Distribuciones Froiz, S.A. is a Spanish

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chain based in

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, Galicia. It operates in the Spanish regions of Galicia,

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, Castilla-La Mancha,

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and in Northern

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. It is the company with the seventeenth-highest turnover in Galicia. The company was founded in

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in 1970 by Magín Alfredo Froiz Planes, deceased on 10 March 2022, and remains a family-run business. In October 2014, Froiz bought rival supermarket Supermercados Moldes becoming the third-biggest supermarket chain in Galicia.

Operations

Distribuciones Froiz private label products

Froiz's operations are divided into four formats, differentiated by size and the range of products sold. Tandy or Merca Mas is the name given to Froiz's

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convenience stores.

Sponsorship

Froiz is the owner of the cycling team Grupo Deportivo Supermercados Froiz (Súper Froiz) and the main sponsor of the

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Foundation cycling team.

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Operations

Sponsorship

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