Alepa
Sign in to savethumb|Alepa in City-Center|Citycenter mall, [[Helsinki; unit since defunct.]] thumb|Alepa in Pukinmäki, Helsinki Alepa is a grocery shop chain in the Greater Helsinki region of Finland. It is currently owned by HOK-Elanto, a part of the nationwide cooperative S Group. Alepa was founded in 1918, when Edvard Pajunen and his wife founded a shop in Sörnäinen, Helsinki.
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thumb|Alepa in City-Center|Citycenter mall, [[Helsinki; unit since defunct.]] thumb|Alepa in Pukinmäki, Helsinki Alepa is a grocery shop chain in the Greater Helsinki region of Finland. It is currently owned by HOK-Elanto, a part of the nationwide cooperative S Group. Alepa was founded in 1918, when Edvard Pajunen and his wife founded a shop in Sörnäinen, Helsinki.
The original name of Alepa was Alennushalli Pajunen (Pajunen's Discount Hall), named after the founder. The Pajunen family sold the chain to HOK in 1987.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alepa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.