Meinl, Julius, AG#

b. 1869; Julius Meinl b. 1903). First store opened in 1862 on Fleischmarkt square in Vienna by J. (b. Kraslice, Czech Republic, April 10, 1824, d. Vienna, Dec. 24, 1914); developed into one of the leading Central European corporations with 462 subsidiaries (1994) and a staff of 9,725. In 1999 and 2000 all subsidiaries, except for a speciality store on the Graben in Vienna, were sold, mainly to the Billa group and to SPAR Oesterreichische Warenhandels-AG; the chain in Hungary, founded in 1989, was also spun off. The new focus is on the expansion in other Eastern European countries, the production and trade of coffee and marmalade and on the business of Meinlbank, as well as interests in international industrial companies.