Froiz

{{Short description|Company in Pontevedra, Spain}}

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| name = Distribuciones Froiz, S.A.

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| type = Sociedad Anónima

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| industry = Retail

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| foundation = Pontevedra, Spain ({{Start date|1968}})

| founder = Magín Alfredo Froiz Planes

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| location_city = Poio (Pontevedra)

| location_country = Spain

| locations = 336 stores{{cite web|url=https://www.froiz.com/la-empresa/puntos-de-venta/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305114816/https://www.froiz.com/la-empresa/puntos-de-venta/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2017|title=Froiz - Puntos de venta|publisher=www.froiz.es|language=Spanish}}

| area_served = Spain & Portugal

| key_people = José Froiz Prieto, Director-general

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| revenue = € 750 million (2022)

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| num_employees = 6,200{{cite web|url=https://www.froiz.com/la-empresa/plantilla/|title=Froiz - Plantilla|publisher=www.froiz.es|language=Spanish|access-date=4 March 2017|archive-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129110523/https://www.froiz.com/la-empresa/plantilla/|url-status=dead}}

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Distribuciones Froiz, S.A. is a Spanish supermarket chain based in Poio, Galicia.{{Cite web|date=16 May 2020|title=El covid-19 trunca el mayor despegue de la riqueza de Galicia en una década|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/economia/2020/05/16/covid-19-trunca-mayor-despegue-riqueza-galicia-decada/0003_202005G16P16991.htm|access-date=19 August 2021|website=La Voz de Galicia|language=es}}{{Cite web|date=30 July 2020|title=A Coruña y Vigo suman el 72 % de la riqueza de Galicia, con 64.000 millones|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/galicia-economica/2020/07/30/coruna-vigo-suman-72-riqueza-galicia-64000-millones/0003_202007G30P25991.htm|access-date=19 August 2021|website=La Voz de Galicia|language=es}} It operates in the Spanish regions of Galicia, Castile and León, Castilla-La Mancha, Madrid and in Northern Portugal. It is the company with the seventeenth-highest turnover in Galicia. The company was founded in Pontevedra in 1970 by Magín Alfredo Froiz Planes, deceased on 10 March 2022, and remains a family-run business.{{cite web|last1=Rodriguez|first1=R.|title=Froiz dice adiós a la crisis con un récord de ventas|url=http://www.economiadigital.es/gles/notices/2014/09/froiz_dice_adios_a_la_crisis_sus_supermercados_ganan_un_47_mas_38692.php|website=economiadigital.es|publisher=Economía Digital de Galicia, SLU|accessdate=30 July 2015|archive-date=11 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711110138/http://www.economiadigital.es/gles/notices/2014/09/froiz_dice_adios_a_la_crisis_sus_supermercados_ganan_un_47_mas_38692.php|url-status=dead}}

In October 2014, Froiz bought rival supermarket Supermercados Moldes becoming the third-biggest supermarket chain in Galicia.

Operations

File:Distribuciones Froiz private label products.png

Froiz's operations are divided into four formats, differentiated by size and the range of products sold. Tandy or Merca Mas is the name given to Froiz's franchised convenience stores.

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! Name

! Shop type

! Number of stores

Supermercados Froiz

| Supermarket

| 227

Hiper Froiz

| Hypermarket

| 6

Cash Froiz

| Cash & Carry

| 8

Tandy/Merca Mas

| Convenience store

| 72

colspan="2" | Total

| 313

Sponsorship

Froiz is the owner of the cycling team Grupo Deportivo Supermercados Froiz (Súper Froiz) and the main sponsor of the Óscar Pereiro Foundation cycling team.{{cite web|url=http://www.fundacionoscarpereiro.com/|title=Fundación Oscar Pereiro}}

See also

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