# Supermarket Chains Operating in Multiple European Countries

> The major supermarket chains shaping Europe's food economy, from discount giants like Lidl and Aldi to organic specialists like Denn's, across multiple countries.

European Supermarket Chains You Should Know | Euronomy

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Germany's Schwarz Group, owner of Lidl and Kaufland, is Europe's largest retailer, and the hard-discount model it shares with Aldi now sets prices across the continent. Alongside them trade France's Carrefour, the Netherlands' Ahold Delhaize and organic specialists like Germany's Denn's.

These are the chains that cross borders and shape Europe's food economy — what each is known for, where it operates, how many it employs, and how it responded to the war in Ukraine.