Pilersuisoq
{{Infobox company
| name = Pilersuisoq
| logo = Pilersuisoq logo.jpg
| type = Division
| foundation =
| location = Sisimiut, Greenland
| key_people = Lars Behrendt{{cite news |url=http://sermitsiaq.gl/erhverv/article26637.ece |title=Ny Pilersuisoq-direktør i gang |work=Sermitsiaq |date=5 January 2008 |language=Danish |accessdate=27 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109024717/http://sermitsiaq.gl/erhverv/article26637.ece |archive-date=9 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}
| area_served = Greenland
| industry = Retail
Public services
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| parent = KNI
| subsid =
| homepage = [http://www.pilersuisoq.gl/ pilersuisoq.gl]
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Pilersuisoq is a chain of all-purpose general stores in Greenland, a major division of the state-owned KNI conglomerate.{{cite web |url=http://www.pilersuisoq.gl/main.asp |publisher=Pilersuisoq, Official Website |title=KNI a/s |accessdate=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723202321/http://www.pilersuisoq.gl/main.asp |archivedate=23 July 2010 }} Like its parent company, it is based in Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg),{{cite web |url=http://www.dutyfree.gl/info.asp |publisher=Pilersuisoq, Dutyfree |title=Information Regarding Dutyfree.gl |accessdate=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120803051009/http://www.dutyfree.gl/info.asp |archivedate=3 August 2012 }} the second-largest town in Greenland.
Lars Behrendt is the administrative director of the company since 2008.
Operations
File:Pilersuisoq Supermarket, Kangerlussuaq (Quintin Soloviev).png]]
File:Ukkusissat-pilersuisoq-hunting-guns.jpg.]]
The chain operates 64 outlets in all small settlements in the country, as well as smaller towns which are not, except for Aasiaat, covered by the Pisiffik or Brugsen supermarket chains.{{cite web |url=https://pilersuisoq.gl/da/tilbud/ |publisher=KNI |title=Pilersuisoq - Grønlands største handelskæde |language=Danish |accessdate=3 March 2019 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721032203/http://www.kni.gl/sub.asp?lang=da§ion=info&contentID=65 |archivedate=21 July 2011 }} The stores in remote settlements are supplied by Royal Arctic Line but the intervals between the shipments are long, with some settlements like Ittoqqortoormiit and Qaanaaq only served twice a year.{{cite web |url=http://www.ral.dk/sejlplaner/ |publisher=Royal Arctic Line |title=shipping timetable 2019 |language=English |accessdate=2 March 2019 }}
= Post and banking =
Pilersuisoq stores have an integrated Post Greenland office, the employees of which also process bank operations on behalf of the Bank of Greenland.{{cite web |url=http://www.banken.gl/ContentId/136/Default.aspx?MenuItemId=142 |publisher=Bank of Greenland |title=Historie |language=Danish |accessdate=27 August 2010}}
= Duty-free =
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Pilersuisoq also operates the duty-free stores at the Kangerlussuaq Airport and Narsarsuaq Airport,{{cite web |url=http://www.dutyfree.gl/info.asp?InfoType=Welcome |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730062954/http://www.dutyfree.gl/info.asp?InfoType=Welcome |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2012 |publisher=Pilersuisoq, Dutyfree |title=Kangerlussuaq/Narsarsuaq |accessdate=27 August 2010 }} although as of August 2010 the future of all duty-free stores in Greenland (including a stand at Kulusuk Airport) is uncertain due to budget cuts considered by the Government of Greenland. By 2013 the pre-2010 rules regarding duty-free sales had been restored.{{cite news |url=http://sermitsiaq.ag/indland/article123014.ece |title=Tax free i Grønland på usikker grund |work=Sermitsiaq |date=29 June 2010 |language=Danish |accessdate=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702030945/http://sermitsiaq.ag/indland/article123014.ece |archivedate=2 July 2010 }}
= District heliports =
Passenger check-in for Air Greenland helicopter flights from the settlement heliports is performed by Pilersuisoq employees at the local store, in the Post Greenland counter. The passenger does not receive a boarding pass, but the baggage is tagged, unless the passenger does not connect in a local helicopter hub. Baggage is transported in a tractor, quad or snowscooter between the heliport and Pilersuisoq store.
See also
- KNI A/S or Greenland Trade, its parent company
- Polaroil, the other major division
- Pisiffik A/S, a competing brand formerly part of KNI as well
- Royal Greenland Trading Department, KNI's Danish forebear
References
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Category:Retail companies of Greenland