Axfood Närlivs AB and Statoil Fuel & Retail enter cooperation agreement

A cooperation agreement has been reached between Axfood Närlivs AB and Statoil Fuel & Retail's Swedish subsidiary, Svenska Statoil AB. The agreement is for two years and covers the supply of newsstand and food retail products for Statoil's staffed service stations. The cooperation will commence on 1 January 2012.

"We are looking forward to this cooperation and are very proud that Statoil Fuel & Retail has chosen us as their business partner in Sweden," says Nicholas Pettersson, President of Axfood Närlivs AB. "Through this cooperation we will be able to develop our services and further raise the level of quality we provide for all our customers in the Swedish convenience store market."

The cooperation with Statoil Fuel & Retail in Sweden entails that Axfood Närlivs will be hiring approximately 15 new employees at its offices and warehouse in Örebro.

For further information, please contact:
Nicholas Pettersson, President Axfood Närlivs AB, +46-70-261 28 72
Ingmar Kroon, Director Press Relations, Axfood AB, +46-702-89 89 83

Axfood AB conducts food retail and wholesale business in Sweden. Retail business is conducted through the wholly owned store chains Willys, Hemköp and PrisXtra, comprising 230 stores in all. In addition, Axfood collaborates with a number of proprietor-run stores that are tied to Axfood through agreements. These include stores within the Hemköp and Willys chains as well as stores run under the Handlar’n and Tempo profiles. In all, Axfood collaborates with approximately 840 proprietor-run stores. Wholesaling is conducted through Dagab and Axfood Närlivs. Axfood is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm AB's Large Cap list. Axel Johnson AB is the principal owner, with approximately 46% of the shares.