Within the cooperation between SPAR Group and Unimot, a total of five SPAR Express stores will launch at the Avia stations. The first one has already appeared in Poznan and another launch is still planned in 2021, while the remaining three units will open in early 2022. SPAR has not yet revealed the next three pilot locations. All stores…
Zinu Shop, a new Cracow-based chain of automatic stores has launched its third unit in the city. The stores operate 24/7 all year round, offering about 350 different products. Similar concepts were also previously tested by Ruch and Carrefour, while Zabka now plans up to 40 such units. The first two Zinu Shop units launched in March and May…
McDonald’s has decided to replace plastic cutlery with wooden ones. This strategy will reduce the use of plastic by 220 tonnes per year. This is one of the pro-environmental changes that the company intends to implement until 2025 when the restaurant chain will use only packaging that is recycled or comes from certified sources. McDonald’s…
Biedronka has decided to cooperate with the Too Good To Go application, which focuses on minimising food waste. This is a pilot project which currently covers five Biedronka shops in Warsaw. Biedronka has launched a test project that includes cooperation with Too Good To Go, an application that works to minimise food waste. So far,…
In mid-March the Lidl discount chain opened its first test outlet. It is located at Ozimiska street in Opole. The assortment consists of non-food products discounted by up to 80%. No information on further development of the chain in this format has been confirmed. A wide range of goods at discounted prices The outlet offers…
Until last year, corporate social responsibility was associated mainly with minimizing the negative impact of companies on the environment. In 2020, the term CSR changed the face, besides ecology, social issues became an important area of activity. As it turned out, the COVID-19 pandemic became the driving force to take steps in this area. Companies…
The grocery market has not suffered from the coronavirus the way other parts of Polish retail have – we forecast that it will still grow by about 2% in 2020. But the pandemic’s impact on the industry has nevertheless been huge. Of the five trends that (in our view) defined the year in grocery retail,…
For years, industry observers had speculated about events that might accelerate the slow-to-take-off online grocery market in Poland. The consensus was that one or both of the following things probably needed to happen: major innovations in logistics technology that made deliveries cheaper and quicker at the same time, or more large grocers launching online shopping….
What trends shaped cosmetics retail in Poland in 2020? A pandemic-induced surge in online shopping was the most prominent one. But there were others that helped to define the year. We have picked five trends that we think were most important. The coronavirus pandemic, which reached the country in March, significantly transformed consumer attitudes and…
Tomasz Waligorski has been appointed commercial director of Wasz Sklep Spar since 10 September. In the Carrefour Polska chain, Krzysztof Lagowski will lead the convenience division. Recent weeks have brought a lot of personnel changes in grocery retail chains in Poland. Tomasz Waligorski: From TXM to Spar Tomasz Waligorski has extensive experience in the retail…
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