Discount store chains opened fewer units in 2015

Last year, the total number of newly opened discount stores fell to fewer than150, thus by two times less than the previous year, according to data published by dlahandlu.pl web portal. Biedronka, owned by Jeronimo Martins, planned to launch 100 units, it managed to open 102 but it had to close 22. Lidl  opened 31 stores, one more than it was going to and Netto launched 20 outlets, the exact number that it had wanted. Most importantly, the liquidation of Czerwona Torebka impacted the result quite significantly, because it planned to open 100 stores annually. Overall, as of the end of 2015, 3,705 discount stores were in operation in Poland.