Discount store chains opened less units in 2015

Last year, the total number of newly opened discount stores fell to less than150, thus by two times less than a year before, 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 one more than it was going to -31, Netto launched the exact number as it wanted - 20. Most importantly, liquidation of Czerwona Torebka impacted the result quite significantly, because it planned to open 100 stores annualy. Overall, as of the end of 2015 3,705 dicount stores were operating in Poland.