K-Extra Röksä has been within the same family for 70 years in December 2005, but there has been a shop in the same building already from the 1860's!
Shop at 1950
| HISTORY OF THE SHOP | |
| 1864 | The old lumber building was renovated and got a wooden cover with a New Classic style. |
| 1860's-1900 | Thw family Pursiainen kept the shop. |
| 1935 | Olli and Emilia Röksä took over the farm attached to the shop building and established a shop on 14th December 1935. |
| 1939-44 | During the Second World War the building acted as a hospital for fever patients. |
| 1963 | Johannes and Sirkku Röksä took over the shop tradition and started as enterpreneurs. In the same year the current shop keeper Jouko Röksä was born. |
| 1960-70 | There were totally four shops in Kirjavala village during this period. |
| 1993 | K-Röksä
was now the only shop in Kirjavala village. The Shop renovated and got more space. |
| 2000 | New centennial for the village shop. The opening day was on 1st January 2000 and the first customer was Sirkka Eronen, who was awarded with flowers. |
| 2003-4 | Another large construction project and modernisation for cooler facilities which now are the best in the area. Our customers have noticed the renovation with larger air conditioned facilities. |
| 2005 | K-Extra Röksä celebrates its 70 years within the same the family. The third generation leads the shop into the next decade. |
Tel.: +358 5 481 014, Fax.: +358 5 481 532, e-mail:kroksa(at)saunalahti.fi