The Emperia Trading Group was named “Leader of the Grocery Market,” a distinction awarded to companies whose operations had recently stood out in the Polish food sector.
The competition was organised by the editors of Rynek Spożywczy and portalspożywczy.pl to promote current developments in the Polish FMCG market.
This was the first round of the competition. Rather than for the operations of the companies in their entirety, the editors awarded the distinctions for specific efforts. Emperia was awarded for the establishment—mainly through consolidation—of a stable and well-developing group of companies that combines the retail and the wholesale businesses. As emphasised in the justification: “The company covered all the way from a small wholesaling operation to a holding company, within three years, from a specialised wholesale group, it managed to evolve into the leader of the Polish retail market. At the moment, the Emperia Trading Group is successfully developing in parallel several franchise outlet chains, while at the same time being well under way in the implementation of a unique project of wholesale business integration under the single business name of Tradis. It is a business partner to over 50 thousand Polish grocery outlets. The wholesale members of Emperia operate 70 wholesale warehouses throughout Poland and the retail chains managed by the company run over 2 thousand stores and supermarkets.”
The award was received on behalf of the Management Board of Emperia by Wojciech Kruszewski, Chairman of Management Board of Lewiatan '94 Holding S.A., a company which joined the Emperia Trading Group in 2008.
Emperia is among the largest and most active trading groups in Poland that engage in retailing and wholesaling of food products, cosmetics, and household chemistry products. The coordinator of the Emperia Trading Group, Emperia Holding S.A., is listed on the Stock Exchange in Warsaw.
The Emperia Trading Group distributes FMCG products through Cash & Carry locations and Distribution Centres located all over Poland. The wide range of food products, cosmetics, and household chemistry products offered, attractive terms of business, cutting-edge IT and logistic systems, as well as constant efforts aimed at satisfying client needs make Emperia the leading business partner to over 50 thousand Polish grocery outlets.
The retail business of the Emperia Trading Group comprises chains of supermarkets in which even the most demanding customers will find the products they require. In collaboration with Polish retailers, the Emperia Trading Group runs grocery chains made up of varying store format, realigned with the specific expectations and needs of their customers.