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The mini-supermarket chain “Aunt Enso” is taking over 36 Tegut branches from the Swiss group Migros – most of which are likely to be in the East Hesse region.
Fulda – With the takeover, the Bremen start-up secures itself, which, among other things, already operates a market in Hohenroda-Mansbacha large part of the around 60 Tegut locations in which neither Edeka nor Rewe are interested. Aunt Enso managing director Thomas Gutberlet, who ran the Tegut business himself until the end of 2024 and Joined the management of Enso at the end of 2025is essentially buying back a small part of the family business – in a new function and under a new roof.
Supermarket start-up Aunt Enso is taking over 36 Tegut branches
According to Gutberlet, the 36 locations will be announced at a later date in coordination with Tegut. At the same time he gave notice to the Fulda newspaper to take on the employees of the Tegut branches – a number in the mid three-digit range. The transaction is subject to the approval of the Federal Cartel Office; However, Gutberlet does not expect any objections, as he emphasized.
For the “Tante Enso” cooperative, which was founded in Bremen in 2016, it is by far the biggest step in its company history. Aunt Enso currently operates 87 stores and combines the charm of the mom-and-pop concept with modern self-service technology in its village shops: During the day, the branches are staffed for around four hours, otherwise customers come into the store with a membership card and scan their purchases at self-service checkouts.
“Aunt Enso” does not want to give up its brand core despite the special situation: Citizens' meetings with municipalities, mayors and residents should also take place in the branches that have been taken over before the start in order to inquire about product range requests and missing services. “We make no difference whether the village normally applies or whether we take over branches, as in this case,” says Gutberlet. Citizens should also be involved in determining the range.
Aunt Enso will probably mainly take over smaller Tegut branches
With the deal, only the future of 25 Tegut branches is still unclear. The Swiss group Migros, which had had the Tegut chain, founded in Fulda in 1947, in its portfolio since 2013, gave up in March after years of restructuring announced the complete withdrawal from Germany. 300 branches were suddenly up for sale.
The lion's share – around 200 branches, the logistics center in Michelsrombach, the Herzberger bakery and the operating company of the staffless “Teo” mini markets – Edeka will take over if the cartel office gives the green light. More 40 locations go to Rewe. Around 60 branches initially remained without buyers; According to its own information, Migros continued to look for solutions for them. After fears that the smaller branches in rural areas in particular would fall by the wayside and be closed, a solution has now been found for the majority of them.
