Agrokor

Agrokor (Croatian pronunciation: [âɡrokoːr]) is the largest retail joint-stock company in Croatia. Originally founded in 1976 as a company producing flowers and flower seedlings, it greatly expanded their operations in the following decades by acquiring a number of large companies in Croatia and Southeast Europe. The Agrokor group had an annual sales revenue of EUR 4.6 billion in 2010. This made Agrokor the biggest company in Croatia in terms of sales revenue and placed it 18th in Deloitte's annual list of the 500 biggest Central European companies.

History

Founded as a private firm for the production of flowers and flower seedlings in 1976. By 1977, business was expanded by new programs: import and export of cereals, oil crops, fruit and vegetables begin to flourish, with a significant increase in turnover and profits. In 1989 the joint-stock company Agrokor was registered. The Agrokor Group was registered in 1977. In 2000, Agrokor opened the largest distribution center in Croatia the region. Logistics and distribution center in Dugopolje opened in 2010. The most modern winery in the region worth €20 million was opened at Belje in 2011. First biogas facility was opened in Grades in 2012.