Bankruptcy Prevented: Schlecker Austria Becomes „daily“

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: July 31, 2012; 16:22 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian investment funds TAP 09 acquires the financially stricken chemist chain. Schlecker Austria should become a local grocer.

Bankruptcy Prevented: Schlecker Austria Becomes „daily“ / Picture: © Schlecker

Yesterday, Schlecker Austria was sold to an Austrian investment group. The business of the Austrian subsidiary of the bankrupt German Schlecker Group will be continued. About 4,600 of the 5,000 employees should be kept.1,350 branches in Austria, Poland, Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg, should be renamed as „daily“ and become a local grocer then. In Poland, Schlecker employes about 700…