European Supermarket Magazine
pan-European publication
European Supermarket Magazine is a pan-European publication focusing on the grocery retail and fast-moving consumer goods sectors. Published by Madison Publications Limited, its first issue appeared in December 2009. The magazine is often referred to by readers by its acronym, ESM, which is also the magazine's logo.
History
In 2009, Irish publishing house Madison Publications Ltd. launched European Supermarket Magazine (ESM), a sister company to Checkout Ireland Ltd., which has published Irish retail trade publication Checkout since 1966.
European Supermarket Magazine is owned by publisher Kevin Kelly, the former creator and publisher of World of Interiors, Departures, Business, W Magazine (UK edition), World of Hibernia, Image, Image Interiors, and Food & Wine Magazine (Ireland). He sold his stake in Image Publications, Ltd. in 2010. Stephen Wynne-Jones, formerly the editor of Checkout magazine, has been editor of European Supermarket Magazine since 2014.
In 2013, the publication opened a Slovakian office in the capital of Bratislava, which houses its European sales division.
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