| Bon Preu group | |
| Type: | Private company |
| Founder: | Josep Font i Fabregó Joan Font i Fabregó |
| Key People: | Joan Font i Fabregó |
| Industry: | Retailing |
| Products: | Convenience store, supermarket, hypermarket, filling station |
| Revenue: | €1.077 billion (2016) |
| Net Income: | €36 million (2016)[1] |
| Num Employees: | 6,000 (2016) |
| Foundation: | Les Masies de Voltregà, Catalonia, Spain |
| Locations: | 221 stores (2017) |
Bon Preu Group (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ˌbɔnˈpɾɛw/) is a supermarket and hypermarket chain in Catalonia with more than 200 stores and €1 billion turnover, based in Les Masies de Voltregà (Osona, Catalonia, Spain).[2] Founded in 1974 by the brothers Joan Font Fabregó and Josep Font Fabregó the company started as a self-service store in Manlleu.[3]
In 1988, the company opened the first hypermarket, called Esclat, in Vilafranca del Penedès. A few years later they opened the first filling station, in 1995, in Malla. From 1998 to 2011, the company established a group of supermarkets of medium-sized called Orangutan that later on would be renamed as Bonpreu.[4] In 2004, they opened the first meat processing plant and warehouse in Balenyà, powered by photovoltaic panels. In 2007, this meat processing plant would be enhanced with a cold store and a new type of fast convenience store was introduced, Bonpreu Ràpid. In 2010, the Bon Preu Group acquired the Spanish stores of the French group Intermarché.[3]
In 2017, the Bon Preu Group employed more than 6,000 people and owned 221 stores: 123 Bonpreu supermarkets, 47 Esclat hypermarkets, 3 Iquodrive online delivery shops, 41 Esclatoil filling stations and 8 ministores.[5] In 2016, the company increased its turnover to 1,077 million euros, a 9.2% more than the previous year, invested 103 million euros and had a net income of 36 million euros.[6]
The company has supported local food production and, since 2015, Bon Preu introduced kilometre zero products in all their stores.[7]
In 2021, it announced the construction of its second major logistics center at the Montblanc Intermodal Logistics Activities Center.[8]
III Martí Gasull i Roig Award (2016), presented by Plataforma per la Llengua.[9]