GUARDA “LAST NIGHT”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjgjhg giugi gig uigiglui ugiug giu guug ug ug ugu u u u u u guugu oi o iyio o i oi iy iiyiThe two foreign retailers with the highest sales on the Russian market are METRO GROUP and Auchan. Rewe and Tengelmann from Germany are also active here. France’s Carrefour plans to open its first two supermarkets in Moscow and Krasnodar in the last quarter of 2008. Domestic retailers such as market leader X5 Retail Group (Pyaterochka and Perekriostok) are also expanding. The company runs more than 860 outlets in Russia – mainly supermarkets – as well as around 866 franchise stores, mostly in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Over the next few years, X5 plans to expand its network especially in the provinces. [pic]

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As a corporate citizen, METRO GROUP makes a strong commitment to its own employees and to the communities served by the company. The METRO GROUP sales brands have initiated a series of aid programs for Russian people, with a particular focus on children, the elderly and the disabled. Examples of such projects are numerous. In 2007, Metro Cash & Carry supplied over 20 orphanages and other social institutions with food, clothing, shoes, toys and office equipment. Real and Media Markt are also actively involved in helping the needy in Russia. In cooperation with Procter & Gamble, Real hypermarkets launched a project in spring 2008 whose earnings will benefit a Russian orphanage.
The only companies who can survive in the international food trade will be those who use the knowledge of international experts and secure the high quality of their products. To this end, METRO Cash & Carry Russia and Moscow city government have entered into an extensive cooperation, with the objective of improving ecological meat production in Russia and coordinating sales.
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