B&M
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B&M European Value Retail S.A., trading as B&M, is a British multinational variety store chain founded in 1978 and incorporated in Luxembourg. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
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Company type | Public |
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LSE: BME FTSE 100 component | |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | 14 March 1978; 46 years ago (1978-03-14) |
Founder | Malcolm Billington |
Headquarters | Liverpool, England, UK (operational)[1] Luxembourg (registered) |
Number of locations | 703 (19 February 2022) |
Area served | United Kingdom France |
Key people | Peter Bamford (chairman) Alex Russo (Chief executive officer) |
Products | Grocery, variety |
Revenue | £4.983 billion (2023)[2] |
£536 million (2023)[2] | |
£348 million (2023)[2] | |
Number of employees | 38,000 (2024)[3] |
Divisions | BMStores.co.uk |
Subsidiaries | Heron Foods |
Website | Retail website Corporate website |
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It has 703 stores in the United Kingdom and 104 stores in France, following the acquisition of Babou stores.[4][5]