Bónus

thumb|Interior of a Bónus location Bónus () is an Icelandic no-frills supermarket chain owned by Hagar. Bónus operates thirty-three stores in Iceland and eight stores in the Faroe Islands. It follows the no-frills format of limited hours, simple shelves, and having a giant fridge instead of chiller cabinets.

==History== Bónus was started by Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson and his father, Jóhannes Jónsson, with the first store in Skútuvogur street in Reykjavík in April, 1989. Within just a few years, the chain became the biggest supermarket chain in Iceland. In 1992, another Icelandic supermarket, Hagkaup, bought a 50% stake, and in 1993, Hagkaup and Bónus established a joint purchasing company named Baugur. In 1994, the company began expanding into the Faroe Islands.