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The K-Supermarket Mankkaa grocery store and atNorth's data center in Espoo are launching a groundbreaking collaboration in which waste heat from the data center will be used to cover almost all the heating energy needed by the store. The project will...

Authorities in Denmark have approved Kesko’s acquisition of the Danish builders’ merchant CF Petersen & Søn A/S. The authority approval was not subject to any conditions. Kesko estimates that the acquisition will be completed on 30 April 2025. 

Noomi Järgerhorn (M.Soc.Sc.) has been appointed as Kesko’s Vice President of Sustainability. She will join the company on 1 May 2025, and assume her new position on 1 June 2025 at the latest.

According to a K Group survey,* 95% of K-food store customers buy red label products often or sometimes. Red label products are sold at a discount because their best before date is approaching. Red label products also affect many people's meal plans:...

Kesko was ranked the best company in the world in Consumer Staples on this year’s ‘Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World’ listing. On the overall list, Kesko was ranked the best Finnish company. The other Finnish companies to make the...

K Group is responding to customer wishes by reducing the price of over 1,200 products in its grocery stores, in what division President Ari Akseli calls a significant investment in the stores’ basic price level. K Group cuts the prices of some 1,000 ...

Kesko has been included in the Dow Jones sustainability indices the DJSI World and the DJSI Europe. In the DJSI Europe index, Kesko ranked as the best company in its industry (Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail) for the third consecutive year. In...

Kesko has updated its sustainability strategy, setting emission reduction targets for its own operations extending to 2034. Over the next 10 years, Kesko will be increasing its investments in energy efficiency and the electrification of transports in...

Did you know that a K-retailer can also be a beekeeper? Heli Romppanen, the retailer at K-Supermarket Suosikki in Suolahti, Central Finland, got interested in beekeeping when she was finding out about the operations of various small-scale producers. ...

Sergei Ilin, 42, has had a long career in the IT industry, working on various projects across different countries. He joined Kesko through Onninen, where he began working in 2008. At that time, Sergei was working in his home country, Russia, but inte...

Sneha Iyer Gundarathi, 34, is a prime example of a technology expert who transitioned from the consulting world to Kesko. Although she has been a full-time employee at Kesko for only about a year, she has worked on Kesko’s projects as a consultant fo...

In early 2023, K-Supermarket Piikkiö was renovated and expanded with the installation of new energy-efficient refrigeration units, LED lighting that can be adjusted for each department, and a powerful 100 kW fast charging station for electric cars. T...

Kesko has agreed to acquire three builders’ merchants in Denmark: Roslev Trælasthandel A/S, Tømmergaarden A/S, and CF Petersen & Søn A/S. The combined net sales of the three operators total some €400 million. The acquisitions are part of the executio...

This spring, Kalatukku E. Eriksson began donating products at risk of going to waste to Stadin safka's food aid programme. Nearly 45 percent of the products nearing expiration or otherwise destined for waste are now redirected to food aid. Donated pr...

VTT and the University of Vaasa, in collaboration with 21 other organisations, have launched a major research project with the aim of making Finland a pioneer in the reuse of packaging. In addition to creating a system to enable the reuse of packagin...