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by kkusz 199 days ago
Yes, however this approach is what killing Żabka franchisees in similar way as Subways in the US. If one store is profitable enough to stay alive, another one emerges in a very close proximity, resulting in both stores cannibalizing each other profits and the risk regarding losses is being put entirely on small franchisees rather than the big company.
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That makes sense. Zooming into Warsaw (or most other cities) on the Żabka map, it's unbelievable how many there are:

https://www.zabka.pl/znajdz-sklep/