Eroski
Sign in to saveEroski is a Spanish supermarket chain headquartered in Elorrio, Basque Country. It is run as a worker-consumer hybrid co-operative within the Mondragón Corporation group, with nearly 1,000 outlets spread across Spain (excluding franchises). The establishments vary in size from the largest hypermarkets, simply named 'Eroski' (of which there are 75 stores, including 40 with petrol stations), down to smaller 'Eroski Center' stores (473, including 2 petrol stations). There are also 219 'Eroski City' outlets and 234 'Eroski Viajes' travel agent centres. The group's total sales floor space is approx
Key facts
- Company.name
- Eroski, S. Coop
- Company.logo
- 200px|The logo dates from the failed merger with Consum. It tries to hint of both an E and a C.
- Company.type
- Sociedad Cooperativa
- Company.foundation
- 1969
- Company.locations
- 1,001 total locations
- Company.area_served
- Spain, France, Gibraltar
- Company.hq_location_city
- Elorrio
- Company.hq_location_country
- Basque Country, Spain
- Company.industry
- Retail
- Company.products
- Bakery, dairy, deli, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, pharmacy, produce, seafood, snacks, liquor, floral, package holidays, petrol
- Company.homepage
- eroski.es
- Company.parent
- Mondragón
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cooperative
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Country
- Spain
- Headquarters
- Elorrio
- Parent organization
- Mondragon Corporation
- Subsidiary
- Caprabo
- Industry
- retail
- Employees
- 30000
- Legal form
- cooperative
- Official website
- www.eroski.es
- Image
- Eroski.jpg
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- Commons category
- Eroski
- inception
- 1981-00-00
- social media followers
- 62084
- OpenStreetMap tag
- brand=Eroski
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Franchises
- Finances
- Staff
- Growth
- Brand
- By country
- Spain
- France
- United Kingdom
- See also
- References
- External links
Eroski is a Spanish supermarket chain headquartered in Elorrio, Basque Country. It is run as a worker-consumer hybrid co-operative within the Mondragón Corporation group, with nearly 1,000 outlets spread across Spain (excluding franchises). The establishments vary in size from the largest hypermarkets, simply named 'Eroski' (of which there are 75 stores, including 40 with petrol stations), down to smaller 'Eroski Center' stores (473, including 2 petrol stations). There are also 219 'Eroski City' outlets and 234 'Eroski Viajes' travel agent centres. The group's total sales floor space is approximately . The name Eroski is a combination of the Basque words (to buy) and (place).
==History== The company was founded in 1969 in the regions of Biscay and Gipuzkoa in Spain as a co-operative between ten supermarkets in the region. Its headquarters are located in Elorrio, Biscay.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eroski” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.