For other uses, see Bilka (disambiguation).

Bilka

Industry Retail

Genre Hypermarket

Founded 1970

Founder Herman Salling

Headquarters Højbjerg, Denmark

Area served Denmark

Parent Dansk Supermarked Gruppen

Website Bilka.dk

Bilka supermarket in Ishøj,

Denmark

Bilka is a Danish chain of hypermarkets. The first store opened in 1970

in Tilst, a suburb of Aarhus. The chain was founded by Herman Salling,
but is now a part of Dansk Supermarked.

Name

The name Bilka is derived from the German Billiges Kaufhaus

(low-price department store), which its founder, Herman Salling had
encountered during his business trips to West Germany.[1]

The First Bilka Store

The first Bilka store was the first low-cost store in Denmark. With sale
area of 10000 square meters and parking space for 1200 cars, this
was also the largest store in Denmark.

The opening of the first Bilka store brought revision to the regional
plan for Great Aarhus from 1954.[2] According to that plan the area of
Aarhus was supposed to have 2 new centers, but after the opening of
the first Bilka store, this plan was no longer economically viable.

The building of the store was approved by Brabrand-Årslev Parish,

since the land was part of the Brabrand Parish.The developer of the
store, however decided he wanted to create remote storage for Salling
Group.That is the reason why the Bilka store was functioning as an
open stock market with most of the goods stocked in pallets and
forklifts in the aisles during open hours.

At the beginning of 2010, the first Bilka store celebrated its 40th
birthday and it was completely renovated. All of the old 31 cash
registers, from 1970, were replaced with 28 new modern ones and
there are also 8 self-service boxes deployed. Furthermore, all the
stands were completely renovated and today, this store has the largest
Fruits & Vegetables department in Denmark.

Bilka stores

There are Bilka stores located in the following cities:

Year Store Area City Info

29.000
1970 Bilka Tilst
m²

28.700 From 1996 a part of Aalborg

1972 Bilka Aalborg
m² Storcenter

27.800
1973 Bilka Hundige Part of Waves
m²

22.500
1976 Bilka Odense
m²

20.000
1982 Bilka Ishøj Part of Ishøj Bycenter
m²

12.600
1988 Bilka Slagelse
m²

19.900
1989 Bilka Næstved Part of Næstved Storcenter
m²

14.800
1993 Bilka Holstebro
m²

19.400
Bilka Vejle Former A-Z
m²

19.300
Bilka Kolding Part of Kolding Storcenter
m²

16.500
1994 Bilka Esbjerg Former A-Z
m²

14.200
2001 Bilka Horsens
m²

13.000
2003 Bilka Ørestad Part of Field's
m²

13.400
2005 Bilka Viborg Former A-Z
m²

11.800
2009 Bilka Sønderborg Former A-Z
m²
 10.400
2011 Bilka Herning Former A-Z
m²

See also

Dansk Supermarked Gruppen

A.P. Møller-Mærsk

A-Z

Netto

føtex

References

1. ^ Bilka FAQ (in Danish)

2. ^ http://www.lpa.dk/Topmenuen/Publikationer
/2004/Regionplanhistorien.pdf

External links

Bilka's Website

Dansk Supermarked Gruppen Webpage

Last edited 4 months ago by LiquidFire89