Retail News: No takers for Kasztelanka; Polmos Siedlce sold

The first tender for the assets of the bankrupt confectioner Wytwornia Pieczywa Cukierniczego Kasztelanka of Biecz has ended in failure. Not a single bid was entered for the tender, which was announced in December. The company's assets are worth an estimated zl. 3.5 million ... The Treasury Ministry has finalized the sale of the Siedlce arm of the former monopoly distillery company Polmos to the American firm Peacock Corporation of Las Vegas. A 65% bundle of shares in the producer of Chopin brand vodka was sold for zl. 15.3 million. (Retail News is c/o PMR Ltd. Retail Update, www.polishmarket.com)