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Kesko’s sales grew in September

Kesko Group's sales totalled €1,019.2 million in September 2021, representing an increase of 9.8% on the previous year. In comparable terms, sales grew by 9.0%.

14.10.2021 08:35

K Group achieves energy efficiency targets set for 2025 ahead of schedule with the help of various innovations

In 2017, K Group committed to reducing its energy consumption by 7.5% by the year 2025. Data now show that K Group has achieved the objective four years ahead of schedule.

07.10.2021 11:00

Kesko’s sales grew in August

Kesko Group's sales totalled €971.8 million in August 2021, representing an increase of 9.7% on the previous year. In comparable terms, sales grew by 7.0%.

14.09.2021 08:00

Hyvis glögi - Finland's first festive glögg drink made with waste apples from K Group's central warehouse

Products made from edible food waste are here to stay. This Christmas we will be able to enjoy the popular festive glögg drink sustainably. Hyvis glögi is made from cold-pressed waste apples from the K Group’s central warehouse. Products made from edible food waste are one aspect of the K Group’s active efforts to reduce food waste.

10.09.2021 10:28

Sustainable choices made easier: products made with Baltic herring added to the Pirkka and Pirkka Parhaat ranges

It is now even easier to make sustainable choices when buying fish. Three MSC-certified products made with Baltic herring caught in the Baltic Sea have been added to the Pirkka and Pirkka Parhaat fish selection. The Baltic herring products will arrive in K-stores in September.

26.08.2021 10:46

Kesko’s sales grew in July

Kesko Group's sales totalled €954.6 million in July 2021, representing an increase of 8.3% on the previous year. In comparable terms, sales grew by 6.2%.

13.08.2021 08:00

All K-Market stores official anti-bullying zones - K-retailers join forces to prevent children from being bullied

The retailer of K-Market Tervapata declared his store an anti-bullying zone, and soon other stores in the K-Market chain followed suit. Now – in collaboration with the Mannerheim League of Child Welfare – all of the nearly 800 K-Market stores around Finland offer refuge to kids who find themselves the subject of bullying.

09.08.2021 08:38

All own brand Pirkka and K-Menu chocolate and cocoa products in our grocery stores now of sustainable origin

K Group published its Cocoa Policy in 2019, stating that all chocolate and cocoa used in its own brand products would be 100% of sustainable origin by the end of year 2020. The objective was achieved as planned, and now customers can more easily make sustainable choices at the grocery store.

27.07.2021 10:18

Half year financial report 1-6/2021: Another record-result

23.07.2021 13:00

Kesko to acquire Byggarnas Partner, a company serving professional builders in Sweden

Kesko will acquire Byggarnas Partner, thus strengthening its position in the Swedish building and home improvement trade market further, especially in the Stockholm area.

23.07.2021 09:05