Canada's Couche-Tard to buy top Polish convenience store chain

$8.7bn deal follows 7-Eleven owner Seven & i canceling anticipated investment

Zabka is Poland's top convenience store chain, with around 10,000 locations nationwide. (Zabka)

TOKYO -- Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard on Friday announced a plan to buy Zabka Group, Poland's largest convenience store chain, for 32.6 billion zloty ($8.7 billion), expanding its presence in Eastern Europe after Japan's Seven & i Holdings dropped a planned investment.

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