Mercator (supermarket)

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Mercator is a chain of supermarkets and grocery stores based in the Slovenian capital city of Ljubljana. The company was founded in 1949 under the name Živila Ljubljana, but four years later it was renamed and given its current name. Today, Mercator is the biggest Slovenian chain of supermarkets and groceries.

Until the end of the 1990s, the company operated only in Slovenia, but then it started to spread on other markets by opening new supermarkets in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. In 2002, Mercator also opened its first supermarket in Serbia. Its primary market remains the home market in Slovenia, where the company currently operates 17 supermarkets, but in early to mid-2000s they opened several new supermarkets in Croatia and the company currently operates 10 supermarkets in the country. There are also two Mercator's supermarkets in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as three in Serbia. Apart from operating large supermarkets, the company also operates a total of more than 1,000 small grocery stores in aforementioned countries. Their future plans are to spread on the markets outside the territories of former Yugoslavia and become one of the largest supermarket chains in Southeastern Europe.

Apart from selling products of renowed national and international companies, Mercator also operates its own brand of various food, drink and household products that are sold at discount prices in their supermarkets and groceries.

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