an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . february 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message leshop.ch type public industry retail ecommerce online shopping founded 1997 ; 19 years ago 1997 headquarters ecublens switzerland key people dominique locher ceo sacha herrmann coo revenue 176 million chf 2015 1 number of employees 308 january 2016 2 website www.leshop.ch leshop.ch is a swiss online supermarket and one of europe s largest online grocery stores . in the first quarter of 2006 it was the first to achieve break even after great britain s tesco.com . leshop.ch ended 2013 with uninterrupted growth and a 6 % or chf9 million increase in turnover to chf 158.1 . 3 leshop.ch increased sales by chf 7 million to chf 165 million in 2014 . 4 as of the end of 2013 the company had about 50 000 regular customers . 5 the supermarket offers a unique mix of goods including migros products as well as branded goods . groceries frozen foods and other essentials articles for home and hobbies are delivered directly to the customer s door covering 95 % of swiss households in all regions . contents 1 history 1.1 1997 to 2003 1.2 2004 takeover 1.3 until 2013 1.4 new initiatives 2 management and administration 3 references 4 external links history edit 1997 to 2003 edit october 1997 leshop sa was founded by young entrepreneurs alain nicod jes s mart n garc a r mi walbaum and christian wanner . it went online in april 1998 as switzerland s first online supermarket offering more than 1 500 dry grocery products and teaming up with the swiss post for home deliveries throughout the country . in june 2000 subsidiaries were founded in germany and argentina . both these were closed down again at a later date . august 2001 switzerland s first e commerce logistics centre planned and executed by leshop.ch started operating in bremgarten aargau . an exclusive partnership deal with expresspost ensured the timely delivery of orders . december 2002 the bon app tit group a majority shareholder of leshop sa since october 2002 decided to refocus on its core business and announced the closure of leshop.ch at the end of that month . january 2003 leshop.ch was saved when investment group shoppingnet holding sa together with the company s management acquired the leshop.ch from the bon app tit group . september 2003 official announcement of the strategic partnership with migros initially without the financial participation by the federation of migros cooperatives migros genossenschafts bund mgb . 2004 takeover edit january 2004 when migros closed down its own migros shop.ch website leshop.ch took over the migros product range as well as its customers . 6 until 2013 edit in april 2006 leshop.ch ended the first quarter of 2006 with the company s first ever operating profit . the federation of migros cooperatives acquired an 80 % share in leshop sa launching an investment programme for future development . in october 2006 the second leshop.ch logistics centre was inaugurated by the then trade minister and swiss federal councillor doris leuthard in ecublens . the company s headquarters were also transferred to ecublens vaud . after ten years trading leshop.ch exceeded the turnover benchmark of chf100 million in november 2008 . 7 in june 2009 leshop.ch introduced the home delivery of frozen foods and developed a reusable cool box containing dry ice . an iphone app was launched in january 2010 . cooperation with discount supermarket chain denner another subsidiary of migros began in august 2011 allowing customers to buy a range of popular denner wines at leshop.ch in december 2011 leshop.ch broke even becoming one of the world s first profitable pure players in the online grocery business . in july 2012 a special ipad app was launched . by april 2013 one in every three orders was being placed via ipad or iphone showing that mobile internet had established itself as a strong growth factor . 8 new initiatives edit the first leshop.ch drive was opened in october 2012 . the concept of on location stocking with orders possible up to two hours before the collection of the goods was an innovation in the swiss market . leshop.ch has plans to open a second drive location in staufen aargau in the second half of 2014 . 9 according to media reports the opening of a second pilot drive site located in staufen canton of aargau switzerland in september 2014 got off to a good start . 10 for the first time the online supermarket is now available for the whole central region of german speaking switzerland . 11 also since 2014 about 300 eco friendly alnatura products can be ordered on leshop.ch the only swiss supplier of this collection . the trial launch of the pilot rail project with swiss federal railways sbb was completed in 2014 . 12 the findings and experiences will be incorporated into the project s further development . these innovations already led to positive business results in 2014 . leshop.ch continued to grow with online sales of groceries reaching chf 165 million . this is chf 7 million or 4.4 % more than the previous year . the online business is growing at an above average rate . 13 in 2015 sales at the online supermarket grew by 6 6 % to a total of chf 176 million . 14 the number of employees grew to 308 . 15 the same year leshop.ch began a pilot scheme involving eleven pickmup collection points allowing online customers to collect their pre packed groceries the day after placing their orders . 16 income statement figures have so far not been published . management and administration edit at the end of september 2013 co founder christian wanner handed over his responsibilities as ceo to dominique locher who had been sales and marketing director since 2000 . former director of finances and human resources sacha herrmann was appointed chief operating officer and continues to support the board in his new function . christian wanner remains on as a member of the board of directors . 17 references edit official key figures leshop.ch retrieved 31 august 2016 official key figures leshop.ch retrieved 31 august 2016 leshop.ch ipad drive and rail bring new customers to the online supermarket 04.01.2013 record sales chf 165 million new nationwide same day delivery and mobile business promote growth leshop sa corporate website the company in brief milestones of the company s history milestones of the company s history milestones of the company s history leshop.ch ipad drive and rail bring new customers to the online supermarket 4.01.2014 drive in von leshop in staufen ist gut gestartet . aargauer zeitung 6.1.2015 record sales chf 165 million new nationwide same day delivery and mobile business promote growth . media information 5 january 2015 schluss mit leshop am schalter . blick 10.10.2014 record sales chf 165 million new nationwide same day delivery and mobile business promote growth . media information 5 january 2015 chf 176 million record sales for leshop.ch media release 1 january 2016 key figures leshop chf 176 million record sales for leshop.ch media release 1 january 2016 christian wanner ceo et co fondateur quitte leshop.ch 4.06.2013 external links edit leshop.ch leshop.ch sa corporate website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title leshop.ch & oldid 743130420 categories online retailersonline grocersmigroshidden categories use dmy dates from october 2016articles with a promotional tone from february 2012all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload 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