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Our Mission

What if you thought of yourself as someone closest to you? Every day find a moment to be alone, just with yourself, and ask: „How are you?”

More about our mission

Perhaps during such ordinary activities as bathing or grooming?

People first

Rossmann's strength lies in its people: exceptional, committed people who have been associated with the company for many years. Together we are building a culture based on openness, dialogue and exchange of ideas...

Every Customer is the most important one

We offer our customers the highest quality products, in line with global trends, and popular and well-liked brands available exclusively in Rossmann (e.g. Isana, Alterra, Domol, Alouette)...

Business means a partnership

We base our business relationships on the principles of partnership. We do our best to be predictable and respect the rationale of our contractors...

People first

Every Customer is the most important one

We offer our customers the highest quality products, in line with global trends, and popular and well-liked brands available exclusively in Rossmann (e.g. Isana, Alterra, Domol, Alouette)...

Business means a partnership

We base our business relationships on the principles of partnership. We do our best to be predictable and respect the rationale of our contractors...

Rossmann's milestones

Drugstores and warehouses

1993

Opening of the first drugstore in Łódź

2010

500 drugstores

2012

Warehouse in Grudziądz

2014

Warehouse in Pyskowice

2014

1 000 drugstores, Start of the online store

2021

1 500 drugstores

2023

Expansion of the warehouse in Grudziądz and Pyskowice

2013

since 2013, we have sponsored one of the most popular runs in Poland at the distance of 10 km

2012

Positively crazy – the largest program in Poland for employees to develop their passions (as many as 250 events a year)

2021

A smile makes a good day – launch of an initiative to encourage employees and customers to be kind to one another

2012

Rossnę! (I am growing) – a loyalty program for parents of small children

2020

Czyściochowo (Clean city) – an initiative through which we instil good hygiene habits in children

2010

we renovated a school damaged by flood in Sandomierz

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during the pandemic, we made in-kind donations to 96 hospitals for infectious diseases in Poland totalling PLN 1 million

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we help Ukraine and refugees – in the first weeks of the war, the aid was PLN 1.1 million (and counting) – and we have also funded a hotel for more than 200 refugees (the cost: PLN 1.6 million) – we made in-kind donations for more than PLN 150,000 to organizations and institutions that took care of refugees arriving in Poland

od 1993 do 2022

since the beginning of our operations in Poland, we have donated over PLN 67.6 million (1993-2022)

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in addition, as part of our flagship campaign “We help as we can” we provided in-kind and financial support to more than 880 organizations; the total value of the aid is nearly PLN 30 million

I'm not tight-fisted, but I just don't need many things. Give me a good book and that's enough for me.

Dirk Rossmann

He was born in a family of entrepreneurs in Hanover. He grew up in a housing estate of 50 single-family houses on the outskirts of the city. His paternal grandparents had a pharmacy. He was just 12 when he made his first money. As he later recalled in "Der Tagesspiegel": "My parents had a pharmacy, but prices were regulated by law. I was 12 years old and I managed to beg my mother to sell products 10 percent cheaper than others. I cleaned my home pantry to have a place for storing goods.

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