Canada's Couche-Tard to buy top Polish convenience store chain

Business deals$8.7bn deal follows 7-Eleven owner Seven & i canceling anticipated investmentZabka is Poland's top convenience store chain, with around 10,000 locations nationwide. (Zabka)Nikkei staff writersAugust 1, 2026 00:40 JSTTOKYO -- Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard on Friday announced a plan to buy Zabka Group, Poland's largest convenience store chain, for 32.6 billion zloty ($8.7 billion), expanding its presence in Eastern Europe after Japan's Seven & i Holdings dropped a planned investment.