Ahold to open food shops in petrol stations

The company is a multinational trade concern which owns the Hypernova hypermarkets and Albert supermarket chains in Poland. The shops will be run under the brand name Albert Express in co-operation with Jet petrol stations. One such outlet has already been opened in Tychy. According to Planet Retail portal, the next outlets will be opened in Warsaw. By the end of this year, Ahold will operate seven of them. Jet owns 80 petrol stations. Ahold argues that prices in Albert Express will be as competitive as in its Albert supermarkets. This market niche is promising. PKN Orlen spokesperson Dawid Piekarz says that the concern is enjoying increasing profits from the sales of non-fuel goods in its stations. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) J.L.