Markus Lönnroth new President of PrisXtra

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.