According to the website “Trade Wiadomości”, Ukrainian “Forbes” said that according to his unconfirmed information, the Jeronimo Martins group was to attempt to take over the ATB Market chain of stores, i.e. the leader of the food market in Ukraine.
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Reports Fr. The surprising operation of the owner of the Biedronka Ukrainian network “Forbes” was noticed in the conversation, which was given by Wiktor Karachun, one of the co -owners of the ATB network. Karachun admitted that “Polish investors offered us $ 4.5 billion for the operating company itself.” The entrepreneur did not decide to reveal what investors he was talking about.
Which did not prevent To journalists of the Ukrainian “Forbes” admit that “according to unconfirmed information, it was about Polish Biedronka”. Karachun did not confirm this information or denied. The Polish branch of the Jeronimo Martins group did not want to comment on these reports.
Biedronka would take over a gigantic network in Ukraine?
Wiktor Karachun mentioned In an interview with Forbes, which “commercial news” refer to, he also revealed why the Ukrainian leader of food trade did not decide to agree to the proposal of “Polish investors”. The entrepreneur explained that the ATB value is simply higher than the one that was offered to him. For this reason, premature agreement was not reached.
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As “commercial news” notes, Karachun added that ATB networks can not buy no one in Ukraine, and possible sales can only apply to Western investors. As “commercial news” notes, ATB Market is the largest commercial network in Ukraine.
In 2019, the company's revenues reached 104.9 billion of Hryvnia, while last year this amount was already 248.8 billion hryvnia (approx. PLN 22.4 billion). The aforementioned Ukrainian network has 1 thousand 300 stores in Ukraine, while the Biedronka network in Poland has 3,000 730 stores at the end of 2024.
