Bim (company)
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| Company type | Anonim Şirket |
|---|---|
| BİST: BIMAS | |
| Industry | Discount store |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 12,482 shops (Turkey)[1] 687 shops (Morocco)[1] 356 shops (Egypt)[1] |
Area served | Turkey Egypt |
Key people | Mustafa Latif Topbaş (Chairman) |
| Products | Basic food items and consumer goods |
| Revenue |  US$14.84 billion (2024)[2] |
 US$151.4 million (2024) | |
| US$531.8 million (2024) | |
| Total assets | US$6.73 billion (2024) |
| Total equity | US$3.38 billion (2024) |
Number of employees | 86,647 (2023)[2] |
| Subsidiaries | File |
| Website | bim |
BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. (BİM for short) is a Turkish retail company, known for offering a limited range of basic food items and consumer goods at competitive prices. Bim were the pioneers of this discount store model in Turkey.
Business and activities
[edit]Bim A.Ş. was founded in 1995[3] by a group of investors around Cuneyd Zapsu. Zapsu sold his shares to the investment bank Merrill Lynch in 2000. Today, the main shareholder is Mustafa Latif Topbaş.[4] At the beginning, BİM had only 21 stores, but it expanded thoroughly and by the end of 2015 it counted 4972[5] and 2019, 7438 stores [3] by the third quarter of 2021, the company operated 10.330 stores. BİM does not offer franchises, all stores are owned and operated by the company itself,[6] and they are viewed as a competition to the many independent neighborhood stores. The business model is inspired by the German discounter ALDI.[4]
It also operates 733 stores in Morocco[3] and 300 in Egypt.[3] In 2005 44.12% of its shares were offered to the public.[7]
Private label brands
[edit]- A plus — shampoo and hair conditioner, hair dye
- A plus Elegance — hair dye
- Abdullah Efendi — Turkish coffee
- Abdullah Efendi Keyif — Turkish coffee machines
- Activ-blok — toilet deodorizer
- Adora — ice cream
- Agah — boza
- Agu baby — baby shampoo
- Aknaz — white cheese
- AKS — surface cleaner
- AKS Bril — kitchen and bathroom cleaner
- Apaks — cotton products
- Art Matik — laundry detergent
- Assu — water
- Balkaşık — honey
- Berk — tea
- BGrill — chicken burgers and döner
- Bili bili — eggs
- Bill Matik — powder laundry detergent
- Bind Activit — dishwashing detergent and tablets
- Binvezir — cheese
- Blume — tissue paper
- BolBol — sauces
- Bruno — biscuits
- Bugido — ice cream
- Bugido MaSante — ice cream
- Bulut — fabric softener
- Buono — chocolate
- BuonoDolce — hazelnut chocolate
- Capitol — shampoo and hair conditioner
- Cardella — pasta
- Carlotti — ladyfinger biscuits
- Casey — cake
- Casilda Home — home textile
- Centro — wafer
- Chef's — cookware and kitchenware
- Chef's Plus — premium cookware and kitchenware
- Chef's Pro — professional-grade cookware and kitchenware
- Comfort Family — underwear
- Connex — dough and cake mix
- Cupido — cornflakes
- Çiğdem — corn oil
- Derya — tinned tuna
- Destan — spices
- Desto — dishwashing detergent
- Dijitsu — home appliances
- Dost — yogurt, milk, and ayran
- Dost Gurme — fruit yogurt
- Dudi — ice cream
- Dushy — shower gel
- Efsane — rice, flour
- Ekmecik — bread
- Emin — red meat
- Epi — epilation
- Etkin — lemonade
- Fair — ice cream
- Family — wet wipes
- Felice — pistachio paste
- Fer — lemon soda
- Fıçı — pickles
- GofGof — wafer
- Güldal — bleach and cleaner
- Hazine — chocolate
- Hürrem — soup mix and stock
- Hyper bon — chewing gum
- Ice Loly — ice cream
- Işıl — bar and liquid soaps
- Ivory — pocket wet wipes
- İlkgün — jam
- İnci — olives
- Jelly Party — gummy candy
- Jenny & Willy — baby diaper
- Jucy — fruit juice
- Kaanbey — kashar cheese
- Karayel — cologne
- Karlıtepe — mineral water
- Kelly's — cornflakes
- Kelly's Fitness Club — muesli
- Kerem — clotted cream and cream cheese
- Keysmart — home appliances
- Krınkıl — pretzel sticks
- Lâl — Feminine hygiene products
- Le'Cola — cola
- Le'Porta — orange soda
- Le'Mandy — mandarin soda
- Lemonte — lemonade
- Let's — condoms
- Lezzethane — frozen products
- Man S — male grooming
- Mercy — perfume
- Mr. Bady — gift toy
- Mr. Bee — cream cleaner
- Mr. green — cleaning cloths
- Mutfağım — frozen products, canola oil
- M.Z. Ege — çiğ köfte
- Osmanoğlu — desserts
- Party — chips
- Pasta Veneta — pasta
- Patito — potato chips
- Performans — energy drink and protein powder
- Pervin — butter
- Peripella — hazelnut spread
- Powerdent — toothpaste
- Powerdent Shine — toothpaste
- Power B — batteries
- Power Key — light bulbs
- Protex — aluminium foil, baking paper, garbage, and storage bags
- Queen — paper towel
- Queen 3— paper towel
- RoomStar — air freshener
- Saban — bulgur and legumes
- Santa — picnicware
- Sayley — hazelnut spread
- Scarlett — hygienic pads
- Serel — tahini, molasses, halva
- Shela — deodorant
- Shine — tooth brush
- Silver Rose — cosmetics
- Studi — stationery products
- Sırım — olive oil
- Simbat — nuts
- Sniti — biscuits
- Sole — sunflower oil and margarine
- Star Krak — corn snacks and popcorn
- Startop — sugar-coated candies
- Süsse — biscuits
- Şafak — granulated sugar and sugar cubes
- Tazem — chicken and chicken products
- Teatone — iced tea
- Tindy Candy — candy
- Tombik — deli meats
- Top Stars — sugar-coated candies
- Topi — chocolate
- Topi Gum — lollipop
- Topi Tanem — chocolate
- Unlum — phyllo dough
- Üç Köşem — triangle cheese
- VIP — coffee
- Vow — caramel chocolate
- Wall Star — coconut filled chocolate
- Will — pineapple juice
- Yaşam — biscuits
- Yazgan — semolina
- Yurdum — tomato paste, tomato sauce, mixed vegetables, corn, and ready meals
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Bim".
- ^ a b "Şirket çalışanlarının sayısı" (PDF).
- ^ a b c d "Bim A.Ş. > Welcome..." english.bim.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ a b "BIM rings the changes for Turkey's shoppers". www.ft.com. 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ BİM Records Growth Of 21% For 2015European Supermarket Magazine Retrieved 2016-03-13
- ^ "Bim A.Ş. | Frequently Asked Questions". english.bim.com.tr. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
- ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
