What is B&M?
'''B&M European Value Retail S.A.''', which trades as '''B&M''', is a British [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] [[chain store]]. It started in 1978. It is [[Corporation|incorporated]] in [[Luxembourg]]. It is listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]], and is in the [[FTSE 100 Index]]. The first store opened in [[Cleveleys]], England, in 1978. It bought the smaller frozen food store chain Heron Foods for £152 million in 2017. In 2018 it bought French discount retailer Babou for €91.2 million.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-23|title=B&M enters France with Babou acquisition - Retail Gazette|url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2018/10/bm-expands-france-babou/|access-date=2023-08-20|website=www.retailgazette.co.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref> [[File:B&M Greenock.jpg|thumb|B&M Greenock]] In 2021 it had 703 stores, and 275 Heron Foods stores, in the United Kingdom and 104 stores in France.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ashley|first=Armstrong|date=2023-08-20|title=Eary festive buying puts B&M ahead of the game|language=en|work=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/eary-festive-buying-puts-b-amp-m-ahead-of-the-game-8kfkfsnrv|access-date=2023-08-20|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:BandM}} [[Category:1978 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Retail companies of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Retail companies of France]]