Inköpscentralernas Aktiebolag
| ICA AB
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| legal form | Aktiebolag |
| founding | 1938 |
| Seat |
Solna , Sweden
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| management | Not so Svensson |
| Branch | retail trade |
| Website | www.ica.se |
Inköpscentralernas Aktiebolag ( ICA for short ) is a Swedish food retail company based in Solna . Together with ICA Banken, ICA Fastigheter, Rimi Baltic, Apotek Hjärtat and Hemtex it belongs to the ICA groups .
The food company ICA Sverige had around 1,300 sales outlets in Sweden in 2016. The group currently has more than 7,000 employees. The newspaper Aftonbladet assesses the position of ICA in 2019: "The superior in the food market is ICA, which has around half of the food market. After that nothing comes, then Coop and Axfood come with around 17-18 percent each."
history
ICA goes back to 1917 by Hakon Swenson in Västerås , founded Einkaufsgemeinschaft Hakonbolaget that independent grocers should bring the same economies of scale in purchasing, as they have chain stores. Many other purchasing groups were founded on the same principle as Hakonbolaget. The actual ICA AB was formed in 1938 through a merger of several of these purchasing groups. In 1940 ICA Förbundet, the membership organization for ICA retailers, was founded. Originally this association had no shares in ICA AB, but he rose to become the majority shareholder until 1972. In 2000 half of the company was sold to the Dutch company Royal Ahold . In the meantime Ahold had increased the share to 60%, but completely separated from it in 2013. Since then, the listed ICA Gruppen AB (previously Hakon Invest) has been 100% owner.
Sales lines
Sales lines are the brands under which the group of companies presents itself on the market. The following list is intended to name all ICA sales lines. Mention is independent of which company in the group is behind the respective sales line.
| Surname | description |
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| ICA Maxi Stormarknad | The largest branches are operated under this sales line and, in addition to food, offer a variety of other products such as clothing, shoes, textiles, media and housewares. |
| ICA Kvantum | In addition to everyday groceries, these hypermarkets offer a large selection of fresh, organic and local products adapted for allergy sufferers. |
| ICA supermarket | This sales line offers between 7,000 and 11,000 different items for everyday use and special occasions. High proportion of fresh products. |
| ICA Nära | Above all, smaller markets that sell between 4,000 and 8,000 different items and can be found in the center of residential or commercial areas (see Rewe City). Many ICA-Nära markets are representatives for pharmacies , Systembolaget and ATG. |
ICA Maxi in Bergvik, Karlstad .
ICA Kvantum Välsviken in Karlstad .
ICA Supermarket Lövnäs in Lövnäs, Hammarö .
ICA Nära in Tjällmo, Motala .
Individual evidence
- ^ Anders Svensson: ICA Gruppen AB and CEO of ICA Sweden
- ↑ ICA Sverige - Sveriges ledande dagligvaruaktör
- ↑ Aftonbladet, May 10, 2019
- ↑ ICA Group historia
Web links
- Company website (Swedish)