Together with the ICA retailers, ICA Sverige AB is Sweden’s leading food retail company. All ICA retailers own and manage their own stores as independent businesses. In 2006, ICA Sverige AB posted sales of SEK 48,301 million.
In order to maintain a presence in the right locations for our customers and meet a variety of shopping requirements, the Swedish ICA stores fall into four store concepts depending on size, sales, product range and geographic location:

• ICA Nära comprises smaller, conveniently located food stores that provide good service, a streamlined product range and high-quality fresh foods. Many ICA Nära stores also serve as agents for Apoteket, Systembolaget and ATG.
  
• ICA Supermarket’s stores are conveniently located in the areas in which our customers live or work, and they are often the main place used by our customers to buy most of their groceries.
  The stores maintain a high level of personal service and offer a large selection of fresh foods.
  
• ICA Kvantum comprises larger supermarkets offering everyday food products, special foods for allergy sufferers, eco-labeled products and specialty items from near and far. ICA Kvantum also offers a large number of products in the beauty, health and media ranges.
  
• Maxi ICA Stormarknad comprises hypermarkets where customers will find everything they need in a single location at advantageous prices. Besides the extensive range of foodstuffs, these one-stop-shops also sell books, clothes, household utensils, sports articles and gardening items.
  The stores have generous opening hours and are conveniently located for our car-borne customers.