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Axfood AB (publ) (AXFOF) operates as one of Sweden's leading food retail and wholesale companies, offering a wide range of grocery products through owned store chains, franchise operations, e-commerce platforms, and business-to-business wholesale services. The company conducts its retail business primarily through the discount chain Willys; the service-oriented Hemköp chain including franchise stores under Tempo, Handlar’n and Matöppet brands; the hypermarket chain City Gross; and online grocery services via partly-owned Mathem, alongside meal kits from Middagsfrid and pharmacy products from Apohem; its wholesale operations are handled by Dagab for group assortment, purchasing, and logistics, and Axfood Snabbgross for convenience stores, restaurants, and fast-food operators. Axfood maintains a strong portfolio of private labels including Garant, Eldorado, Såklart, Fixa, and others focused on groceries, organics, household items, and fresh products. Founded in 2000 through the merger of D&D Dagligvaror and Hemköp, and headquartered at Solnavägen 4 in Stockholm, Sweden, the company serves the Swedish market with nearly 400 group-owned stores, over 700 collaborating retailer-owned stores, more than 15,000 employees, and net sales exceeding SEK 80 billion annually, while its shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm with principal owner Axel Johnson AB holding a majority stake. In recent developments, Axfood completed the acquisition of the City Gross hypermarket chain on November 1, 2024, following a minority stake and strategic partnership established in 2021 with Bergendahls Food, thereby strengthening its position in the hypermarket segment and enabling growth opportunities. The company also announced plans in 2025 for a new highly automated logistics center in Kungsbacka, southern Sweden, set for completion by 2030 in partnership with Witron, to boost capacity and efficiency amid strong Q3 2025 performance with 6.6% net sales growth and increased market shares across all segments. These initiatives underscore Axfood's focus on expansion, e-commerce enhancement through prior integration with Mathem in 2022, and operational improvements to maintain competitiveness in the Swedish food retail industry.