Early in January 2022, the German Delivery Hero firm announced that it had inked a deal to buy a 39.4% share in the Spanish delivery app Glovo. Following the deferral of the Glovo purchase, in less than two weeks, the business announced the sale of a $150m share in Colombian courier Rappi. Early in January 2022,…
In Warsaw, the Bolt Market service has begun offering instant delivery. Bolt’s couriers will transport not just food but also non-food items to consumers in the capital, such as COVID-19 serological testing. This is yet another company that has jumped on the q-commerce bandwagon in Poland. Bolt Market is now available in the capital only,…
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…
Exploiting a loophole in Sunday trading ban laws, initially discovered by grocery store chains, is becoming increasingly popular. The ever-increasing number of competitors available seven days a week pushed Obi DIY chain to follow the trend and extend the range of services to include a postal outlet – it will allow the chain be open every Sunday. Retailers who do not…
Allegro has decided to introduce a new offer in the Allegro Smart service. Until 3 January customers using the program will be able to enjoy free delivery available from as little as PLN 25. It is worth mentioning, however, that the offer is limited to purchases from one seller and the number of programme beneficiaries…
The ever-increasing number of competitors opened on Sundays pushed Kaufland to follow the trend and make part of the stores available seven days a week, starting from 5 September. Such units will open in locations, where the competitors are already operating full week. For this reason, Kaufland launched postal services at all branches – a…
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…
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 coronavirus pandemic was the defining event of 2020 for all corners of the economy, but few sectors were hit as badly as HoReCa. Dine-in service banned for a total of more than four months, restrictions on seating capacity in place for much of the rest of the year, lack of foreign tourists, reduced domestic…
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,…
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