Bónus
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industrie | Retailing |
Gegründet | April 1989 |
Gründer | |
Hauptsitz | , |
Number of locations | 31[1] (2022) |
Area served | Iceland Faroe Islands |
Produkte | Discount store |
Owner | Hagar |
Number of employees | 1000[1] (2019) |
Website | bonus.is |
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Bónus (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpouːnʏs]) is an Icelandic no-frills supermarket chain owned by Hagar. Bónus operates 31 stores in Iceland and seven in the Färöer Inseln. It follows the no-frills format of limited hours, simple shelves and having a giant fridge instead of chiller cabinets.
History
[edit]Bónus was started by Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson and his father, Jóhannes Jónsson, with the first store in Skútuvogur street in Reykjavík in April, 1989.[2] Within just a few years, the chain became the biggest supermarket chain in Iceland. In 1992, another Icelandic supermarket, Hagkaup, bought a 50% stake, and in 1993, Hagkaup and Bónus established a joint purchasing company named Baugur.[3] In 1994, the company made its first investment in Faroe Islands.[4]
Bónus and Hagkaup are now both owned by Baugur Group's subdivision Hagar.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Um Bónus". www.bonus.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ Júlíusson, Þórður Snær (January 25, 2019). "Jón Ásgeir snýr aftur" [Jón Ásgeir returns]. Kjarninn (in Icelandic). Retrieved December 25, 2019.
- ^ Oliver, Jamie; Goodwin, Tony (2010). How They Blew It: The CEOs and Entrepreneurs Behind Some of the World's Most Catastrophic Business Failures. Kogan Page Publishers. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7494-6065-5.
- ^ Jakobsson, Sverrir; Halfdanarson, Gudmundur (2016). Historical Dictionary of Iceland (3d ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 28. ISBN 9781442262911.
External links
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