X5 Group’s Pyaterochka launches first stores in Irkutsk Region

MOSCOW, Nov 12 (PRIME) -- Pyaterochka, the convenience store chain of Russia’s X5 Retail Group, has opened its first eight stores in the Irkutsk Region, which became the 67th region of its presence, the company said in a statement on Friday.

“Today, eight Pyaterochka stores were opened simultaneously in the Irkutsk Region, with three located in the region’s capital, two stores in Usolye-Sibirskoye and Angarsk each, and one in Shelekhovo. The combined sales area of the new stores amounts to 2,731 square meters,” the company said.

Until the end of the year, the company plans to open nine more stores in the region.

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