Company history
The retail chain Studenac has been operating as a company since 1991. In the late 1990s, it expanded its business by opening a wholesale warehouse in Duće as well as several retail stores in Omiš. As a result of its growth, the company eventually turned into a retail chain.
The success of the today’s Studenac – a neighborhood retail store that consistently follows the global trends with its customer benefits, was fundamentally influenced by the year 2018. Precisely then began the improvement and significant transformation of the entire business, accompanied by the successful acquisitions and organic growth. By acquiring the retail chain Istarski supermarketi and Sonik from Zadar in 2019, this chain strengthened its market position and expanded to the entire Adriatic coast. Its status on the Adriatic coast was additionally strengthened in 2021 by taking over the Biograd retail chain Bure Trgovina d.o.o., with an important business step forward taken by opening the first stores in Zagreb. In 2022, Studenac takes over Pemo, Kordun, Duravit and the Lonia chain. Furthermore, company has announced in May 2023 the acquisition of chain Strahinjčica.
Studenac currently has more than 5900 employees, and with more than 1100 stores, it is now the main retail chain on the Adriatic coast, as well as one of top national chains, with the largest sales network in Croatia.
Why choose Studenac?
Studenac is constantly working on introducing new and improving existing activities and offer in order to better position itself as priority choice in every neighborhood in which it is present, as well as one that reliably and quickly responds to the needs of its customers when they need “both small and essential” things. From daily necessities to special TO GO offer, we enrich our range and strive to preserve local spirit, both with our products and a friendly approach in order to provide our customers with a pleasant and wholesome shopping experience.
