Netto () is a Danish discount supermarket operating in Denmark, Germany, Poland, and previously in Sweden and the United Kingdom, both as a stand-alone venture, until its sale in 2010 to Asda, and via a joint venture with Sainsbury's between 2014 and 2016. Netto is owned by Salling Group. Netto also operated a smaller, express version of the store in Denmark, known as "Døgn Netto" ("[24 hour] Day Netto"). Døgn stores offered the same service as regular Netto stores but with fewer products, longer opening hours and higher prices. In 2016, all Døgn Nettos were switched to normal Netto or Føtex Food convenience concept stores. Geographic coverage Currently, Netto has stores in the following countries : Denmark The first Netto store opened in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1981. At first, the items sat in boxes and on pallets, but the chain quickly expanded, and the service level increased as well. In 2023 there will be a total of around 540 stores in Denmark, after Aldi sold off their stores in Denmark. Germany In 1990, Netto began a process of internationalisation, and Germany became the second country to gain Netto stores. The first German store was opened in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at that time part of East Germany. Netto has since expanded in the states of Brandenburg, Berlin, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein, and there were more than 340 stores in Germany as at the end of 2014. Within Germany, there is a larger chain, of more than 4,100 stores, also called "Netto" for short, Netto Marken-Discount, which is owned by EDEKA and has been in operation since 1984. The two chains are not related. Poland The first Netto store in Poland opened in Szczecin in 1995. The company's expansion in Poland is concentrated in the west part of the country from Szczecin to Gdańsk (for example in Police and Stargard Szczeciński), and through the country to Bydgoszcz, Poznań, and Zielona Góra, and the country has 660 stores today after Tesco sold off their stores in 2020. Sweden The Swedish part of Netto was founded in 2002 as a joint venture between Dansk Supermarked and ICA, called Netto Marknad AB. The co-operation was approved by the European Commission in 2001. The headquarters were established in Halmstad in 2002, and the first store opened in Trelleborg on 8 May that year. A week later, two stores were opened in Lund. Initially, Netto kept