Greece
AB VASILOPOULOS
With more than 80 years of food history, AB VASILOPOULOS, a member of the “AHOLD DELHAIZE” Group, has more than 320 company-owned stores and 260 franchise stores throughout the country. It meets the needs of its customers with a variety of about 25.000 products, supported by about 2.000 suppliers and more than 14.000 employees.
SYNKA SUPER MARKETS
SYN.KA supermarkets, with a history of 46 years, maintains 40 supermarkets throughout Crete and over 1,200 employees. From 2022 with the participation of Masoutis SA in the company’s share capital, two Greek Supermarket chains created a flexible corporate structure focused on respect for the customer, the strengthening of local producers, investments in new technologies and the provision of innovative services. SYN.KA supermarkets are active in the field of retail and wholesale trade and their turnover for the year 2024 reaches €175 million.
DISCOUNT MARKT
The company EGNATIA SA was founded in 1992 in Thessaloniki and was introduced to the sector of discount supermarkets in 2005. Since then, it is constantly expanding as it already includes more than 95 stores in Northern Greece and occupies over 1.200 people. During this time, it offers to all consumers a great variety in fresh products, superior quality, private label products as well as label ones, always in incomparable reasonable prices.
XALKIADAKIS
XALKIADAKIS SA has been activating in the field of supermarkets since 1980. Today, the company consists of more than 40 stores all over Crete and occupies more than 1.300 employees. Principal goal of the company is the support and promotion of the Cretan products and Cretan nutrition through the stores. Also, in summer of 2004, it managed to become officially the first certified supermarket chain with the quality certification ISO 9001: 2000 and the Food Hygiene and Safety Certification, HACCP, for the overall activities by the Greek Standardization Organization (ELOT).
North Macedonia
VERO (VEROPOULOS)
Vero company is a Greek company operating in North Macedonia whit 14 stores. The first store was opened in 1997 in the capital city Skopje.
KAM
KAM is a typical hard discount market meaning that the primary attention is on the needs of the shoppers, concertinaing on the purchasing power of the costumers; Offering them the best quality at the lowest price possible. The beginnings of KAM date back to 1995, with stores in Bulgaria and North Macedonia, and since KAM haw grown from a small retail company with several outlets, to a major retail chain that operates as a successful hard discounter with annual turnover of around 298 million EUR (year 2024) and net profit of around 6.94 million.
Bulgaria
FANTASTICO
Fantastico is a leading Bulgarian retail chain founded in 1991 in Sofia. It operates over 48 modern and innovative supermarkets , primarily in Sofia and the cities nearby Pernik , Kyustendil ,Elin Pelin , Botevgrad and Plovdiv . Each store is unique, featuring sophisticated interior design ,intuitive layouts , and a clean , modern atmosphere. Fantastico is renowned for providing a premium shopping experience with a focus on freshness ,variety , and high-quality local and international products .Our assortment is carefully curated to meet the needs of every household , from daily essentials to gourmet delicacies.
METRO Cash & Carry Bulgaria
METRO Bulgaria is the largest wholesale company, working on Bulgarian market since 1999, serving professional HoReCa, Traders & households. The company operates 11 stores and 1 FSD depot with around 2 000 employees. For the needs of B2B customers, METRO develops its activity in a multi-channel business model that combines wholesale stores, digital and delivery services. Thousands of professional customers rely on METRO Bulgaria’s quality products and services to successfully operate their daily business. METRO Bulgaria manages one of the strongest sales force teams in the country and executes delivery services directly to the premises of its hospitality customers. Responsibility is embedded in the way METRO does its business – creating shared value for the communities through its ESG strategy.
MAXIMA
Maxima Bulgaria is a retail company operating in Bulgaria as part of the Lithuanian Maxima Grupė group, one of the largest retail chains in the Baltic region. In Bulgaria, the company’s stores are mainly branded T-Market, offering a wide range of groceries, beverages, and everyday consumer goods across numerous locations nationwide. Established in the mid-2000s, Maxima Bulgaria has steadily expanded its network, now including over 120 supermarkets serving local communities with quality products, competitive prices, and frequent promotions. Leveraging the strong supply chain and retail expertise of its parent group, the company focuses on customer convenience and product availability in the Bulgarian market.
Serbia
SUPER VERO (VEROPOULOS)
The story of the family firm Veropoulos d.o.o begins in 1880 in Greece and then continuous in Smyrna, the famous Mediterranean trading center, around 1920s where Panagiotis Veropoulos lays the foundation of its trading business. In 1973, in Athens, an old town cinema was transformed into the first Veropoulos supermarket, and after a few months the second in a row opened. Today it has 7 stores in Serbia. Veropoulos d.o.o mission is to take care of the satisfaction of its customers, offering a wide range of high quality products. Veropoulos d.o.o vision is to be a leading supermarket chain that sets high standards in the retailing business balancing between the principles of profitability and ethics, that guarantees a long-term perspective of growth and development.
DELHAIZE SERBIA
Delhaize Serbia is part of the Zandaam-based international retail chain Ahold Delhaize, which operates in eleven countries on three continents. Since its arrival in Serbia in 2011, Delhaize Serbia has focused on portfolio expansion, continuous quality upgrades and design improvements, while the integration of this market into the globally known system has contributed to the overall development of modern retail business in Serbia. Thus, Delhaize Serbia remained the largest retail chain in the country, as it currently employs more than 12,000 employees and has over 400 stores under the following brands.
Ukraine
ATB MARKET
With more than 1,300 stores in 22 regions of Ukraine, “ATB MARKET” is the largest retail chain. Since 1993 until today, it is the most reliable solution for the consumer who wants to buy quality products at the most advantageous prices. The company continues to exist despite the war regime, adapting its operation to keep the cities supplied with food and essentials.
Belarus
LOG-IMPORT TRADE (KORONA)
Log-Import Trade is a major wholesaler in the Belarusian market. The company imports a wide range of goods from the European Union, including fresh fruits and vegetables from countries such as Italy, Spain, Greece, the Netherlands, and others.
Last year, the volume of imports of goods from Greece amounted to 3.5 million euros. The main part of imports were fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as olives and olive oil.
Their main client is Korona, one of the largest retail chains in Belarus, which has over 15 hypermarkets across the countryand more then 20 shops in the format near to home.
