Good start to the year – strong growth with higher earnings
President and CEO Klas Balkow’s comments on the first quarter 2018: “Axfood’s first quarter in 2018 shows a truly good start to the year, with strong growth and higher earnings. Sales in our stores were far higher than estimated market growth, which shows that we continue to gain market shares. The Willys stores, in particular, had good sales for the entire quarter and capped this off with very strong Easter sales. “E-commerce continues to develop favourably in all our concepts. Today we reach more than 5 million consumers through our online offering, and we continue to develop our