'the Purchasing Centres' Corporation') is a Swedish retailer franchise with a focus on food and health.
[7] In December 2007, a meat repackaging fraud scheme was revealed when a whistleblower spoke to Sveriges Television's flagship investigative programme Uppdrag granskning.
Hans Hallén, a former quality control manager for the supermarket chain, revealed that the company was aware that meat was being illegally repackaged as early as 2003.
Hallén, who monitored ICA stores in southern Sweden 2003–2005, said he informed the company's managers of the practices.
[12] ICA's wholly owned subsidiary Rimi Baltic operates discount stores, supermarkets and hypermarkets across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
As Rimi's connection to Sweden allowed them to sell Swedish candy at a lower price than the competitors.
[14] ICA Real Estate's mission is to satisfy the Group's need for the right properties in the right locations in Sweden and Norway.
ICA previously had a 50 percent stake in the ISO chain of supermarkets in the Copenhagen region, Denmark.
The Swedish operation of Danish supermarket chain Netto was founded in 2002 as a joint venture between Dansk Supermarked and ICA.
At the end of 2006, ICA announced it was pulling out of the joint venture, reducing its stake from 50 to 5 percent.