Overview
- In mid‑October 2026 Migros stepped up the breakup of Tegut by running wide clearance sales and advancing store transfers to Edeka, Rewe, Netto and Tante Enso.
- The Bundeskartellamt approved Rewe’s takeover of 38 Tegut stores but required a four‑year pledge that Rewe will not acquire two named Hessian sites to avoid weakening local competition.
- About 252 Tegut outlets will move to new operators while roughly 36 stores remain unsold and are being offered in a fresh bidding process run by Migros.
- Customers and staff face short‑term disruption as many stores run up to 50 percent clearance discounts, handovers are set to begin in November after brief refits, and some communities worry about losing Tegut’s larger bio and specialty range.
- The regulator has limited some transfers to prevent local concentration, the decisions can be challenged in court, and observers say the deal reshapes grocery supply in regions where Tegut had a high market share.