Maxima Grupė UAB is a Lithuanian group of retail chain companies operating in Lithuania , Latvia , Estonia , Poland and Bulgaria . It is the largest Lithuanian capital company and the largest employer in the Baltic states . As of 2023, Maxima has 1599 stores in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Bulgaria. Each store offers between 3,000 and 65,000 brands, depending on the size of the store. The group employs around 40,000 people. Its main headquarters are in Vilnius , Lithuania.
7-659: Three stores with different names were opened in Vilnius in 1992. First Maxima store was opened in 1998. At the end of 2011, Maxima Group bought the Aldik supermarket chain in Poland with 24 stores. Between 2012 and 2020, Maxima also operated a division in Spain , under the names SuperSol (supermarkets) and Cash Diplo (Cash & Carry). It mainly operated in Madrid and Andalusia . It
14-484: A presence in the Madrid province (including Ávila , Guadalajara and Toledo in the metropolitan area) and Southern Spain (Andalusia, Extremadura , Ceuta and Melilla ). This Spanish arm also included Cash Diplo as a Cash & Carry division. Cash Diplo was subject to a corporate takeover in 2021. (Number of stores in brackets, as of March 2017) (Total number of stores in brackets) Aldik Aldik
21-480: Is a regional retail chain of grocery supermarkets located in the Lublin and Masovian Voivodeship . The headquarters of the supermarket is located in Lublin . The Aldik retail chain company holds and operates the regional Lublin bakery "7 zbóż". The retail chain was founded in 1991. During the first six years of the retail chain, the company opened up six new stores in the city of Lublin . In 1997,
28-574: The cause was related to the initial building procedure; and that it was caused by the current construction of the green roof. Maxima Group operated in Poland under the name of Aldik , to 2018, when these stores started changing to Stokrotka after Maxima Group became main shareholder of Poland's EMPERIA HOLDING S.A. which operates the Stokrotka name. The Spanish supermarket chain SuperSol was owned by Maxima between 2012 and 2020. The supermarket had
35-720: The company chose to expand outwards and to other towns in the Lublin Voivodeship , with new stores also having been opened in Rzeszów and Stalowa Wola . Due to the expansion of the company, Aldik opened its own logistics and distribution centre in Niedrzwica Duża . In 2012, the retail chain was acquired by Maxima Group , a joint-stock company , belonging to the Lithuanian capital group owner Nerijus Numavičius . The company operates 30 supermarket stores across
42-540: Was acquired in 2012 to the DinoSol group, and SuperSol was sold in 2020 to Carrefour , while Cash Diplo was subject to a corporate takeover in 2021. In 2019, "Aldik" and " Stokrotka " retail chains are merged and continue to operate under one name, "Stokrotka". Maxima LT is the largest part of Maxima Group. Maxima stores in Lithuania hold 30% of the total retail market. In 2011, GILD Bankers announced that Maxima Group
49-496: Was the most valuable company. Maxima LT employs 12,704 people (as of December 2023), and operates 246 stores. On 21 November 2013, the roof of a Maxima XX store in Riga collapsed , killing 54 people and seriously injuring many more. So far it is not known what caused the disaster, but the police are investigating three scenarios: that there was an error in architectural design and authorities overseeing planning had been negligent; that
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