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Brugsen Industry Retail Genre Supermarket Founder(s) 1896 Headquarters Roskildevej 65, 2620 Albertslund, Denmark Area served Denmark and Greenland Parent Coop Denmark Website http://www.coop.dk/ Brugsen is a shorthand for the Danish word 'Brugsforeningen', which means consumers' cooperative. It is also the name of a Danish supermarket chain which was born as a consumers' cooperative.
Brugsen is a former common brand, of a wide range of supermarkets of different sizes. Separate brands (SuperBrugsen (estbl. 1991), Dagli'Brugsen (estbl. 1992) and Local Brugsen (etbl. 1995).) were developed with their own profile and target demographics.
Brugsen was operated by The Danish Consumers Co-operative Society (FDB), before being folded into Coop Norden as part of Coop Denmark. Coop Denmark is owned by Coop Norden.
Brugsen operates over 300 stores across Denmark. Making it one of Denmark Largest supermarket chains.
See also
- Coop Denmark
- List of supermarkets
- Fakta
- Irma (supermarket)
- Kvickly
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