In brief: American Restaurants; Okocim expansion; milk sale to Algeria

American Restaurants, which manages the Pizza Hut and KFC networks in Poland, has announced that it will enter the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) in 2003. The firm expects to make zl.200 million from its share issue. It also intends to open 1,000 new restaurants in Poland by 2010. (Puls Biznesu, p.11)...Carlsberg, the Danish strategic investor in the Okocim brewery, intends to establish a strong market position for Okocim by expanding its production capacity. Carlsberg also has plans for a more aggressive marketing strategy. (Prawo I Gospodarka , p.12) In a deal described as very advantageous to Poland, Algeria-based Milk-Trade is to buy 20,000 tonnes of Polish skimmed powdered milk. The price offered is rumored to be over $2,000 per tonne. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) A.Z.