News and releases

K Group supports Christmas fundraising campaign for families again this year

K Group once again takes part in the Hyvä Joulumieli fundraising campaign, to provide Christmas meals to tens of thousands of families with children in Finland.

10.12.2018 16:14

K Group opens a new electric car charging station at K-Citymarket Lappeenranta as part of its growing nationwide charging network

Possibilities for electric car charging in Lappeenranta and elsewhere in southeast Finland will improve significantly, as K Group has opened the region’s first new fast charging station in K-Citymarket Lappeenranta on 27 November. Over the course of this autumn, K Group will open the first ten electric car charging stations that will be part of its growing nationwide K Charge network at K-store locations across the country.

03.12.2018 10:27

New type of collaboration between Plan and K Group enables hundreds of children to go to school and improves working conditions in factories

22.11.2018 08:30

Hehku considers discontinuing its operations

21.11.2018 14:25

New type of collaboration between Plan and K Group enables hundreds of children to go to school and improves working conditions in factories

In an effort to improve the lives of families of migrants working in the Thai fishing industry and increase the responsibility of the factories, the children's right organisation Plan International Finland and K Group formed a new type of collaboration. The results of the four-year project have exceeded expectations.

21.11.2018 12:49

Kesko’s sales grew in October

14.11.2018 09:00

Kesko’s sales grew in October

14.11.2018 09:00

K Group ups the ante as Finland’s biggest solar power producer: K-store rooftops soon to host 32 solar power plants

12.11.2018 16:33

"Online grocery trade is more of a marathon than a sprint"

Online sales of groceries have taken off slower in Finland than in the neighbouring Sweden. However, the pace is now picking up forcefully, and K Group targets 100% growth with net sales of over 40 million euros in the online grocery trade next year. Three million people in Finland already have access to K Group's online grocery sales. Popular products include coffee and rainbow trout. The potential entry of international companies such as Amazon to the Finnish market would accelerate online sales, but K Group believes that its combination of online and brick and mortar stores will prove a winning concept also going forward.

09.11.2018 16:48

Support for Finnish food producers after a difficult summer

Summer this year was exceptionally hot and dry in Finland, posing a threat to the livelihood of many food producers. In an effort to support food producers, K Group first doubled the support paid on its 'Thank the Producer' products, then expanded the product range. "We want to help consumers make choices that are aligned with their values," says Ari Akseli, President of K Group’s grocery trade division.

09.11.2018 15:28