X5 Retail Group buys 13 O'Key supermarkets in St. Petersburg. They plan to open Perekrestok in their place.
X5 Retail Group has agreed to purchase O'Key supermarkets. The deal has already been approved by the Federal Antimonopoly Service. According to the statement published by the group of companies, a total of 32 stores are included in the deal. 18 of them are located in St. Petersburg, four in Moscow, two in Volgograd, one each in the Moscow and Leningrad regions, Astrakhan, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Krasnodar and Novocherkassk. 14 of the stores listed are O'Key supermarkets (13 are located in St.