type subsidiary industry retail founded 1863 as durrant & spencer founders charles durrant & john william spencer headquarters kolkata west bengal india number of locations 120 across 35 cities 1 number of employees 5000 parent rp sanjiv goenka group 1 website spencersretail.com spencer s retail is a chain of retail stores headquartered in kolkata west bengal having presence in over 35 cities in india . spencer s is based on the food first format it mainly offers fresh and packaged food . many outlets though sport multiple formats for retailing food apparel fashion electronics lifestyle products music and books . it is owned by the rp sanjiv goenka group a major business house . contents 1 formats 2 key people 3 private brands 3.1 expansion 4 see also 5 references 6 external links formats edit spencer s began operations as a retail chain in the early 1990s 2 in southern india . stores are largely set up in one of 2 formats . convenience stores called spencer s hypermarkets called spencer s hyper in 2008 spencer s opened its largest store in india in the eastern indian metropolis of kolkata . the store is spread over 72 000 square feet 6 700 m2 and is located in the famous south city mall . key people edit shashwat goenka mohit kampani managing director vipin bhandari deputy ceo satya srivastava cfo sandeep gautam executive director human resource g murali executive director business process karthik kuppusamy vp supply chain and it private brands edit spencer s boasts of a wide range of private brand products that encompasses both foods as well as non foods fmcg category . spencer s smart choice is the leading instore brand which has a plethora of products ranging from juices noodles cookies honey air freshner etc. spencer s also has the clean home range of home improvement products and tasty wonders range of snacks and impulse food range.apart from this spencers has very successfully launched its general merchandize products under the brand name of maroon which includes non stick hard anodized home plastic and foils . expansion edit retail chain foodworld has been bought over by the rpg group . all stores have been re branded under the spencer s banner once formalities are completed ... see also edit india portal foodworld namdhari s fresh spar retailer big bazaar references edit rpg spencers profile . spencer s website . external links edit official website the economic times v t e rpg group companies rpg group cesc limited ceat kec international zensar technologies nitel rpg life sciences spencer s retail foodworld sa re ga ma harrisons malayalam open magazine firstsource notable people r. p. goenka harsh goenka sanjeev goenka franchises atl tico de kolkata football rising pune supergiants cricket retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spencer % 27s retail & oldid 726617926 categories hypermarketsretail companies of indiasupermarkets of indiacompanies based in kolkatarpg groupsupavhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 june 2016 at 08 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view