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Deli de Luca is a
Deli de Luca is a Norwegian
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convenience store
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and delicatessen
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chain founded in 2003 by Adriano Capoferro and four other founding partners (Thor Johansen, Geir Syversen, Terje Bergh and Vesna Milkovic). There are 22 stores in Oslo
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, four in Bergen
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, one in Stavanger
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, two in Trondheim
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, two in Kristiansand
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, one in Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsj ...
and two in Mo i Rana
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. Most of the stores are open 24/7
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. In 2006 62% of the company was bought by NorgesGruppen
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.
The five founding partners had been colleagues at the convenience store chain 7-Eleven
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, whose Norwegian franchise is operated by local Norwegian retail giant Reitan-Gruppen. The Deli de Luca founders had been frustrated by what they perceived as a rigid and uncreative environment within Reitan's 7-Eleven business. With the financial support of several silent partners, the five broke out on their own to create a cross between a convenience store and a delicatessen.
According to Capoferro, the sale of Deli de Luca was driven by its financial backers' wish to cash out at a pre-set exit date. The purchase of Deli de Luca by NorgesGruppen included a total cashout by the financial partners and a partial cashout by the five operating partners. NorgesGruppen has a reputation for acquiring smaller Norwegian food retailing chains and leaving them a wide latitude in their branding and front office operations, but leveraging its purchasing power and back office platform to boost operating margins.
See also
*List of delicatessens
This is a list of notable delicatessens. A delicatessen is a retail establishment that sells a selection of unusual or foreign prepared foods. Delicatessens originated in Germany during the 1700s. They later spread to the United States in the m ...
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* {{Convenience stores 2003 establishments in Norway Convenience stores Retail companies of Norway Retail companies established in 2003 Delicatessens