Markus Lönnroth new President of PrisXtra Markus Lönnroth has been appointed as the new President of PrisXtra. Lönnroth has been a retailer within the ICA Group for 18 years. He will assume his position as President of PrisXtra on 1 September 2009. PrisXtra's current President, Magnus Lundin, has decided to leave PrisXtra for other challenges. For further information, please contact: Karin Hygrell-Jonsson, CFO, Axfood AB, +46-70-662 69 70 Camilla Weiner, Head of Corporate Communications, Axfood AB, +46-734-04 70 62 Ingmar Kroon, Director Media Relations, Axfood AB, +46-702-89 89 83 Axfood AB conducts food retail and wholesale trade in Sweden. The Group's retail operations are conducted through the wholly owned Willys, Hemköp and PrisXtra chains, comprising 226 stores in all. In addition, Axfood collaborates with a large number of proprietorrun 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 some 650 proprietor-run stores. Wholesale business is conducted via 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.
Markus Lönnroth new President of PrisXtra
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