surely remember: Once upon a time there was DiaSA.

This discount market, which we know as DiaSA, actually first came into our lives in 1999 under the name Dia. Later Sabanci Holding It takes the name DiaSA with its partnership with.

It continues to increase the number of its stores throughout Türkiye throughout its operation. In 2013, DiaSA was purchased by the Şok supermarket chain within Yıldız Holding and DiaSA stores were opened. He continues his life in shock.

The emergence of UCZ markets, which entered our lives very quickly, was also very rapid.

UCZ market chain, which started its commercial life with 10 stores in 2012, increased the number of stores significantly in about 1 year and entered the discount markets sector. a quick introduction he had done.

In 2016, UCZ markets were purchased by Yıldız Holding, which we know with the Ülker brand, and after the completion of the sale, it became a market chain owned by Yıldız Holding. By including Şok markets It starts to serve under this name.

Tansaş, which was established to provide cheap food to the public, now continues its journey under a different name.

in 1973 Affiliated to Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Founded as Tansaş, it was actually first “arrangement sale” It was founded with the name Tansa, which is a combination of the words.

Tansa, which has continued to grow since the first years of its establishment, became Tansaş by becoming a joint stock company, and after continuing to grow with the hypermarkets it opened, it was acquired by Doğuş Group in 1999. is being customized.

Tansaş, which was purchased by Migros, which belonged to the Koç group, in 2007, continued to use its own name until 2016. Started using the name Migros The markets we know as Tansaş were replaced by markets called Migros.

Kipa, another grocery chain based in Izmir, shares the same situation with Tansaş.

First time in Izmir in 1994 Meeting with consumers, Kipa introduced itself through large markets called hypermarkets.

Kipa, which has grown rapidly since its establishment, became a British company in 2003. Tesco It is purchased by. In 2017, Tesco sold Kipa to Migros.

After its official sale to Migros The vast majority of kippas took the name Migros. Kipa is now only used as a shopping mall name. For example: Kipa Balçova.

Makro Market, like other market chains, came under the umbrella of Migros.

basics in Ankara in 1991 Makro Market, which was launched, managed to grow rapidly and increase the number of stores.

Makro Market, which has approximately 6,500 employees, was unable to pay its debts due to financial difficulties and was closed in 2018. It was purchased by Migros.

The story of real markets ended in disappointment…

Markets named Real, which first entered our lives in 1997 and are part of the German Metro Group, were opened in 2014. Acquired by Beğendik Marketler Chain He took the name Alvi.

3 years after Real was sold to Beğendik, the company Because he has too much debt The court ruled for bankruptcy.

After the bankruptcy decision, it was brought to the agenda that approximately 200 employees were in a difficult situation and most of them could not receive their compensation. Regarding the bankruptcy of the company at that time “fraudulent bankruptcy” allegations were also discussed.