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9 March 2021

REWE Group to offer all employees free COVID-19 self-tests

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Cologne. The companies of the REWE Group (REWE, PENNY, toom Baumarkt, DER Touristik Group) will be offering free COVID-19 self-tests to their 250,000 employees in Germany as soon as possible. Lionel Souque, CEO of REWE Group, explains: We welcome the agreement reached today between the Federal Government and the leading business associations. That is why we are making free, voluntary self-tests available to our more than 250,000 employees at the REWE Group as quickly as possible. We are offering the tests in support of the testing strategies at the state and federal levels.

About REWE Group

  • The cooperatively organized REWE Group is one of the leading trade and tourism groups in Germany and Europe. In 2025, the company generated a total external turnover of more than 100 billion euros. Founded in 1927, REWE Group operates with around 380,000 employees in 21 European countries.

    The sales lines include REWE, REWE CENTER, nahkauf and BILLA as well as ADEG supermarkets and consumer stores, the discounter PENNY, IKI, the drugstores BIPA and the toom Baumarkt DIY stores. The company also operates convenience stores REWE To Go, REWE express and the e-commerce activities REWE Liefer- and Abholservice as well as Zooroyal and Weinfreunde. The Lekkerland Group comprises the wholesale activities of the business group in the area of on-the-go consumption. Under the umbrella of DERTOUR Group, the Travel and Tourism division includes more than 2,000 travel agencies, tour operators as well as hotel brands and online travel portals.

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Ines Schurin

Group Director Corporate Communications at
REWE Group

+49 221 149 1050 [email protected]

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