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Poland’s Zabka Group, one of the largest retailers in that country, which is present in Romania with the Froo brand, is stepping up expansion and announces 1,300 new stores in 2026 on the two markets it operates on: Poland and Romania.

PKO Bank Polski, Poland’s biggest bank, has funded, via its Romania branch, the acquisition of Purcari Wineries (WINE) shares by Maspex group.

Swiss-held Bell Food Group is selling the Eisberg salad factory in Bucharest to the Polish Green Factory group, in order to focus on Western markets – Germany, Austria, and its home market, Switzerland. The local factory is part of a regional deal involving production facilities in three countries – Romania, Poland, and Hungary. The buyer is the same for all of them – Green Factory.

Poland’s R.Power, one of the most dynamic investors in Romania's new green wave, is launching a 127 MW storage project in Scornicesti (Olt), which can deliver 254 MWh of power.

Poland’s Maspex, which holds Tymbark juices and Bucovina water, wants to seal a new acquisition in Romania. More specifically, it wants to enter the wine market by taking over the majority stake in Purcari, in an over RON420 million agreement.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has subscribed PLN140 million (EUR33 million) in a PLN1 billion (EUR235 million) bond issue of Poland’s Żabka Group, which is present in Romania through the froo store brand.

A new private equity fund, Trinity Investments Management, is making inroads into the CEE financial investor market, exclusively targeting food industry companies in the region. The main markets it eyes are Romania and Poland.

Luca, a Romanian pretzel shop brand, held by entrepreneur George Adragai via Tinervis Group, has grown to nine stores in Poland in three cities – Warsaw, Wroclaw and Katowice, the corporate website says.

The almost EUR20 million investment of Poland’s Elemental Holding Group, the largest electronics and electrical equipment recycling operator in Europe, in an electronics recycling plant near Deva, Romania, will be completed in about one year and a half to two years.

Poland tops the ranking of the largest companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in 2023, being followed by the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania, according to the annual study by Coface.

Poland’s Elemental Holding Group based in Luxembourg has taken over the majority stake in Romanian ACC Recycling Services and plans to invest almost EUR20 million in a plant for recycling electronic and electrical equipment waste in Deva, Hunedoara County, the group said.

Resource Partners, a major regional manager of private equity funds, has taken over an 80% stake in Vola.ro, leader of Romania’s online tourism market, also present in Poland, Bulgaria and Moldova.

Froo Romania Retail, a company of Poland’s Żabka Group, has opened its 20th franchised store in Romania, on the Iuliu Maniu Boulevard in Bucharest. This is its largest store in the country.

Romanian tech startup Telerenta, which operates the only electronic equipment rental platform in Southeast Europe aimed at home users, and, since the end of 2023, also companies, is expanding its operations to Poland.

Spyrosoft Solutions SRL, the local subsidiary of Poland’s software engineering company, in 2023 registered RON46 million turnover, over fourfold bigger than in 2022.

The total investment in commercial real estate assets, encompassing office spaces, retail establishments, logistics and industrial spaces, and hotels, across Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania, amounted to just EUR5.1 billion in 2023, the lowest annual amount of the last decade, but 2024 outlook shows renewed optimism, as per a report drafted by iO Partners in collaboration with JLL.

Polish-held retailer Żabka, one of the largest grocery retailers in Poland, is entering the Romanian market with the acquisition of the majority stake in distribution company DRIM Daniel Distributie FMCG. The deal will be completed once all regulatory requirements have been met.

Polenergia, Poland’s largest private energy group, controlled by two investment funds, has taken over 60% of project company Naxxar Wind Farm Four SRL that is developing one of the largest onshore wind parks in the region with an estimated capacity of 685.6 MW, in Tulcea county.

PKO Bank Polski, Poland’s largest state-owned bank, with assets accounting for almost 70% of the Romanian banking system, has announced it is set to start operations in Romania in early 2024.

Poland’s Resource Partners, one of the leading regional managers of private equity funds, said on April 25 that Romania would be the main market for the investment company’s third fund, which aims at a size of EUR150 million.