Bon Preu Group

Bon Preu group
Company typePrivate company
IndustryRetailing
Founded1974; 51 years ago (1974)
Les Masies de Voltregà, Catalonia, Spain[1]
FounderJosep Font i Fabregó
Joan Font i Fabregó
Number of locations
Increase 221 stores (2017)
Key people
Joan Font i Fabregó
(chairman)
ProductsConvenience store, supermarket, hypermarket, filling station
RevenueIncrease €1.077 billion (2016)[2]
Increase €36 million (2016)[3]
Number of employees
Increase 6,000 (2016)[2]
Websitewww.bonpreuesclat.cat

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 August 2008, the company joined the campaign "Please speak to me in Catalan" (Si us plau, parla'm en català), promoted by several public and private organizations, with the aim of contributing to the social use of the Catalan language.[8]

In 2021, it announced the construction of its second major logistics center at the Montblanc Intermodal Logistics Activities Center.[9]

Awards

III Martí Gasull i Roig Award (2016), presented by Plataforma per la Llengua.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Grup Bonpreu". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Bon Preu. Compromiso social, excelencia y crecimiento | Mundo Empresarial" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Bon Preu distribueix 2.500 xapes als seus treballadors amb el missatge "Si us plau parla'm en català"". directe.cat. 6 August 2008. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Els supermercats Bonpreu-Esclat, guanyadors del Premi Martí Gasull". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Retrieved 21 August 2024.