general merchandise headquarters riga latvia area served estonia latvia lithuania key people products groceries consumer goods parent ica website www.rimibaltic.com rimi hypermarket shopping centre in vilnius lithuania supernetto in jonava lithuania . rimi in vilnius lithuania . rimi baltic is a major retail operator in the baltic states based in riga latvia . it is a subsidiary of swedish group ica . rimi baltic operates 256 as of year 2016 retail stores in estonia 87 stores latvia 117 stores and lithuania 52 stores and has distribution centres in each country . the stores have different profiles depending on range of products and size rimi hypermarket hypermarkets rimi supermarkets s stumarket in estonia and mini rimi in estonia and latvia supernetto in latvia and lithuania no frills supermarkets the interior design of the smaller rimi hypermarkets known as compact hypermarkets can also be seen in ica s smaller hypermarkets in sweden such as ica maxi v stra hamnen in malm and ica maxi enk ping . history and ownership edit rimi baltic was created in 2004 when finnish kesko and swedish ica agreed to merge their operations in the baltic states in a 50 50 joint venture . rimi baltic officially began operations on 1 january 2005 . kesko previously had 6 citymarket hypermarkets and 45 s stumarket discount foodstores in estonia and 5 citymarkets in latvia and 17 supernetto discount outlets in latvia . ica previously owned 33 rimi stores supermarkets and compact hypermarkets across estonia latvia and lithuania . following the merger all of the citymarket stores were progressively converted to rimi hypermarkets during 2005 . towards the end of 2006 kesko decided to pull out of the joint venture and sold all of its shares in rimi baltic to ica . rimi baltic became a wholly owned subsidiary of ica ab from 1 january 2007 . property deals relating to kesko s ownership of the former citymarket sites were completed a few days later . rimi in other countries edit the rimi name can also be found in norway where it is used on ica s discount food stores there . it has previously been used in sweden by ica and in finland by kesko although these stores have since been converted to other formats . external links edit official website official estonian website official latvian website official lithuanian website press release on merger of ica and kesko s operations in the baltic states ica s acquisition of kesko s stake in the venture v t e supermarkets in lithuania main supermarkets iki maxima norfa rimi minor supermarkets aib cba centas ia express market fresh market gr st kubas lidl prisma promo cash & carry stockmann ilas tau retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rimi baltic & oldid 741160832 categories supermarkets of estoniasupermarkets of latviasupermarkets of lithuaniacompanies based in rigacompanies established in 20042004 establishments in latvialatvian brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages eestilatvie ulietuvi norsk bokm lsuomi edit links this page was last modified on 25 september 2016 at 19 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view