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Denner is a discount supermarket chain in Switzerland. It is Switzerland's third largest supermarket chain after Migros and Coop (Switzerland) with 11.4% market share.
It was started in 1881 and later developed by Karl Schweri just after the Second World War. It later made Switzerland's first discounter in 1967 in Zurich. In 1973, it broke the country's tobacco cartel. In 2004, the sales of its 580 outlets exceeded CHF 1.8 billion.
In January 2007 it was announced that Migros has purchased a majority stake in Denner. After the entrance of the worldwide-known retailers Aldi and Lidl (2004 and 2009), Denner successfully defended its leading role in the discount category.
Denner is the second largest wine-seller in Switzerland.
As of 2014 Denner has 797 stores (491 own stores and 306 running as franchise) and a revenue of 3.2 billion CHF.
"One for all" ("Einer für Alle") is the company claim as it describes itself as the "Retail's Robin Hood ",who is fighting for cheaper prices for the customers.
Denner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Balthasar Denner (1685–1749), German painter
- Charles Denner, French actor
- Jacob Denner, woodwind instrument maker, son of Johann Christoph Denner
- Johann Christoph Denner, (1655-1707), famous woodwind instrument maker
- Michael Denner, Danish heavy metal guitarist
- Pat Denner, American neon sign designer
Usage examples of "denner".
Mary had left for him, burning dimly on the hall table, under a dark portrait of some Denner, long since dead.
Willie Denner, of course, had long ago gone to bed, and unless the lawyer chose to go into the kitchen for company, where Mary was reading her one work of fiction.
I well remember how he used to shake his head over the coarse work of Scarpa and Astley Cooper,--as if Denner, who painted the separate hairs of the beard and pores of the skin in his portraits, had spoken lightly of the pictures of Rubens and Vandyk.
Tarthenal, in fact, as were the nearby village names of Denner, Lan and Brous.
If Alfred Denner was telling the truth, his story was easy enough to check out, but until then she reserved judgment.
Just as Ranger Denner had said, two thumb-size bullet holes pierced the floorboard near the accelerator, about four inches apart, and blood and tissue splattered the seat, dashboard and floor.