Bunnpris
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Bunnpris is a Norwegian retail chain with 162 grocery stores in Norway,
primarily in Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal and Oslo, but also many in
Northern Norway. The stores are managed by I. K. Lykke run by the fifth
generaltion Lykke. The wholesaler for the group is Norgesgruppen.
History
It all started in 1830 when Trond Lykke started exporting millstones with
to ships to Southern Norway and Eastern Norway. Because he usually was
paid in agricultural products, Lykke started a fat store in Trondheim, and
from the 1860s it was exported to England. The third generation was Ivar
Lykke, who was Prime Minister of Norway 1926 to 1928.
In 1981 Trond Lykke, fifth generation, started the low-price store
Bunnpris at Øya in Trondheim. Since then the company has expanded
throughout the country. In 2006 a number of unsatisfied ICA franchisers
have switched to Bunnpris, escalating the growth of the chain.
