French Auchan opened a hypermarket in St. Petersburg, sixth, having invested 450 million rubles

French company Auchan opened a hypermarket in St. Petersburg, sixth, putting him at 450 million rubles, told the director of hypermarkets in St. Petersburg Pier Dievar.

The area of the store is 8.7 thousand square meters. Number of employees - 250 people. Store will offer more than 40,000 SKUs, with the main emphasis will be placed on the goods of local producers.

As noted by Pierre Dievar, the new store being built in the project development Auchan-Russia until 2015. The company is currently looking for new sites for construction in the northern capital, but in the future, the city will not open any store.

The company Auchan operates in Russia since 2002. Currently open 44 hypermarkets Auchan: 22 in Moscow, six - in St. Petersburg, two - in Rostov-on-Don, two in Ekaterinbudke, two in Novosibirsk, one in Adygeya, Samara, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk. Podolsk, Orekhovo-Zuevo and Voronezh. In addition, two hypermarket format "Rainbow" opened in Kaluga and Penza.

Trade group Auchan established in 1961 by Gerard Myule. Consists of more than 1,2 thousand stores in 13 countries worldwide.

Topic: "Rainbow"