Maxima Grupė, UAB

Three stores with different names were opened in Vilnius in 1992. First Maxima store was opened in 1998.

In 2000, the retail chain entered the Latvian and Estonian markets.

In 2007, the holding company MAXIMA GRUPĖ, UAB was established.

At the end of 2011, Maxima Group bought the Aldik supermarket chain in Poland with 24 stores.

Between 2012 and 2020, Maxima also operated a division in Spain, under the names SuperSol (supermarkets) and Cash Diplo (Cash & Carry). It mainly operated in Madrid and Andalusia. It was acquired in 2012 to the DinoSol group, and SuperSol was sold in 2020 to Carrefour, while Cash Diplo was subject to a corporate takeover in 2021.

On November 21, 2013, a collapse happened at a Maxima XX supermarket in Riga, which led to the Zolitude tragedy. 54 people lost their lives and dozens more were injured.

In 2017, the MAXIMA GRUPĖ acquired RADAS, the company managing the online grocery store "Barbora".

In 2018, MAXIMA GRUPĖ acquired "Emperia Holding", the company managing the "Stokrotka" retail chain in Poland, for EUR 276 million.

Scandals

On 21 November 2013, the roof of a Maxima supermarket in the Zolitūde neighbourhood of Riga, Latvia, collapsed during peak shopping hours, causing one of the deadliest disasters in the country’s modern history. The collapse resulted in the deaths of 54 people, including three rescue workers, and injured at least 41 others. The building, which had opened only a year earlier, was undergoing construction work on a planned rooftop garden at the time of the incident. Subsequent investigations identified serious design and construction deficiencies as contributing factors. In later legal proceedings, several individuals involved in the building’s design and construction were tried, though no representatives of the Maxima retail company were ultimately held criminally liable, a result that drew public criticism and debate.