BİM, founded in 1995, is Türkiye’s largest discount grocery retailer and one of the country’s biggest publicly listed companies by market capitalisation.
BIM Stores Morocco is a subsidiary of Türkiye-based BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş., operating a network of discount retail stores offering food and consumer goods across Morocco. The company follows BİM’s successful low-cost, high-efficiency retail model adapted for the MENA region.
With this transaction, Helios Investment Partners, a leading Africa-focused private investment firm, acquired a 35% shareholding in BIM Stores Morocco for USD 70 mn, supporting BIM’s regional growth strategy and further expansion in the African retail sector.