real,- will open first hypermarket in Ukraine on October 16, 2009 in Odessa.

The store will operate as an anchor tenant of the Riviera Shopping City center, located in Kominternovsky district of Odessa oblast.

The store will have 12,000 sqm area (including 8,500 sqm sales area) and will offer an assortment of up to 30,000 food and nonfood items. 75-80% of the hypermarket assortment will be sourced from local companies which will ensure freshness and low prices. Own production in the store (butchery and bakery) will provide dozens of ultra-fresh products every day.

“Ukrainian market is very important for our company and we are
happy that we reached this important milestone and will open the first store here.” - said Ulf Groth, Managing Director, real,-Ukraine.
“We secured right assortment and really affordable prices, trained our staff and ready to meet our first Ukrainian clients and to show our best”.

real,- Hypermarket Ukraine LLC (“real,- Ukraine”) is a subsidiary of real,- International Holding GmbH, which is part of the METRO Group. Sales in 2008 reached €11.6 billion. The company was formed in 1992 in Germany by a merger of several successful regional retail chains. Today the company operates 439 stores in 5 countries: Germany, Poland, Turkey, Russia and Romania.

METRO Group is one of the largest and most international retailing companies. In 2008 the Group reached sales of € 68 billion. The company has a headcount of some 300,000 employees and operates around 2,200 stores in 32 countries. The Group’s performance is based on the strength of its sales divisions which operate independently in their respective market segment: Metro/Makro Cash & Carry – the international leader in self-service wholesale, real,- hypermarkets, Media Markt and Saturn – European market leader in consumer electronics retailing, and Galeria Kaufhof department stores.

Contact person:
Anna Honcharyk,
8095 2789111
anna.honcharyk(at)real-hypermarket.ua
real,- hypermarket Ukraine
вул. Бориспільська 9, корп. 91
Київ -02099
Україна
тел: +38044 499 08 00
фaкс: +38044 499 08 09

real,- International GmbH
Reyerhütte 51
41065 Mönchengladbach
Germany
Phone +49 (0)2161 403-0
Fax +49 (0)2161 403-406
Internet: www.real.de

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