Bon Preu Group
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| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | Retailing |
| Founded | 1974 Les Masies de Voltregà, Catalonia, Spain[1] |
| Founder | Josep Font i Fabregó Joan Font i Fabregó |
Number of locations |  221 stores (2017) |
Key people | Joan Font i Fabregó (chairman) |
| Products | Convenience store, supermarket, hypermarket, filling station |
| Revenue | €1.077 billion (2016)[2] |
| €36 million (2016)[3] | |
Number of employees | 6,000 (2016)[2] |
| Website | www |
Bon Preu Group (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌbɔnˈpɾɛw]) is a supermarket and hypermarket chain in Catalonia with more than 200 stores and €1 billion turnover, based in Les Masies de Voltregà (Osona, Catalonia, Spain).[2] Founded in 1974 by the brothers Joan Font Fabregó and Josep Font Fabregó the company started as a self-service store in Manlleu.[1]
In 1988, the company opened the first hypermarket, called Esclat, in Vilafranca del Penedès. A few years later they opened the first filling station, in 1995, in Malla. From 1998 to 2011, the company established a group of supermarkets of medium-sized called Orangutan that later on would be renamed as Bonpreu.[4] In 2004, they opened the first meat processing plant and warehouse in Balenyà, powered by photovoltaic panels. In 2007, this meat processing plant would be enhanced with a cold store and a new type of fast convenience store was introduced, Bonpreu Ràpid. In 2010, the Bon Preu Group acquired the Spanish stores of the French group Intermarché.[1]
In 2017, the Bon Preu Group employed more than 6,000 people and owned 221 stores: 123 Bonpreu supermarkets, 47 Esclat hypermarkets, 3 Iquodrive online delivery shops, 41 Esclatoil filling stations and 8 ministores.[5] In 2016, the company increased its turnover to 1,077 million euros, a 9.2% more than the previous year, invested 103 million euros and had a net income of 36 million euros.[6]
The company has supported local food production and, since 2015, Bon Preu introduced kilometre zero products in all their stores.[7]
In 2021, it announced the construction of its second major logistics center at the Montblanc Intermodal Logistics Activities Center.[8]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Grup Bonpreu". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ a b c Solanas, Paula (14 March 2017). "El grup Bon Preu ja supera els 1.000 milions de facturació" [Bon Preu group exceeds 1.000 million turnover]. Diari Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ Saborit, Sergi (4 November 2016). "Bon Preu gana 36 millones de euros, el doble que en el ejercicio anterior" [Bon Preu has a revenue of 36 million euros, twice than the previous year]. Expansión (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "Bon Preu. Compromiso social, excelencia y crecimiento | Mundo Empresarial" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Bon Preu contracta 450 treballadors per l'estiu" [Bon Preu hires 450 employees for the summer]. VIA Empresa (in Catalan). Barcelona. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "Bon Preu aumentó un 9,2% su facturación en 2016 hasta los 1.077 millones" [Bon Preu increased a 9.2% its turnover in 2016 reaching 1,077 million euros]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "Bonpreu llança la línia específica 'km0' d'aliments produïts a Catalunya" [Bonpreu introduces a specific kilometre zero product line produced in Catalonia]. El Món (in Catalan). 8 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "El grup Bon Preu Esclat instal·larà un gran centre logístic als terrenys de CIMALSA a Montblanc". Nova Conca (in Catalan). Retrieved 29 April 2022.