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R-kioski

Finnish chain of convenience stores

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name	R-kioski Oy
logo	R-kioski-logo yellow background December 27 2014.svg
logo_size	220px
native_name_lang	fi
former_name	Rautatiekirjakauppa
type	Private
foundation	1910 (R-kioski Oy: 2011)
location_city	Espoo
location_country	Finland
locations
area_served
key_people
products
revenue
owner	Reitan Convenience
parent	Reitan Group
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R-kioski is a chain of convenience stores that is part of the Reitan Convenience division of the Reitan Group. There are around 290 R-kioski stores across Finland . R-kioski's focus is on selling take-away food and drinks but they also provide services such as the various "Veikkaus" lottery games (and in most stores, slot machines), prepaid SIM cards, postal and parcel services, as well as the sale of public transport tickets. Most stores are also able to sell national rail and bus transport tickets.

R-kioski is known as "Ärrä" (the name of the letter R in Finnish) in common language. The company slogan is "Tekee hetkessä hyvää" (makes good in a moment).

History

The company dates back to 1910. The business was originally conceived by several major Finnish publishing houses as a newsagent for railway stations ("Rautakirja" was itself shortened from "Rautatiekirjakauppa" which translates to "railway bookshop"). It was later extended to other venues and products. The name R-kioski was adopted in 1958.

On 5 March 2012, it was announced that the Reitan Group bought R-kioski from Sanoma for roughly 130 million euros. The group had been working on the purchase for a decade, but previous negotiations had stranded as R-kioski had demanded a merger where they owned 51 percent. The purchase brought the Reitan Group to 2,500 kiosk outlets, making it the second-largest kiosk group in Europe. The company also previously operated in Romania between 2008 and 2011, but sold its operations to R-kioski Romania CEO Dan Vasile in April 2011. The name R-kioski was to be abandoned in Romania after a grace period following the corporate acquisition.

In October 2021, R-kioski opened its first automated convenience store called R-kioski Go! in front of the Viikki Campus of the University of Helsinki. In June 2023, R-Kioski moved its head office to the Alberga Business Park in the Leppävaara district of Espoo.. As of September 2025 the CEO of the company has been Niklas Lilius.

Former company slogans include "Kaiken lisäksi lähellä" (To top it off, it's near by), "Äkkiä R-kioskille" (Swiftly to R-kioski), "R-kioskilla kaikki käy" (We accept everything at R-kioski or Everyone visits R-kioski) and "R-Kioski — Sellaisena kuin sinä haluat" (R-Kioski — as you want it). The newest slogan "Tekee hetkessä hyvää" was adopted in 2024.

Gallery

File:Bulevardi R-Kioski.jpg|A R-kioski on Bulevardi in Helsinki with the old logo in 2006 File:R-Kioski.jpg|Interior of a R-kioski in Jyväskylä. The Veikkaus lottery game counter and slot machines are on the far-left of this picture File:R-kiosk, Tartu (cropped).jpg|R-kiosk in Aleksandri Street, Tartu, Estonia in 2007 File:R-Kiosk Tallinna Lennujaama 0-korrus (2022).jpg|R-kiosk in Tallinn, Estonia in 2022 File:Ratapihantie 6, Pasilan asema - G45773 - hkm.HKMS000005-km0000onxe (cropped).jpg|R-kioski in Pasila railway station, Finland, 2014 File:R-kioski viiskulma 2024.jpg|R-kioski Viiskulma year 2024 File:Elielinaukion R-kioski 2025.jpg|Elielinaukion R-kioski 2025

References

Notes

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References

https://www.kauppalehti.fi/yritykset/yritys/rkioski+oy/2404400-8
"R-kioski avaa ensimmäisen miehittämättömän kioskin Helsingin Viikkiin / R-kioski".
https://www.aamuposti.fi/paikalliset/6823046
"Tukiorganisaatio / R-kioski".

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