Of the eleven European grocery markets tracked in McKinsey and EuroCommerce’s State of Grocery Retail Europe 2026, Poland came out on top for value growth – up 5.6% year-on-year, well ahead of the European average of 3.4%. And since 2019, it’s grown a cumulative 55.2%, also the highest of any market in the report.
That growth isn’t just on paper, Poland’s modern retail footprint expanded 4.4%
Potager Farm's sales this year have already come close to matching the whole of 2025's sales total – with several months still to go.
Part of that is a single, concentrated example of what direct retail can look like at pace. Within eight weeks, Potager Farm sold almost 2,000 plants directly into one grocery store's shelves. That's not a slow, steady trickle of stock – it's evidence that when
German grocery operators are amongst the largest and most successful in Europe, and once you walk into a store, it’s easy to see why. Their stores are built for more than just completing a weekly shop and it's a format that many Irish retailers are now following.
Large bakeries at the entrances enticing customers in with the smell of fresh baking bread throughout the day, a vibrant farmer
Three years of sales data now sit behind the retail partnerships of Potager Farm, the vertical farming venture backed by Greenman OPEN, and a pattern has emerged that repeats with striking consistency: demand dips every summer, right around the school holidays, before climbing back through autumn and building toward a stronger spring.
It shows up in 2024. It shows up again in 2025. And it's al
Potager Farm has cut production time across its core products by 8–15% – and because time under grow-lights and irrigation drives resource use directly, that same reduction carries through to energy, water and fertiliser use per unit grown.
The business has also broadened well beyond its original core products. It is producing on a large on-demand scale flowering plants in pots, ex
Invest in What People Need, Not Just What They Want.In a world where uncertainty looms and markets fluctuate, one thing remains constant: people need to eat. Grocery stores serve as the backbone of our daily lives, providing not just food but also a sense of community and convenience. If you’re considering your next investment move, why not focus on German grocery real estate? With its blend of ne
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Greenman OPEN, one of Germany’s largest food-anchored retail real estate investment funds and Europe’s largest Article 9 Real Estate Fund, has acquired a portfolio of 10 standalone EDEKA supermarkets with a total let area of approximately 22,500 square meters. The retail properties are located in the federal states of Saxony, Bavaria, and Thuringia. The deal, known as the portfolio “Chase” involve
The Greenman Group, a multinational organisation and market leading investment fund manager who owns food-anchored retail real estate worth c. €1.35 billion across France, Germany, and Poland, is delighted to announce the winners of its inaugural Future Food Retail Awards. The awards ceremony, held in Dublin, brought together c. 160 industry leaders from finance, investment, retail, press, entrepr
Three retail parks acquired in Germany for €90 million, increasing Greenman OPEN’s AUM to over €1 billion
Greenman OPEN (OPEN), one of the largest food retail-focused investment funds in Germany, has acquired three retail parks for a combined value of c.€90 million, increasing the fund’s AUM to more than €1billion.
OPEN has acquired a retail centre in Sonneberg on the Bavarian border. Fully
We are thrilled to announce that our sister company, Potager Farm, takes a giant leap forward with their first-ever direct-to-consumer sale of fresh, local, and pesticide-free food.
In September this year and as part of a pilot-project, the first seeds were sown and a batch of produce was provided to gastronomic partners to receive feedback on quality, durability, aroma, taste profile, freshnes
Greenman OPEN and its sister company GFORM, manager of OPEN’s portfolio of German food retail properties, have celebrated the topping-out ceremony for a local retail centre in a four-level building in Dinkelsbühl in the district of Ansbach in Middle Franconia together with OPEN’s general contractor Schoofs Immobilien GmbH Frankfurt. A full-range Edeka supermarket is being built on a 9,400 square m
OPEN is actively investing in EU-Taxonomy-compliant net-zero buildings. This initiative reflects our commitment to making our properties future-proof while making a positive impact on the environment.
A leading example of this strategy is the extensive revitalisation of our retail centre Stadtgalerie Datteln, where we have recognised the opportunity to approach this project not merely as renova
Greenman’s Head of Distribution David O’Meara recently shared his thoughts in PropertyEU on the digital evolution of retail. Recent years have seen technology permeate every aspect of retail and real estate, with supply chains experiencing substantial advancements.
In an era where technology is revolutionising every corner of retail, the tangible aspects – our buildings, warehouses, and retail
Greenman OPEN and its sister company GFORM, which specialises in property and tenant management and manages the fund’s portfolio, announced today their plans for an extensive revitalisation of the retail centre Stadtgalerie Datteln in North Rhine-Westphalia. A key component of the redevelopment will be the positioning of a new grocery anchor as a tenant for the location.
Construction is targete
Greenman OPEN takes over another new local retail centre in Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate. The opening ceremony, hosted by REWE, was attended by the Mayor of Montabaur Gabriele Wieland, project developer Schoofs Immobilien GmbH Frankfurt, and other project participants. The local shopping centre in the district town of Montabaur is DGNB gold certified and offers a total of 6,811 square metres of
On April 26, the Westerwald Arkaden retail centre in Höhr-Grenzhausen (Rhineland-Palatinate) opened with a big folk festival and more than 3,000 guests – including Mayor Thilo Becker and State Secretary Ms. Petra Dick-Walther, from the Ministry of Economy, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture. The opening ceremony was co-hosted by the owner Greenman OPEN (OPEN), developer Schoofs Immobilien Fran
Greenman OPEN and Schoofs Immobilien Frankfurt GmbH have laid the foundation stone for a four-level building in Dinkelsbühl in the district of Ansbach in Middle Franconia. On a 9,400 sqm site, an Edeka full-range store is being built that has signed a 21-year lease, next to a bakery with a café, topped by three residential floors with a total of 83 barrier-free apartments. The mixed-use property w
On Thursday 17 th November the Greenman OPEN and GFORM team attended the Richtfest ceremony for one of OPEN’s new retail centres in Hohr-Grenzhausen.
Acquired at the end of 2021, the new turnkey Rastal Center was the second acquisition from OPEN’s portfolio framework agreement with developer Schoofs Immobilien Frankfurt. One year after the start of construction, the shell of the centre is now c
Within the celebration of a Halloween event last weekend Greenman OPEN (OPEN) demonstrated, together with the metaverse infrastructure provider Mapstar AG from Karlsruhe, how digitalisation revolutionises the retail landscape. Greenman OPEN, one of the largest investment funds focused on food retail in Germany, wanted to explore how the consumer’s physical shopping experience can be enhanced throu
