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New documentaries from recent years. Edeka from corner shop to supermarket giant DOKU German The Hamburg-based group is by far the largest food retailer in Germany and has a correspondingly concentrated market power: if a manufacturer of branded goods is no longer listed on Edeka, it loses around a third of its turnover. It all started very small: in 1898, 21 owners of grocery stores in Berlin joined forces so that they could shop together at a lower price. The "Purchasing Cooperative of Grocery Stores in the Halleschen Tor District of Berlin", EdK for short, was born.