sedmoi kontinent
sedmoi kontinent currently operates 88 stores in russia and plans to open two more in 2006 .
gruzdev attending a meeting in september. he and zanadvorov founded grocery chain sedmoi kontinent in 1994 .
russian retail chains sedmoi kontinent, kopeika and samokhval have stopped selling estonian goods, the companies' press services told interfax .
sedmoi kontinent, which will retain all rights to the chain' s trademarks, will be sold for a symbolic sum. all real estate belonging to sedmoi kontinent will be spun off into separate companies that will remain in zanadvorov' s hands, and it is here that the money will be made .
sedmoi kontinent reported revenues of just under 63 billion rubles ($ 2 billion) and net profit of more than 3 billion rubles in 2012 under russian accounting standards .
a source close to the foundation confirmed that once the deal, which is valued at $ 400 million, is complete, zanadvorov will control about 96 percent of sedmoi kontinent .
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alexander zanadvorov, the owner of upper tier supermarket chain sedmoi kontinent, is preparing to sell the chain' s managing company along with the rights to rent 130 of its 160 stores for a 15 - year period .
state duma deputy vladimir gruzdev' s family foundation will sell its share of food retailer sedmoi kontinent to entrepreneur alexander zanadvorov, booking a profit on the investment and freeing up funds to build affordable housing in the moscow region .
gruzdev, who along with zanadvorov founded sedmoi kontinent in 1994, already left the retailer as a shareholder once. in 2007, zanadvorov agreed to buy out gruzdev' s share in their controlling stake for $ 1 billion .
sedmoi kontinent' s position in relation to the events in estonia is clear: we are against the removal of the soviet monument in tallinn and believe such actions are unacceptable ,
sedmoi kontinent said .
as a result of this, a decision was made to review the assortment of the chain. all estonian - produced goods will be taken out of the assortment of our stores in the next two days ,
the company said .
nor is the already depressed retail sector likely to thank mr putin. one of perekrestok' s main rivals, the sedmoi kontinent chain, went into technical default on tuesday after bondholders refused to restructure the company' s debt .
oleg lebedinets, a spokesman for vtb capital, could only confirm that the bank works with the retailer
in a broad range of areas .
a spokesman for sedmoi kontinent said they do not comment on the business of their shareholders .
to finance the transaction, he took a $ 560 million loan from deutsche bank. but the crisis came in fall 2008, and zanadvorov, trying to avoid a margin call on the loan, actively traded sedmoi kontinent shares on the open market .
the sedmoi kontinent brand name will most likely be dropped by x5, vtb' s ivan kushch said, as the larger group already has its own multiple brand names, and the integration of a new one will only create difficulties for the company .
passport magazine october 2006 text and photos by charles w. borden two months have passed since russia’s wine crisis began, and supermarket sedmoi kontinent still has only a handful of wines. the bureaucrats have crippled russia’s wine industry and it is difficult to ...
gruzdev' s foundation began providing funds for zanadvorov to buy up sedmoi shares from the market to support their price, which zanadvorov later began transferring to the foundation. by the end of 2008, the foundation had received 10 percent and by may 2010 about 19 percent, a source at the foundation said earlier. the remaining shares were purchased on the market, said an employee of sedmoi kontinent .
vedomosti learned about the plans from a source close to the foundation and an acquaintance of zanadvorov. foundation manager natalya chernyak confirmed that in the beginning of october they signed a contract to sell their 21. 3 percent stake in sedmoi kontinent to zanadvorov' s company bashnya 2000 .
since early october, the volume of trading of sedmoi kontinent shares has increased several times over. in the first 11 days of october, ibragimov said, micex traded 1. 2 percent of the total number of shares of the company, or a third of its free float .
the deal has allowed sedmoi kontinent to acquire 12 altyn stores in total with an overall floor space of 29, 500 square meters. the company also plans to open two new shopping malls called' nash gipermarket' (our hypermarket), which by 2007 will have a floor space of 40, 000 square meters each .
the company expects to increase its share of the region' s retail market to between 35% and 40% approximately. sedmoi kontinent' s sales revenue in the russian western - most exclave region was expected to amount to almost $ 80 million to $ 100 million (us) this year, while altyn stores sales revenue was expected to amount to nearly $ 65 million .
the market value of the 21. 3 percent package is $ 156 million, based on the share price of $ 9. 79 on oct. 11. since early october, sedmoi kontinent shares have increased in value by almost 24 percent, said marat ibragimov, a senior analyst at otkritie. but the company' s market capitalization is still $ 720 million, meaning that a $ 400 million valuation for the stake is too high .
the foundation will not disclose how much it spent buying up sedmoi shares, but based on market prices over the period the stake could have cost 2. 4 billion rubles to 10 billion rubles ($ 80 million to $ 332 million) .
sedmoi kontinent occupies the middle of the range – it’s got an okay range of products, but it seems to be sliding more towards the domestic range of foodstuffs, which may be a deliberate reaction to current economic conditions, or may just be that thing that happens in russia where everything goes downhill after the “khoziyan” or master stops dealing with the day - to - day running of the shop. the flagship shop on smolenskaya is well stocked, the produce is fresh, and the range of fresh meat is impressive than some of their smaller retail locations. i find the staff very surly. i give it a c + .
the market rate for renting 1 square meter of retail space could be from $ 350 to $ 600 per year, said svetlana yarovaya of jones lang lasalle. multiplied by the 450 thousand square meters owned by sedmoi continent, this suggests yearly revenues of from $ 157 million to $ 270 million per year, and between $ 2. 4 billion and $ 4. 05 billion over the 15 - year period of the agreement .
