In Brief: Sokółka goes Swedish; Supermarket mergers

Inwido has annual sales of EUR 330 million. The Swedish company hopes that through Sokółka it will be able to enter the UK market. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) ... Polish supermarket chains are starting to merge as they fear their Western competitors. This was expected as in other European countries there are usually five or six chains compared to over 20 in Poland. And the three largest chains only control 13% of the market. A few days ago it was reported that Polomarket will acquire 17 supermarkets of the ABC chain, while two months ago Eldorado and BOS said they would merge. (Gazeta Wyborcza, 15-16 July, p. 26)