Bingo (supermarket)
Bosnian supermarket chain
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Bingo (full name: Bingo import export Tuzla d.o.o.) is Bosnia's largest supermarket chain and the company with the highest revenue, profit, and number of employees in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,[8] with its headquarters in Tuzla.[9]
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| Company type | LLC |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Founder | Senad Džambić |
| Headquarters | Bosanska poljana bb, , |
Number of locations | 225 stores |
Area served | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Key people | Ljiljana Kunosić,[1] CEO |
| Products | Grocery Restaurant General merchandise Convenience store Discount store Hypermarket Supermarket Wholesale/Distribution |
| Revenue | €1.115 billion (2024[2]) |
| €74.65 million (2024[3]) | |
| Total equity | €505.49 million (2018[4]) |
Number of employees | 8,108[5] (December 2023) |
| Subsidiaries | Interex BiH[6] Tuš trade d.o.o. BiH[6] Hekom d.o.o. Mostar Wilson d.o.o. Sarajevo Trgovina na veliko i malo d.o.o. Kalesija MIP Management d.o.o. Čitluk BINGO MIP d.o.o. Čitluk Majevica d.d. Srebrenik Kaletex d.o.o. Kalesija Kvin d.o.o. Tuzla Autosaobraćaj d.o.o.Tuzla Tuzla-remont d.d. Tuzla Transservis–trgovina d.o.o. Tuzla Eko život d.o.o. Tuzla[7] Duka & Bosna d.o.o. Brčko Novitet d.o.o. Bos.Petrovac |
| Website | bingotuzla |
The company had 8,108 employees across 225 stores, generating a revenue of 1.94 billion BAM, and profit of 158.3 million BAM in 2023.[10]
History
Bingo was established in 1993 by Bosnian businessman Senad Džambić in Tuzla in 1992.[11]
Džambić, the sixth child of a miner and an electrician by trade, had started some small-scale business in the 1980s: “Before the war, two brothers and I had some 120 beehives on a bus and could produce up to 30 tons of honey a year. In the nineties I worked in a mine, I also owned billiards, pinball machines and poker machines, since 1985 I have been doing that and a company was formed. Bingo comes from that time. Let's earn something, invest immediately".[12]
In 2010, Bingo received an EBRD loan to support energy efficiency - the first of many other loans from European development banks.[12]
In 2014, Bingo became the biggest domestic retail company in Bosnia and Herzegovina by acquiring companies Interex BiH and Tuš Trade BiH.[6] Turnover in 2014 was higher than 500 million BAM.[13]
In 2015, Bingo had 175 stores open in Bosnia and Herzegovina and more than 5,500 employees.[14] The same year, Džambić (with a revenue of 258.9 million euros) was ranked by Forbes as the second-richest man in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Izudin Ahmetlić, owner of the Hifa Group.[15]
After the collapse of Croatia's Agrokor holding, Džambić bought several of its subsidiary companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[12] He also bought Tuzla's Majevica snack factory.[16][15]
In 2017, Bingo became the largest supermarket chain in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the split between Konzum and Mercator in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[citation needed]
The same year, Džambić bought Tuzla's Dita factory, which had been self-managed by employees since the bankruptcy in 2014.[17]
In 2018, Džambić rescued the company Tuzlanski kiseljak d.o.o. which was owned by Pivara Tuzla.[17]
On 19 April 2024, Bingo opened its 225th store.[18]