Atlanta drops Uno Fresco negotiations, teams up with Bakal Center

The value of the transaction was not revealed. For a few months Atlanta had been negotiating the terms of the takeover with Uno Fresco Tradex, market leader in retail sales. "It did not work out. Now we are executing a transaction more favorable to our shareholders," said Dariusz Mazur, president of Atlanta. "There is no point in returning to negotiations with Uno Fresco. We are thinking of widening our product portfolio," added Mazur. He is especially interested in the healthy food segment of the market, and this will be the direction of potential future acquisitions. Currently exports constitute 12% of the turnover of both entities, but "this figure is rapidly increasing," said the presidents of both companies. (Puls Biznesu, p. 11) M.M.