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R-kioski (known as R-kiosk in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia) is a chain of convenience stores that is part of the Reitan Convenience group and owned by the Reitan Group. R-kioski comprises R-kioski in Finland, R-kiosk in Estonia and Lithuania and Lietuvos Spauda in Lithuania. Presently, there are 630 R-kioski shops across Finland. They sell a range of products, such as books, magazines, tobacco, ready meals, snacks, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks such as beer and cider, excluding wine and spirits. R-kioski shops also provide services such as the various " Veikkaus" games, prepaid mobile phone top-up vouchers, and fishing licences, as well as the sale of public transport tickets. Selected shops are also able to sell national rail and bus transport tickets.
R-kioski is known as "Ärrä" (phonetic representation of the letter R in Finnish) in common language. The company slogan is "Nopeaa ja mukavaa on asiointi" (It's swift and convenient to shop).
The first R-kiosk in Estonia opened in 1993, and there are 107 shops in Estonia. There are 30 R-Kiosk convenience stores in Lithuania . Reitan Convenience group posted a turnover of 1.8 billion Euros in 2013. Reitan Convenience group invested 18 million Euros in R-kioski in 2013 and 2014 together. The money was invested to broaden the product selection as well as to lower the price of food to par with other retail chains competing in the same market such as Alepa and Siwa.