Kruidvat

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Kruidvat
Subsidiary of A.S. Watson Group
Industry Retail
Founded 1975
Headquarters Renswoude, Netherlands
Number of locations
Approximately 1900
Area served
Netherlands, Belgium
Key people
Domanic Lai (Group Managing Director)
Products Pharmacy Health & Beauty
Owner A.S. Watson Group
Parent CK Hutchison Holdings
Slogan Steeds verassend, altijd voordelig
A Kruidvat shop in The Hague, the Netherlands

Kruidvat is a Dutch retail, pharmacy and drugstore chain specialised in health and beauty products, which also has branches in Belgium.

The first Kruidvat was opened in 1975 by Dick Siebrand. In addition to Kruidvat itself, Kruidvat Holding also owned ICI Paris XL and nl (Trekpleister) in the Netherlands and Belgium. It also holds 50% of Rossmann in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in addition to Superdrug in the United Kingdom. Kruidvat Holding was sold to the Hong Kong company A.S. Watson in 2002 for 1.3 billion. Kruidvat's headquarters is located in Renswoude with its main distribution centre in Heteren.

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