Japan’s Seven & i drops Zabka investment talks

Japanese retail radical Seven & one Holdings has stopped discussions connected a imaginable concern successful Zabka Group, Poland's largest convenience store operator.

In a statement, Seven & one said discussions had been underway regarding the concern successful Zabka.

The connection nether information progressive taking a involvement moving into respective tens of a percent, successful a transaction that could person reached respective 100 cardinal yen.

Explaining the determination to measurement back, Seven & one said it was incapable to scope statement with the seller connected presumption it considered to beryllium successful the champion interests of its shareholders and different stakeholders.

Founded successful 1998, Zabka runs 10,000 franchised stores crossed Poland, with a peculiar accent connected food, including java and blistery snacks.

The concern trades connected the Warsaw Stock Exchange and posted gross of 27.15bn zlotys ($7.16bn) for the 12 months to December 2025.

Had it gone ahead, the concern would person marked a foothold for Seven & one successful Eastern Europe, forming portion of a broader propulsion to turn its convenience store concern internationally.

The radical has acceptable a people of expanding its full store network, spanning Japan and different markets, from 87,000 outlets to 100,000 by 2030.

On its wider ambitions, Seven & one said it "remains focused connected the continued and disciplined execution of its planetary strategical plan".

The company's European operations are presently concentrated successful the Nordic region, with astir 360 stores crossed countries, including Denmark and Norway.

Its broader planetary footprint remains concentrated successful Japan and North America.

Despite the collapsed Zabka talks, Seven & one indicated it has not ruled retired further moves successful the region: "Europe remains an charismatic maturation accidental for the company. Seven & one volition proceed to measure opportunities successful the portion that are accordant with its strategy and person the imaginable to make sustainable semipermanent value."

The radical reiterated that it remains focused connected the disciplined execution of its planetary strategical plan, "Transformation of 7-Eleven".

In a abstracted development, Seven & one Holdings has named Mauricio Leyva arsenic CEO of 7-Eleven (SEI), its North American convenience store arm, with the assignment taking effect from 1 August 2026.

Commenting connected his appointment, Leyva said: "I person agelong admired the 7-Eleven brand, and I americium honoured to pb SEI astatine specified an important infinitesimal successful its history. I look guardant to moving intimately with our franchise owners, our associates, and the enactment squad crossed Seven & one to unlock SEI's afloat potential."

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