Musketeer-owned supermarkets to march eastward

"In 2005 we opened 10 Intermarche and 8 Bricomarche supermarkets and the situation will be similar in 2006", said Marek Feruga, deputy president of ITM Polska, a company which plays the role of Grupa Muszkieterów 's headquarters in Poland. "The pace of our expansion should be increased in 2007. We are working on the foundations and budget of our development strategy for the coming years", said Feruga. Intermarche is currently the largest chain of food supermarkets in Poland, with annual turnover of zł.1.7 billion in 2005, but it has to work hard to outpace competitors such as Albert, Champion and Polomarket. "According to AC Nielsen research, in H1 Intermarche recorded the largest growth in sales among all supermarket chains per sqm (by 7%)", said Feruga. (Puls Biznesu, pp.1, 9) M.M.