Axfood AB engages in retail and wholesale of food through store chains. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Stockholm and currently employs 14,907 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2000-02-21. The Company’s retail business is conducted through three wholly owned chains: Willys, specializing in discount food retail; Hemkop, which is engaged in the sales of food retail products, and PrisXtra, which is a grocery chain serving the Stockholm market. The firm owns and operates over 200 retail stores. The Company’s wholesale business is conducted through Dagab, which supplies Axfood Group and the Vi chain, and Axfood Narlivs, a convenience store wholesaler. Axfood has a portfolio of private labels, including Hemkop, Garant, Garant Ekologiska varor, Aware, Saklart, Func and Fixa. Among others, the Company operates via Middagsfrid AB. The firm's major shareholder is Axel Johnson AB.
