After the acquisitions in Russia and Turkey failed, Agrokor is once again focusing on the region, with the idea of connecting the three retail chains has now also become more acceptable to the Slovenians, whose public opinion strongly disagrees with the sale of Mercator, and to the Serbian retail chain Delta (owned by Mišković) that took a strong hit due to the economic crisis.

It was not without reason that the ex President of the Board of Mercator and the current Mayor of Lubljana, Mr. Zoran Janković, commented at a meeting with Serbian entrepreneurs that there is a need to connect the large regional retail chains- Konzum, Mercator and Delta. The current President of the Board of Mercator, Mr. Žiga Debeljak, at the end of February 2009, also spoke positively about this idea.
(AmCham)