Invitation to Kesko’s Q4 financial statements briefing on 30 January 2024

Sami Kiiski appointed as President of Kesko’s building and technical trade division and a member of Group Management Board, and Johanna Ali appointed as acting President of the car trade division and a member of Group Management Board.

Kesko’s sales in January 2024 totalled €894.8 million, representing a decrease of 0.8%.

Kesko has completed the acquisition of the Danish builders’ merchant Davidsen Koncernen A/S. The acquisition marks Kesko’s first step into the Danish market and gives it a solid foothold in the local building materials market. It also advances Kesko’...

Kesko continues to grow and update its network of grocery store sites in line with its growth strategy by opening new K-Citymarket hypermarket stores in Haapaniemi, Kuopio and the Ideapark shopping centre in Lempäälä near Tampere. The sales of Kesko’...

Kesko will discontinue operating the Neste K service stations, as the role of grocery trade at the stations has diminished. Kesko currently handles the grocery trade operations and additional services at the Neste K stations. The aim is for the stati...

Kesko has been ranked as the best company in its sector on the 2024 ‘Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World’ listing. Overall, Kesko ranked 29th on the list, making a significant leap upward. Kesko is the only company in the world to h...

Kesko Group’s sales in December 2023 totalled €905.9 million, representing a decrease of 6.4%. The sales development was impacted by the lower number of delivery days in year-on-year comparison.

The Board of Directors of Kesko Corporation has appointed Jorma Rauhala as the Managing Director of Kesko Corporation and President and CEO of Kesko Group as of 1 February 2024 as Mikko Helander retires. Rauhala is currently the President of Kesko’s ...

Kesko Group’s sales in November 2023 totalled €998.2 million, representing a decrease of 3.5%.

For a second consecutive year, Kesko has been ranked the best sector company in Europe in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices the DJSI World and the DJSI Europe. In the global DJSI World, Kesko ranked fourth highest in its sector (Consumer Staples D...

Kesko Group’s sales in October 2023 totalled €1,059.1 million, representing an increase of 1.9%.

Kesko has purchased two plots at Kauppakatu 16 in the city of Lahti from Luhta-Kiinteistöt Oy. The deal is part of Kesko’s growth strategy, which involves updating existing grocery stores and opening several new ones in Finnish growth centres in upco...

Kesko commits to setting new long-term emission reduction targets, according to which it aims to reduce emissions in its whole value chain to net zero by the year 2050. Achieving net-zero targets will require zero emissions in all parts of the value ...

Kesko Group’s sales in September 2023 totalled €1,024.0 million, representing a decrease of 5.7%.

A stock exchange release concerning Kesko's interim report for January-September 2023 will be published on Thursday, 26 October 2023, at around 8.00 am (EET/EEST).

Kesko will continue to update its existing stores and also open several new grocery stores in growth centres in the coming years. Sales of Kesko’s K-Citymarket hypermarket stores in particular have been growing considerably in Finland, and the hyperm...