Lüning Group

Luning Group is a retailer which has been established in the year 1853 and is headquartered in Rietberg, Germany. The retailer is listed among the 30 largest companies in the German Food Trade based on the annual turnover. The firm operates 31 outlets under the following banners: E Center, Elli Market and SB Center throughout the country.

The company’s business areas include:

• Retail
• Wholesale
• Shopfitting
• Advertising

For more than 25 years, the retailer has been cooperating with Edeka. Through this cooperation, Luning Group has benefited a lot as the latter is able to offer to its customers a diversified range of products, including own brands and discount products at competitive price.

Luning Group offers an extensive range of products under the following categories:

• Sweet grocery
• Savory grocery
• Chilled & fresh
• Frozen
• Dairy
• Drinks
• Personal care
• Household
• Bazar

Pertaining to the supply chain, the company operates 2 logistic centers and later on the logistic center was extended to a high bay warehouse.  

In the year 2018, the firm invested approximately 2 million euros in its E-Center in Westphalia which measures 3800 square meters. The company offers around 250 sausage products and more than 200 fresh meat and the group planned to add 100 barbecue articles during the barbecue season.

In November 2018, the firm opened a new Elli Center with a total area of 2000 square meters. The new outlet offers about 25,000 SKUs to its customers.

In fact, the objective of the company is to open the new E-center in Hovelhof by the year 2019. The sales area will measure from 1200 square meters to around 3500 square meters and also 300 square meters for shops and bakeries.