Type Private Number of employees 25,000 (2007) Revenue 62.1 billion NOK (2012) Founded 1994 Parent organization Joh. Johannson | Industry Grocery wholesale Website www.norgesgruppen.no Headquarters Oslo, Norway Area served Norway | |
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Operating income Subsidiaries Deli de Luca, Dolly Dimples Drift AS Key people Tommy Korneliussen, Knut Hartvig Johannson, Johan Johannson Profiles | ||
NorgesGruppen ASA is a Norwegian grocery wholesaling group which also runs various retail outlets. With a 38,5% market share in 2012, NorgesGruppen was the largest player in the Norwegian grocery retail market. The business dates back to 1866 when the wholesale activity started up in the name of Joh. Johannson.
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Wholesale
ASKO is the wholesale branch of NorgesGruppen. In the 2012 annual review, NorgesGruppen said: "The wholesale business is responsible for the total flow of goods from manufacturer to the market segments in grocery retail, industrial household and convenient stores" and consists of several regional companies, supplying groceries to NorgesGruppen’s stores, in addition to a smaller number of stores outside of NorgesGruppen. ASKO also supplies groceries to Horeca (hotels, restaurants and caterer) customers in Norway. ASKO distributes a portfolio of 18,000 products and serves 12,000 clients from 13 warehouses, covering all parts of Norway.
Retail
There are approximately 1,750 grocery stores and 500 convenience stores in NorgesGruppen, either as wholly owned stores, as associated members or as franchise partners. NorgesGruppen operates various retail formats, including Kiwi (soft discount), Meny, Centra, Ultra, Jacobs and SPAR (supermarkets), Joker (local stores) and Mix (convenience).
Brands
NorgesGruppen owns various private labels, developed and managed by its subsidiary Unil AS. The private labels include: