Tomasz Suchanski

Tomasz Suchanski serves as President of Dino Polska, the company founded by Tomasz Biernacki that has become Poland's fastest-growing and most profitable food retailer. From a single store opened in 1999 in Krotoszyn, Dino has expanded to over 2,500 medium-format proximity supermarkets (averaging 400 sqm of selling space) across Poland, with a target of eventually reaching 4,000+ stores. Dino's unique competitive advantage is its vertically integrated fresh meat production through subsidiary Agro-Rydzyna. While competitors must source meat from external suppliers, Dino processes and distributes its own fresh meat daily from company-owned facilities — providing fresher product, better margins, and complete supply chain control. This "farm to shelf" capability is nearly impossible for competitors to replicate and drives Dino's industry-leading EBITDA margins (exceeding 10%). The company targets underserved locations — smaller towns, suburban areas, and villages where large-format competitors (Biedronka/Jerónimo Martins, Lidl, Kaufland) are less present or absent entirely. Dino builds standardized, freestanding stores with parking on owned land, creating a consistent customer experience and valuable real estate portfolio. Key stock drivers include new store opening pace, like-for-like sales growth, food inflation impact on ticket size, competitive intensity from Biedronka and Lidl, operating margin trajectory, Poland's macroeconomic conditions, and the remaining whitespace for store expansion.