MarCus Supermarkets

MarCus Supermarkets PLC (HSE:MRCS) is a Histalian multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer with a majority of it's stores in Histalpol. It is the largest retailer in Histalpol and fifth largest company in the HSE 100 Index behind banking, manufacturing and gas and oil industries, making it the largest service company in Histalpol. In 2013, MarCus started it's European branches by the buyout of Tesco Cattala in Cattala which was a failing company.

The company was founded during The Black Depression when Histalpol became isolationist and thoroughly encouraged the growth of businesses that were home-grown, MarCus was created by Lous Carrlenford mixing the first three letters of Market and the location of the first ever shop, on the outskirts of Custenpool, which started as just a grocery store. The store in Custenpool was opened in 1994 and his business rapidly expanded because of the isolation stopping the previous foreign markets from opening supermarkets in Histalpol, and by 1999, MarCus contained a chain of over 75 stores across the country. Originally MarCus started as just a grocery retailer, but since 2000 has increasingly diversified into areas such as books, clothing, electronic, furniture and software to name a few.

MarCus Supermarkets is listed on the Histalian Centre D'bourse and is a constituent of the HSE 100 Index. It has a market capitalisation of approximately Hh24 billion as of 20 March 2013, the 5th largest company with a primary listing on the Histalian Centre D'bourse.