Axfood AB (publ) is a Swedish food retail and wholesale group that operates across the grocery market. The company serves consumers through supermarket, discount, convenience, and cash-and-carry formats, offering fresh foods, packaged groceries, household products, and other everyday consumer goods.
Axfood’s retail operations include Willys, a discount grocery chain, and Hemköp, which focuses on supermarket retailing. The group also operates City Gross, a supermarket chain acquired by Axfood in 2024, as well as smaller store concepts and franchise-related operations. Through Axfood Snabbgross, the company supplies food products to restaurants, cafés, and other professional customers.
Wholesale distribution and logistics are primarily managed through Dagab, Axfood’s purchasing and supply-chain organization. Dagab sources products, develops private-label offerings, and distributes goods to Axfood’s store networks and external customers throughout Sweden. The company’s operations are focused mainly on the Swedish market.
Axfood traces its roots to Sweden’s grocery retail and wholesale sector and has developed into one of the country’s major food retailers. The group is headquartered in Stockholm and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Klas Balkow.
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