Eroski

Grupo Eroski ( Eroski Group ) is a Spanish retail chain, whose core business is to operate hypermarkets in retail. In addition, under the name Eroski City and Eroski Center supermarkets are operated. The company counts a travel agency chain, as well as its own brand, consumer, are produced under the discounter products for the stores. Eroski is a cooperative and is a member of Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa. The company is located in Elorrio ( Vizcaya ) in the Basque Country.

The company was founded in 1970 now operates approximately 1265 retail outlets in Spain, 38 in France (March 2007 ). The Spanish Outlets consist of 81 hypermarkets, 482 supermarkets, 150 City supermarkets, 20 Cash & Carry depots, 246 travel agencies, 45 service stations under the brand Eroski. 39 items FORUM-S port businesses, 197 If perfumery shops, 2 abac leisure and cultural shops, 5 food service locations and 16 Internet platforms. In addition there are in Spain to the group 523 in a franchise system operated Aliprox self-service stores and other franchises. In France, the Eroski Group has three hypermarkets, 18 supermarkets and 17 petrol stations.

Eroski has measured the third largest Spanish food retailer by market share. In 2005 the company achieved a consolidated turnover of more than € 6 billion and a consolidated profit of approximately € 143 million.

The Group is one of the international cooperation Shopping Alidis to (sitting Geneva ), at the further the French Les Mousquetaires - ITM Entreprises group (major brand intermarché ) and ( since 2005), the German Edeka each hold one-third.

The first liability limited companies in Spain Eroski offered its employees to participate in the company, which currently has about 13,000 of 31,000 do (as of 2005 ), with a strong upward trend. Periodically there are votes by which the employees have the opportunity to vote on potential decisions of management. Eroski has established a foundation, which is committed to improving the living conditions in developing countries and to support carrier for social work. 33, based in the wholesale markets regional stores offer special products from the relevant regions of Spain, in the item label is also made ​​to the regional languages ​​of the various autonomous Spanish regions into consideration.