Kaczyński on the redemption of the Żabka shops. Comment from the sales network

Jaroslaw Kaczynski during the meeting in Puławy, he was asked whether Polska Grupa Grożwcza, set up a few months ago, will be able to purchase processing plants from foreign capital that were once “bought for a few cents by Polish entities”.

– If this group comes out and has resources, now, I’m sorry to say, it’s a good time for this – answered Jarosław Kaczyński.

– I am afraid that Polska Grupa (Spożywcza – red) does not have more funds. I hope this situation ends soon. They are not generally beneficial to Poland, he added.

– I cannot say everything in one speech, but among our tasks, which we have stated, were the following: reflecting the most strategic parts of our economy at the hands of external capital. We have succeeded to a great extent – assessed Kaczyński.

– And this is still going on, even if at the moment it is probably already decided that the electricity grids of the railway lines are a big business, they also have a large electricity transmission network that will be bought back in a very short time. Just from one of the American funds. And the same fund owns Żabka. You know what Żabka is. These stores can also be bought back – said Jarosław Kaczyński. “We are going in this direction,” he said.

We asked both CVC and Żabka to comment on the president’s words PiS.

“The reported statement does not refer to any specific process with our participation, so we have no reason to comment on it,” Żabka’s press office wrote.

Żabka is a trading network operating in Poland, with over 8,000 people, according to the information provided on the website. stores. Until 2017, the owner of Żabka is the fund CVC Capital Partners, which bought it from another fund – Mid Europe partner.

CVC Capital Partners has also owned PKP Energetyka since 2015.