date:Jun 03, 2014
Portuguese-owned supermarket chain Biedronka has received clearance from the Polish competition regulator for the acquisition of 11 MarcPol stores in the country.
It includes discount retail stores in Mazowieckie, Łdź and Silesia.
The MarcPol deal was announced in March.
Biedronka was launched by Polish entrepreneur Maruisz Switalski in 1995.
In 1997, it was purchased by Portuguese firm Jeronimo Martins.
It is the largest discount chain in Poland.
In the regulators review, it stated that