The most famous supermarkets in Turkey
One of the most frequently asked questions is which supermarket is the best for shopping in Turkey. Therefore, in this article from Ebla Real Estate, we will talk about the most famous supermarkets in Turkey.
The most famous supermarkets in Turkey:
All supermarkets in Turkey work hard to attract the attention of the daily shoppers. They try to provide quality products at affordable prices. Turkey’s leading supermarket chains are also involved in online shopping. Online buyers can find the products they want with a few clicks and they will be delivered in a few minutes to their desired address. The most famous supermarkets in Turkey are:
CarrefourSA in Turkey:
Carrefour isa well-known international supermarket chain, founded in 1991 by a joint venture of French chain Carrefour and Turkish Sabanci Holding. The main feature of CarrefourSA is bringing western food retail practices to Turkey. The supermarket chain has a Gourmet type branch in addition to Hyper, Super, and Mini formats. The gourmet branches offer a wide variety of food retail.
After stepping up investment across all operations, Carrefour SA saw its sales increase 20% to TL 3.1 billion ($1 billion) in 2014.
CarrefourSA has more than 600 branches in 52 cities in Turkey. It also has a website for online shopping. It has a total of 500 thousand daily customers combining both physical and online sales.
Migros in Turkey:
It is one of the best retail chain markets in Turkey. Migros was founded in 1954 by a Swiss company. In 1975, it was bought by Koc Holding, one of the biggest companies in Turkey.
There are many brands under its name, including M Migros supermarkets that sell groceries and non-food products, MM Migros supermarkets that offer more non-food products, MMM Migros supermarkets that sell everything. They also have Migros Jet Line mini markets and actively promote their online market and delivery services.
Migros is one of the most famous supermarkets in Turkey with more than 6 million loyal card users. Annually, 160 million people are using the markets of Migros. Also, it has an online shopping system called Migros Hemen. Currently, it also has branches in Kazakhstan and North Macedonia.
BIM Supermarkets in Turkey:
It is a discount store founded in 1995 with 21 stores, but it now has Turkey’s most significant market share.
BIM supermarket is the most popular brand in Turkey, due to its main aim of serving high-quality products at affordable prices, which allows the lower and average class of the society to buy all their daily needs.
The company has the widest area of influence with more than 60 thousand workers and thousands of branches. It also has an online shopping service that offers a wide range of products.
A101 supermarkets in Turkey:
A101 is another Turkish owned discount supermarket chain. It has more than 11,000 branches in 81 cities and 923 districts. Moreover, A101 is the only Turkish company with 100% domestic capital and it is among the world’s top 10 fastest growing retail companies. It is worth noting that the highlight of A101 is the employment of the disabled and women.
In addition, A101 supermarket provides online service.. Its online shopping app “A101 Kapımda” was downloaded 5 million times in 2022.
ŞOK supermarkets in Turkey:
It was founded in 1995 as the discount store form of Migros. Later, the chain was bought by Yildiz Holding and divided from Migros. ŞOK is the third largest competitor in the discount store market. The main goal of the company was to set up a network of low-cost supermarkets offering cheap products.
It has more than 40 thousand workers and 9000 branches. ŞOK also has a mobile app called Cepte ŞOK for online shopping and deliveries. It has branches in all cities of Turkey.
Edited by: Ebla Group Real Estate
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