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Poland's Eurocash Q1 sales drop 7% amid economic slowdown, inflation pressures
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 15, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 15, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Eurocash's Q1 2025 sales fell 7.6% due to economic challenges. Despite losses, the company plans to invest in modernization and growth.
GDANSK (Reuters) -Polish supermarket chain Eurocash reported on Thursday a 7.6% year-on-year decline in consolidated sales to 6.87 billion zlotys ($1.82 billion) in the first quarter of 2025, attributing the drop to the country's economic slowdown, reduced consumer purchasing power, and rising operational costs.
WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
Eurocash is Poland's third-largest supermarket chain. As of May, the group had a market capitalisation of 1.58 billion zlotys, while its main competitors Zabka and Dino Polska were valued at 22.01 billion zlotys and 54.0 billion zlotys, respectively.
BY THE NUMBERS
Eurocash's consolidated earnings before taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in the first quarter fell 11% to 121.1 million zlotys, while its gross profit margin increased by 0.6 percentage points to 13.7%.
The Group posted a net loss of 85.5 million zlotys.
CONTEXT
In February, Eurocash said it would invest 40 million zlotys in its ABC, Groszek and Euro Sklep shop networks, aiming to modernize 4,000 shops by the end of 2025.
Eurocash plans to continue investing in the Duzy Ben and Frisco concepts despite potential short-term negative impacts, aiming to ensure long-term growth and gradually achieve profitability.
($1 = 3.8259 zlotys)
(Reporting by Marta Maciag; Editing by Sonali Paul)
Eurocash reported a 7.6% year-on-year decline in consolidated sales to 6.87 billion zlotys in the first quarter of 2025.
Eurocash's consolidated EBITDA in the first quarter fell by 11% to 121.1 million zlotys.
The Group posted a net loss of 85.5 million zlotys in the first quarter.
Eurocash plans to invest 40 million zlotys to modernize 4,000 shops in its ABC, Groszek, and Euro Sklep networks by the end of 2025.
As of May 2025, Eurocash had a market capitalisation of 1.58 billion zlotys.
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