Retail outlets in Norway Norges Gruppen Name of chain Number of Type Ownership Number of PIS outlet Spar 328 Small O & D 182 supermarket Joker 394 Corner/local O& D 144 shop Kiwi 296 Discount chain O&D 95 Meny 141 Supermarket O&D 38 Ultra 7 Large O&D? 1 supermarket Naermat 340 Local shop 53 (small) Independent/local 634 Supermarket / I 44 local shops Mix 950 Kiosks D 79 total 3 090 636 Shell Shell Petrol Number of Ownership Number of PIS stations outlets Select 159 Shell marketing 10 100% subsidiary of Shell Dealer stations 344 Dealers 28 with shop Total* 503 38 *there are, in addition, 54 unmanned petrol stations operated by Shell under the name “Smart”. These petrol stations are not suitable for delivering postal services and have been excluded from the above table. Coop Name of Chain Number of Type Ownership PIS outlets Mega 159 Supermarket 16 Prix 329 Discount store? 47 Obs 21 1 Marked 393 157 total 902 221 ICA / Hakon Name of Chain Number of Type Ownership PIS outlets Maxi 14 Rimi 592 288 franchise 87 rest subsidiaries ICA 12 Supermarket ICA SparMat 179 55 Associate 31? 31 Total 816 173 ReitanGroup1 Name of Chain Number of Type outlets Rema 1000 2972 Naervesen 16503 total 1947 Other retail outlets Name Esso 3704 Retail outlets tied to Norway Post: All the outlets within Norges Gruppen 3 090 5 All the outlets within Shell 503 1 No answer to CSA request for information has been received to date. 2 http://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/food/norway/profile/overview.shtml 3 according to Privpak Narvesen Engros has around 1650 outlets which include 7-eleven outlets, Statoil and Hydro Texaco outlets. 4 Tigerbutikk? Outlets where PIS in Coop 221 Outlets with PIS in Hakon 173 TOTAL TIED OUTLETS 3 987 (Memo 3 051) Retail outlets not so tied At this stage CSA cannot establish with certainty what is the exact number of “first choice” retail outlets which are not tied by Norway Post. The calculations below are made on the basis of information from the retail group that CSA contacted and from information given by Privpak. In my earlier Memo information on non tied outlets were made using information submitted by Norway Post. The calculations below can therefore be seen as a best estimates for the complainant’s purpose whereas the calculation of my Memo represented the worst estimates. Outlets where no PIS in Coop 681 Outlets where no PIS in Hakon 643 Outlets in Reitan Gruppen 1947 Esso 370 Other? TOTAL of first choice outlets if no other first choice outlets 3641 Proportion of non suitable 5%6 182 TOTAL first choice 3 459 Tied outlets / non tied outlets Total first choice outlets tied and untied: 7 446 (3987 + 3 459) (Memo 9 665) Of which are tied 3 987 Ratio: 53% (Memo 30%) 5 The agreement with Norway Post applies to the “group’s network”which is defined as “all sales outlets which are owned by or linked to/associated with the Group through agreement other than the Operating Agreement, which is part of this agreement”. 6 According to Norges gruppen approximately 5% of outlets were not suitable for a PIS. In the absence of more precise information, this figure is taken as an estimate for the other outlets. .