Oct 292 min readPoland: Biedronka wants to take over the stores of a large Slovak retail chainDiscount Retail Chain Biedronka, owned by Portuguese Jeronimo Martins, plans to open its first stores in Slovakia as early as autumn...
Oct 113 min readPoland: History of Netto PolandDiscount Retail Chain Netto Poland celebrates its 29th anniversary in Poland. The first store was opened in 1995 in Szczecin, and...
Sep 1, 20235 min readAmericasUSA: Aldi will convert a ‘significant’ number of acquired stores from Win-dixie and HarveysAldi’s move to acquire 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores was a power move in the Southeast territory. Aldi now appears as...
Aug 16, 20232 min readAmericasUSA: Aldi takes over Winn-Dixie and Harvey's and acquires 400 locationsAldi expansion has reached historical heights, as the company announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement the acquire...
Aug 1, 20231 min readEuropeNetherlands: After cutting down the number of DCs, Aldi is expanding the selected DCsAldi will continue to optimize its distribution network in the Netherlands. The sub-decentralization at Aldi in the Netherlands is still...
Aug 1, 20231 min readEuropeFrance: Lidl fails to take over Casino GroupLidl, which wanted to take over 600 stores of the French chain, is losing out. Lidl parent company Schwarz intervened at the last minute...
Jul 30, 20232 min readEuropeNetherlands: A-brand discounter Nettorama takes over Boni supermarketsThe Dutch supermarket chains A-brand discounters Nettorama and Boni are going to merge. The new combination, with more than 80 stores and...
Feb 9, 20232 min readEuropeDenmark: Netto acquires also Aldi storesDiscount Retail Chain Netto (owned by the Danish Salling Group) takes over 21 remaining stores and store projects from Aldi, which leaves...
Dec 23, 20222 min readEuropeSpain: Grupo Dia, operating discounter DIA, sells Clarel drugstorePortugal-based private equity firm C2 acquires Spanish Clarel drugstore from Grupo Dia. DIA wants to focus solely on proximity food...
Dec 12, 20224 min readEuropeDenmark: local discounters beat international discount giant again in ScandinaviaDiscount Retail Chain Aldi Denmark (German family owned) has decided to withdraw from the Danish market and entered into an agreement...