Aldik is a regional retail chain of

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s located in the

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and Masovian Voivodeship. The headquarters of the supermarket is located in

. The Aldik retail chain company holds and operates the regional

bakery "7 zbóż".

History

The retail chain was founded in 1991. During the first six years of the retail chain, the company opened up six new stores in the city of

. In 1997, the company chose to expand outwards and to other towns in the Lublin Voivodeship, with new stores also having been opened in Rzeszów and Stalowa Wola. Due to the expansion of the company, Aldik opened its own logistics and distribution centre in

Niedrzwica Duża Niedrzwica Duża is a village in Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Niedrzwica Duża. It lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Lublin. Histor ...

. In 2012, the retail chain was acquired by Maxima Group, a

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, belonging to the

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n capital group owner

Nerijus Numavičius Nerijus Numa (born 12 May 1967 in Šilalė as Numavičius, officially has changed his name to Numa in 2020) originally from Lithuania, now lives in the UK and is the second richest Lithuanian. Nerijus Numa is an investor and ultimate benefic ...

. The company operates 30

stores across the Lublin and Masovian Voivodeship. In 2015, Aldik Nova published its economic report, denoting the company's revenue increased by 18.9% from the previous year, with an operating income of 44.8 million Euro. In May 2017, the company stated it will begin a profound renovation and modernisation of its retail stores.

References

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