Monetka chain has launched mini-stores of its own brands at distribution centers in Beryozovskiy and Perm. The 4-square-meter store offers 130 items of everyday goods, from canned food and cereals to household chemicals. In the future, Monetka plans to expand this format and open a similar mini-store at a distribution center in Nefteyugansk.

Monetka chain has started developing the ready-to-eat packaged food segment. Products under the own brand Kity eda appeared on the shelves of 2,200 stores of the chain. Brand's portfolio includes 105 items of ready-to-eat food, such as salads, breakfasts, main dishes, soups, and various sandwich options.

Lenta chain has opened four hypermarkets in Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Ufa, and Krasnogorsk in the Moscow region. All of them are located on the site of O'Key hypermarkets. In order to increase operational efficiency, the Hyper Lenta chain has optimized the total sales area of the four stores from 30,663 sq. m to 20,045 sq. m during the reconstruction pro...

Lenta has acquired RFB-Retail LLC, the operator of the O'Key hypermarket chain. Transaction is structured without a monetary component: as payment, Lenta assumes the debt obligations of the acquired company. Deal includes 75 hypermarkets with a total sales area of 478,000 sq. m and 4 leased distribution centers with a total area of 107,000 sq. m. According t...