Schlecker is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Schlecker is a German company with seat in Ehingen

Ehingen

Ehingen is a town in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the left bank of the Danube, approx. 25 km southwest of Ulm and 67 km southeast of Stuttgart.-Statistics:...

. In 1975, Schlecker was founded by Anton Schlecker

Anton Schlecker

Anton Schlecker is a German businessman, founder and owner of the Schlecker drug store chain in Germany.He is married to Christa Schlecker and has two children, Lars Schlecker and Meike Schlecker, both active in the management of the Schlecker company.At 21 he acquired the degree "Meister" butcher...

. Around 52,000 people worked for Schlecker. Schlecker have stores across Europe including Germany, Austria, The Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Hungary, Poland, France, Spain and Italy. The stores sell a variety of discount products including cosmetics, healthcare, household products, photo developing and food.

Literature

• Sarah Bormann: Angriff auf die Mitbestimmung. Unternehmensstrategien gegen Betriebsräte – der Fall Schlecker. Edition Sigma, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8360-8685-1.
• Michael Opoczynski: Die Blutsauger der Nation - Wie ein entfesselter Kapitalismus uns ruiniert. Droemer, ISBN 3-426-27380-2.
• Rüdiger Liedtke: Wem gehört die Republik? Die Konzerne und ihre Verflechtungen in der globalisierten Wirtschaft 2007. Namen Zahlen Fakten. Eichborn Verlags AG, Frankfurt a. M. 2006, ISBN 3-8218-5658-0, S. 375-377.