With this opening, Lenta expands its network in the Central region to 20 hypermarkets in 14 cities
St. Petersburg, Russia; 27 October, 2016– Lenta, (LSE, MOEX: LNTA) one of the largest retail chains in Russia, is pleased to announce the opening of its first hypermarket in Kursk. The new store is a Lenta standard format hypermarket located at 115D Engelsa str., Kursk. The store has a total area of 11,400 sq.m with 7,210 sq.m of selling space and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A broad product assortment of 26,000 SKUs has been selected specifically for residents of Kursk and includes Lenta’s private labels and federal product ranges alongside local produce. The store has 510 parking spaces and 40 cash registers. The property is owned by Lenta. The opening in Kursk is Lenta’s eighteenth hypermarket opening in 2016 and brings the total number of Lenta stores to 157 hypermarkets in 73 cities across Russia and 42 supermarkets in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
About Lenta Lenta is the largest hypermarket chain in Russia (in terms of selling space) and the country’s fifth largest retail chain (in terms of 2015 sales). The Company was founded in 1993 in St. Petersburg. Lenta operates 156 hypermarkets in 72 cities across Russia and 42 supermarkets in Moscow and St. Petersburg, with a total of approximately 968,595 sq.m of selling space. The average Lenta hypermarket store has selling space of approximately 6,000 sq.m. The average Lenta supermarket store has selling space of approximately 1,000 sq.m. The Company operates six owned hypermarket distribution centres.
The Company’s price-led hypermarket formats are differentiated in terms of their promotion and pricing strategies as well as their local product assortment. The Company employed approximately 34,134 people as of 30 June 20161.
The Company’s management team combines a mix of local knowledge and international expertise coupled with extensive operational experience in Russia. Lenta’s largest shareholders include TPG Capital and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, both of which are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance. Lenta is listed on the London Stock Exchange and on the Moscow Exchange and trades under the ticker: ‘LNTA’.
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For further information please visit www.lentainvestor.com, or contact:
Lenta Anna Meleshina, Public Relations & Government Affairs Director Tel: +7 812 363 28 53 E-mail: anna.meleshina@lenta.com
Anastasia Kuznetsova, Corporate Communications Manager Ňel:+7 (812) 336 39 97 E-mail: a.kuznetsova@lenta.com
Citigate International Media: David Westover and Marina Zakharova Ňel: +44 207 282 2886 E-mail: lentateam@citigatedr.co.uk
FTI Consulting Russian Media: Anton Karpov & Victoria Afonina Ňel:+7 495 795 06 23 E-mail: lenta@FTIconsulting.com
1FTE (full-time equivalent). Average FTE for 1H 2016 was 33,758 employees
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