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- Dino Polska S.A. (DNP.WA) operates a nationwide network of mid-sized grocery supermarkets under the Dino brand in Poland, focusing on proximity retailing with stores located near customers' residences and workplaces. The company offers approximately 5,000 products, primarily fresh foods including meat, poultry, cold cuts, fruits, vegetables, bread, and dairy; grocery items such as children's food, breakfast products, ready-to-eat meals, beverages, candies, snacks, frozen goods, processed foods, oils, grains, bulk products, condiments, alcohol, and cigarettes; and non-grocery products like flowers, cleaning agents, sanitary articles, pet food, seasonal goods, and small household appliances, with a distinctive full-service meat counter supplied by its owned Agro-Rydzyna meat-processing plant; additional activities encompass real estate rental and operation, property purchase and sale, automotive fuel retail, refined petroleum product manufacturing and processing, warehousing, storage, and financial services. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Krotoszyn, Poland, Dino Polska employs approximately 49,887 people and serves the Polish food retail market through over 2,800 stores as of mid-2025, with a total net sales area exceeding 1.1 million square meters. In recent developments, the company has accelerated store network expansion, adding stores at a faster pace to reach 2,835 locations by the end of the first half of 2025, reflecting a 13.5% year-over-year increase in sales area and robust growth in key metrics including EBITDA; it acquired a 72.22% equity stake in eZebra, an internet drugstore, in 2024 to diversify into e-commerce; and continues strategic investments in logistics via owned distribution centers while maintaining strong operating cash flow to support ongoing proximity-focused growth.