Veropoulos

Veropoulos Group

Company type	Own-company
Industry	Retail (Grocery)
Founded	1973 (1973)
Defunct	2016 (2016)
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Number of locations	201 (2015)
Key people	Kostas and Alekos Veropoulos (Founders)
Products	Groceries, consumer goods
Number of employees	6,000 (2011)
Parent	Metro S.A.
Website	http://www.veropoulos.gr/

Veropoulos (Greek: Βερόπουλος) was a large retail group based in Greece until 2016. It held the SPAR retail franchise for Greece, with the franchise still present in the country after Spar's cooperation agreement with the Asteras Group. As a result of bankruptcy, Veropoulos was bought in 2016 by the Metro Group, which re-branded the stores soon after as My Market stores. In Crete, Veropoulos operated stores under the name of Chalkiadakis. Outside Greece, Veropoulos operated supermarkets in the North Macedonia as Vero, and in Serbia as SuperVero. The company was established in 1973, when the first Veropoulos supermarket opened in Athens. As of 2012, the company owned 185 stores in Greece, 10 stores in the North Macedonia and six hypermarkets in Serbia. In Greece, Veropoulos was the fourth-biggest supermarket chain in terms of market share. The firm belonged to the Veropoulos family who are also the founders of the company.

However, the Veropoulos family retained ownership of the company's operations outside Greece. Under the brand names "Vero" and "Super Vero" the company continues to operate supermarkets in North Macedonia and Serbia. In Serbia, the chain has expanded significantly, with 23 stores, including the largest hypermarket in the Balkans located in Novi Sad. Therefore, while the Veropoulos brand is no longer active in Greece, it remains a significant player in the retail markets of North Macedonia and Serbia.

Stores

These were the stores of Veropoulos as of June 2015:

Country	Stores
Greece	185
Serbia	23
North Macedonia	10

See also

• List of supermarket chains in Greece

External links

• Veropoulos website (in Greek)