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| Company type | Sociedad Anónima |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | Pontevedra, Spain (1968) |
| Founder | Magín Alfredo Froiz Planes |
| Headquarters | , 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.[6][7] 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.[8]
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.
- ^ "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 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.
- ^ "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 29 April 2022.
- ^ "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 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Fundación Oscar Pereiro".
External links
- Official
- Financial
This page was last edited on 13 May 2024, at 08:28