Żabka Group is Poland's largest convenience retailer, running 13,063 franchise-operated stores across Poland and Romania at end-June 2026, up 10.8% year on year. Founded in 1998 in Poznań by Mariusz Świtalski, it operates Żabka Cafe hot-food areas, private-label brands, cashierless Żabka Nano outlets and drive-through formats, and trades in Romania under the Froo brand. CVC Capital Partners acquired the company in 2017 and listed it on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in October 2024 under ticker ZAB. In July 2026 Alimentation Couche-Tard agreed to acquire it through a voluntary tender offer.
Zabka Polska is publicly traded
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Founded
1998
Employees
10,000+
Couche-Tard extended subscriptions in its PLN 32/share tender offer for Zabka Group from 25 Sep to 26 Oct 2026, pending regulatory approvals
Takeover still pending; Zabka remains WSE-listed until the offer settles
Announced planned CEO succession: Suchanski to become Chairperson, Blicharski to become CEO effective 2027-01-01
Telegraphed continuity transition, not a distress signal; current CEO unchanged until year-end
Tomasz Suchański
Group Chief Executive Officer, President of the Management Committee; Chairman of the Board of Directors (Executive Director)
Tomasz Blicharski
Group Chief Strategy & Development Officer (Group CEO designate, effective 2027-01-01, subject to shareholder approval)
Marta Wrochna-Łastowska
Group Chief Financial Officer
Jolanta Bańczerowska
Group Chief People Officer
Anna Grabowska
Managing Director, Żabka International
Wojciech Krok
Managing Director, Żabka Future
Adam Manikowski
Chief Executive Officer, Żabka Polska Business Unit
Zabka Group has traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange under ticker ZAB since 17 October 2024, following an all-secondary PLN 6.45bn offering by CVC Capital Partners and Partners Group at PLN 21.50 per share. On 31 July 2026 Alimentation Couche-Tard agreed to acquire the group through a voluntary tender offer by its subsidiary Circle K Polska at PLN 32.00 per share (equity value about PLN 32.62bn, ~US$8.6bn), backed by irrevocable undertakings over roughly 57% of the shares. Subscriptions opened on 27 August 2026 and in September were extended from 25 September to 26 October 2026; completion remains subject to merger-control, Romanian foreign-investment and EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation approvals and is expected by the end of 2026, with a squeeze-out and delisting intended if Couche-Tard reaches 95%.
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Zabka Polska is headquartered in Poznań, Poland.
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