OREANDA-NEWS.  On 14 July 2008 was announced, that June became a true record-breaking month not only for development of company "Lenta", but also for the whole Russian retail. Within five days five modern hypermarkets in five regions of the country were opened for buyers – in Saint-Petersburg, Ryazan, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk and Naberezhnie Chelny. Rapid progress in development of the company strengthens the leading positions of "Lenta" among retail companies not only by quantity of operating hypermarkets, but also by rates of business expansion and development of new markets. Today the distribution network "Lenta" includes 31 hypermarket. Total investments into construction of four hypermarkets and reconstruction of hypermarket in the city on Neva amounted to 2,8 billion ruble.

On June, 27, took place opening of the new hypermarket "Lenta" in Ryazan.

On June, 28, passed ceremonious opening of hypermarket in Krasnodar.

On June, 29, the 30th hypermarket in Novosibirsk opened its doors.

On June, 30, the store in Naberezhnie Chelny received its first buyers.

The total area of the "new" opened hypermarkets is about 57 thousand sq. m. The range presented in each of the stores - about 16 thousand items.

At the same time the process of reconstruction of hypermarkets built in Saint-Petersburg among the first ones continues.

On June 30, the complex at 112, Savushkina street was completely opened for buyers after the reconstruction. Here the area of sales floor was increased from 3,6 thousand sq. m to 4,6 thousand sq. m, and investments were about 200 million ruble.

According to the General Director of "Lenta" Alexey Bobrov, the results of June are record-breaking for the domestic retail market indicators. "Such results as opening of five hypermarkets within five days have never been shown by any distribution network operating in Russia. It is not simply a matter of stores; we are talking about huge hypermarkets with modern equipment, qualified personnel, wide range of goods, with exact logistics and high-quality interaction with suppliers". High rates of development of the network have been reached due to efficient management system, application of modern management technologies and vast experience of top-managers of average and executive level.

The company "Lenta" does not intend to stop at what has been accomplished. Active development of the company continues: on June 27, 2008, in Omsk took place laying of the foundation of yet another "Lenta" hypermarket. Its opening is expected already in the first quarter of 2009.

According to regional strategy of development of the company by the end of 2009 "Lenta" network will have about fifty hypermarkets in total.