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Topics: Food industry

  • Prisninja winner of Axlab

    When the results of this year’s edition of Axlab was recently presented, the winning idea was named Prisninja, presented by Valentin Romanov from Axfood.

  • Axel Johnson becomes partner in Matsmart

    D-Ax, Axel Johnson's arm for investment in startup companies, becomes partner in Matsmart. Matsmart (www.matsmart.se) is an e-commerce business selling food and other groceries that in many cases would otherwise have been thrown out. The reasons vary, but it often depends on packaging changes, seasonal items, as well as short or passed best-before dates.

  • Axel Johnson becomes the main owner of Skincity

    Axel Johnson has today acquired 70 percent of the shares in Skincity. With the acquisition, Axel Johnson widens its offering within beauty and strengthens its position within e-commerce. Skincity, which sells skin care products online, was founded in 2011 and has grown strongly and been profitable since its inception. The company will continue to operate independently.

  • Camilla Wideroth, new CFO at Axel Johnson

    Camilla Wideroth is appointed new CFO of Axel Johnson. Camilla has worked for the Group for eight years, first within Axel Johnson International and the last three and a half years at Axel Johnson AB as Head of Group Financial Control. Prior to that, Camilla worked for KPMG for 15 years, first as an accountant and subsequently as a consultant in connection with the introduction of IFRS.

  • Axel Johnson acquires additional shares in Dustin

    Today, May 12th 2016, Axel Johnson AB has through its wholly owned subsidiary AxMedia AB, acquired shares in Dustin Group AB ("Dustin") corresponding to 5 percent of the share capital and voting rights in the company. After the acquisition, Axel Johnson's total share capital and voting rights in the company amounts to 25 percent.