Axfood's awarded for best annual report 2008

Axfood's awarded for best annual report 2008

For the second year in a row, Axfood has been awarded for Best Annual Report
among listed companies on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm exchange, this year together
with Holmen and Geveko.

The Best Annual Report category is the third and final stage in this year's
version of the Swedish Shareholders Association and Kanton's Listed Companies of
the Year contest. The critique is based on a total of 264 listed companies on
the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm exchange. 





For further information, please contact: 
Karin Hygrell-Jonsson, CFO, Axfood AB, +46-706-62 69 70 
Anne Rhenman-Eklund, Head of Investor Relations, Axfood AB, +46-70-280 64 59

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.