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December 27, 2016

Lenta opens its first supermarket in Kaluga

St. Petersburg, Russia; 27 December, 2016 – Lenta, (LSE, MOEX: LNTA) one of the largest retail chains in Russia, is pleased to announce the opening of its first supermarket in Kaluga.

The new store is a Lenta large format supermarket located at 27A 65 Let Pobedy str., Kaluga. The store has a total area of 1,374 sq.m with 888 sq.m of selling space and is open from 8.00 am till 11 pm, seven days a week. A broad product assortment of 6,500 SKUs has been selected specifically for residents of Kaluga and includes Lenta’s private labels and federal product ranges alongside local produce. The store has 150 parking spaces and 8 cash registers. The property is owned by Lenta.

The opening in Kaluga is Lenta’s fifteenth supermarket opening in 2016 and brings the total number of Lenta stores to 189 hypermarkets in 77 cities across Russia and 47 supermarkets in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Central region.

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 189 hypermarkets in 77 cities across Russia and 47 supermarkets in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Central region with a total of approximately 1,138,609 sq.m of selling space. The average Lenta hypermarket store has selling space of approximately 5,800 sq.m. The average Lenta supermarket store has selling space of approximately 1,000 sq.m. The Company operates seven owned 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’.

A brief video summary on Lenta’s business and its Big Data initiative can be seen here.

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 
Òel:+7 (812) 336 39 97 
E-mail: a.kuznetsova@lenta.com

Citigate 
International Media: 
David Westover 
Òel: +44 207 282 2886 
E-mail: lentateam@citigatedr.co.uk

FTI Consulting 
Russian Media: 
Anton Karpov & Victoria Afonina 
Òel:+7 495 795 06 23 
E-mail: lenta@FTIconsulting.com

1 FTE (full-time equivalent). Average FTE for 1H 2016 was 33,758 employees

 

 

 

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