Numista has tokens of Lidl and Kaufland supermarkets, and both are trademarks of the Schwarz Group:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidl
Lidl Is a trademark used by two German international discount supermarket chains that operates over 12 800 stores. LD Stiftung operates the stores in Germany and Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG in 30 other countries. LD Stiftung is headquartered in Bad Wimpfen and the Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG in Neckarsulm, both in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Both sister companies belong to the Schwarz Group, which also includes hypermarket chain Kaufland. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaufland
Kaufland is a German hypermarket chain, part of the Schwarz Gruppe which also owns Lidl. The hypermarket directly translates to English as "buy-land." It opened its first store in 1984 in Neckarsulm and quickly expanded to become a major chain in what was formerly West Germany. It operates over 1,500 stores[3] in Germany, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova.
So, I assume the issuing entity for all of them is the Schwarz Group.
I have doubts about the issuer of each token. The FAQ says:
https://en.numista.com/help/add-or-modify-a-piece-of-exonumia-in-the-catalogue-188.html
The field “location” should be filled with:
- for fantasy coins and banknotes: the issuing state as claimed on the coin or banknote
- for tokens circulating in a given territory: the country where they circulated (the historical country, depending on the date of the token)
- In case the token circulated in multiple countries, no location should be specified.
- for replicas for which the country of issuance is unknown: the issuer of the original coin
- in all other cases: the country of the issuing entity or, if there is no clear issuing entity, the country where the item was issued (the historical country, depending on the date of the item)
Are these “tokens circulating”?
- Yes (rule 2) → the location is the country of the specific supermarket (if is know and is one), else no location should be specified (not “Eurozone”, unless they have value in euros).
- No (rule 4)→ the location is the country of Schwarz Gruppe (Germany).
Now, Numista has these tokens in different locations:
- Lidl: Eurozone (without “Euro” in lettering), Germany, Slovenia, and United Kingdom.
- Kaufland: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Romania, Slovakia
Add:
- Name:
- (local/DE) Schwarz Gruppe
- (EN) Schwarz Group
- (FR) Groupe Schwarz
- (ES) Grupo Schwarz
- Description (EN): It is a German multinational retailer, founded in 1930, that operates stores under the Lidl and Kaufland brands. The Schwarz Group's stores sell mostly private label brands, and the group also operates its own production facilities for baked goods, soft drinks and ice cream.
- Issuers: ⚠️ See the comments above.
- Location: (EN/ES/FR) Neckarsulm , Germany https://www.geonames.org/6557986
- Type of entity: private company
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712034
- Official website: https://gruppe.schwarz/
- Numista objects:
- Lidl https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=Lidl&st=all&cat=y&im1=&im2=&ru=&ie=&ca=3&no=&v=&a=&dg=&i=&b=&m=&f=&t=&t2=&w=&mt=&u=&g=&c=&wi=&sw=
- Kaufland https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=Kaufland&st=177&cat=y&im1=&im2=&ru=&ie=&ca=3&no=&v=&a=&dg=&i=&b=&m=&f=&t=&t2=&w=&mt=&u=&g=&c=&wi=&sw=
