| Business Summary | | Blue
Square-Israel
Ltd.
is
a
food
retailer
in
the
State
of
Israel,
operating
169
(as
of
November
2000)
supermarkets
directly
and
through
its
controlled
subsidiaries.
The
Company's
stores
offer
a
broad
range
of
food
and
beverages,
housewares,
cosmetics
and
consumer
products
and
operate
under
the
names
Co-Op,
Super
Center,
Zil
V'Zol
and
Shefa
Mehadrin
and
Mega.
The
Company
operates
several
formats,
including
supermarkets,
hypermarkets
and
pharmacies,
tailoring
store
sizes
and
product
ranges
to
meet
the
preferences
of
each
format's
target
customers.
Many
of
the
Company's
supermarkets
offer
specialty
departments
such
as
full-service
bakeries,
delicatessens,
prepared
foods
and
fresh
meat
and
fish
departments,
and
certain
supermarkets
also
contain
concession
operations
that
sell
a
variety
of
goods. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | Blue
Square-Israel
Ltd.
is
a
food
retailer
in
the
State
of
Israel,
operating
169
supermarkets,
directly
and
through
its
controlled
subsidiaries.
For
the
three
months
ended
3/31/01,
revenues
increased
8%
to
NIS1.3
billion.
Net
income
from
cont'd
operations
fell
30%
to
NIS30.4
million.
Revenues
reflect
the
contribution
from
the
Passover
holiday
season.
Earnings
were
offset
by
the
absence
of
one
time
gains
recorded
in
the
previous
period. Recent Earnings Announcement For
the
3
months
ended
06/30/2001,
revenues
were
1,424,093;
after
tax
earnings
were
44,853. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of Shekel.) | More
from
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Developments |
| Officers | |
| Position | David Brodet | Acting
Chairman | Yoram Dar, 49 | Pres,
CEO | Zvi Bochman, 49 | CFO | Haim Gershon, 55 | VP,
Operations Division | Michal Reis, 47 | VP
of Trade and Marketing Division |
| More
from
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Compensation,
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