Froiz
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Company type | Sociedad Anónima |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | Pontevedra, Spain (1968 (1968)) |
Founder | Magín Alfredo Froiz Planes |
Headquarters | Poio (Pontevedra) , Spain |
Number of locations | 336 stores[1] |
Area served | Spain & Portugal |
Key people | José Froiz Prieto, Director-general |
Revenue | € 750 million (2022)[2] |
Number of employees | 6,200[3] |
Website | www |
Distribuciones Froiz, S.A. is a Spanish supermarket chain based in Poio, Galicia.[4][5] It operates in the Spanish regions of Galicia, Castile and León, Castilla-La Mancha, Madrid and in Northern Portugal. It is the company with the seventeenth-highest turnover in Galicia.[5][4] The company was founded in Pontevedra in 1970 by Magín Alfredo Froiz Planes, deceased on 10 March 2022, and remains a family-run business.[2]
In October 2014, Froiz bought rival supermarket Supermercados Moldes becoming the third-biggest supermarket chain in Galicia.
Operations
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Froiz's operations are divided into four formats, differentiated by size and the range of products sold. Tandy or Merca Mas is the name given to Froiz's franchised convenience stores.
Name | Shop type | Number of stores |
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Supermercados Froiz | Supermarket | 227 |
Hiper Froiz | Hypermarket | 6 |
Cash Froiz | Cash & Carry | 8 |
Tandy/Merca Mas | Convenience store | 72 |
Total | 313 |
Sponsorship
Froiz is the owner of the cycling team Grupo Deportivo Supermercados Froiz (Súper Froiz) and the main sponsor of the Óscar Pereiro Foundation cycling team.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Froiz - Puntos de venta" (in Spanish). www.froiz.es.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Rodriguez, R. "Froiz dice adiós a la crisis con un récord de ventas". economiadigital.es. Economía Digital de Galicia, SLU. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Froiz - Plantilla" (in Spanish). www.froiz.es. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ a b "El covid-19 trunca el mayor despegue de la riqueza de Galicia en una década". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 16 May 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ a b "A Coruña y Vigo suman el 72 % de la riqueza de Galicia, con 64.000 millones". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 30 July 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Fundación Oscar Pereiro".
External links
- Official
- Official website
- Supermercados Froiz on Facebook
- Supermercados Froiz on X
- Financial
- Distribuciones Froiz S.A. — Hoover's
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