until recently many food shops, department stores and state - run souvenir (berezhka) shops used the kassa system of payment. this involved visiting several cashier’s desks and could be confusing for the uninitiated. nowadays, the kassa system is pretty rare in moscow and there are hundreds of western - type shops of all sizes. throughout the city there are several chain stores, for example, sedmoi kontinent, kopeika, perekrestok and ramstor. the latter offers a huge range of products from food to clothes. there are also a few hypermarkets. the only legal currency in russia is the rouble and most shops will not accept other currencies. vendors at the tourist markets may quote prices in us dollars. however, this will not guarantee a discount and visitors should bear in mind that it is illegal. now that the rampant inflation of the early 1990s is under control there should rarely be pressure to pay in hard currency. western - style supermarkets and shops, as well as some up - market russian boutiques, accept the main credit cards. some shops still display prices in us dollars or, very occasionally, in units that have a fixed rate of exchange with roubles. if so the price will be converted into roubles, at a higher than average exchange rate, before payment is made. paying by credit card avoids this as credit card slips are nearly always made out in us dollars. prices for most goods include 15% vat. only staples such as locally produced milk and bread are exempt. there are a few duty - free shops in the centre of moscow and at sheremetevo 2 airport .
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that means he could even become the sole owner of the chain. by raising his holding above 95 percent, zanadvorov would be obligated to make a buyout proposal to the minority shareholders, said andrei lebedev, head of law firm krikunov & partners .
zanadvorov plans to get credit from vtb to complete the deal with the gruzdev foundation, a source said .
renaissance capital analyst natalya zagvozdina said $ 10. 30 per share is a fair price, which would value the entire company at $ 772. 5 million .
this is the price at which a minority shareholder could sell their securities on the open market ,
she said .
the remaining assets of the foundation include retailer fashion continent and 1, 000 hectares of land along kaluzhskoye shosse, a source close to the foundation said. the plots, 7 to 10 kilometers from the moscow ring road, were purchased from senator vadim moshkovich' s company masshtab .
a source told vedomosti that the foundation plans to take the proceeds from the sale and invest in a new project called garden city — construction of 3 million square meters of housing .
gruzdev declined to comment on the deal with zanadvorov but confirmed to vedomosti his intention to invest in the development project .
i believe in the country and believe that we need to build housing that is not only cheap, but also beautiful. therefore, the working title of our project is garden city .
zanadvorov could not be reached for comment .
samvel karapetyan' s tashir group will be a partner on individual parts of the project, a source close to the foundation said. a tashir spokeswoman confirmed the group' s participation, saying the foundation would supply the land and tashir would provide investment and construction capacity .
such a project might require investment based on a sale price of $ 1, 000 per square meter, said artyom tsogoyev, a partner at the moscow central real estate exchange. demand for affordable housing both in moscow and in the region remains at a high enough level, said tatyana palchikova, deputy director of trust 1991 .
gruzdev declared income for 2009 of 936. 7 million rubles, and his wife' s at 692. 5 million rubles. gruzdev told vedomosti that his family income derived from the sale of stocks and bonds and interest on deposits in russian banks. he is the second wealthiest member of parliament .
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nash gipermarket, located in a residential area of moscow, targets low and middle income consumers. initially this type of store offered around 40, 000 food and non food product lines, however the range has been reduced in newer stores to 25, 000 - 35, 000 items. around 50% of the sales area caters for non - foods (books, cds, electronics, clothing and household goods). the store includes a comprehensive fruit and vegetable department, a rotisserie and a bank offering financial services. the banner is still in its experimental phase and may be modified in the future .
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jsc «the seventh continent» was founded in 1994 and is an international retail chain and one of the leaders in the russian retail market. the stores of the chain offer their customers a wide range of goods and services of high quality, with a flexible price policy, always meeting the demands of the market and being high - tech retail sites. seventh continent is one of the first russian multi - format retail chains. operations in several formats allows us not only to continuously expand the scope of our activities, but also to improve the competitiveness of our stores, while broadening the range of our loyal customers, who have a variety of shopping preferences and income levels. stores of the company :
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( interfax news agency via thomson dialog newsedge) kaliningrad. april 28 (interfax) - russia' s economic development and trade minister german gref said he is certain economic relations between russia and estonia are headed for the worse .
undeniably, the worsening of political relations [ because of the dismantlement of a monument to soviet soldiers in tallinn ] and, consequently, economic relations between russia and estonia is obvious ,
gref said at a news briefing in kaliningrad on friday .
gref declined to say whether russia would impose economic sanctions or trade restrictions on estonia .
i am not in a position now to say in what form this might affect [ relations ]. but such things cannot pass without leaving traces ,
he said .
the situation surrounding the monument
looks not civilized enough ,
gref said .
history will put everything in its due place and will assign a place to the initiators of such campaigns as well ,
he said. leading russian retail chains stop selling estonian goods
group ofcompanies has decided to stop the purchase and sale of any goods from estonia and fully supports the federation council' s proposal to cut off diplomatic relations with estonia because of the desecration of the soviet monument .
kopeika - moscow said it sent a letter to yevgeny klevakin, the moscow region' s first deputy consumer market minister. the letter says that kopeika only sells one estonian - produced product at its stores - altet cheese .
due to the current political situation resulting from the removal of the soviet monument, kopeika - moscow expresses its indignation and will unilaterally stop selling and buying goods produced on the territory of estonia starting tomorrow ,
the letter says .
the magnit and dixy retail chains told interfax that they do not sell any estonian - produced goods. meat producers urge russian business to sever ties with estonian firms
he national meat association, which unites russia' s leading meat importers, has urged the russian business community to suspend contacts with estonian firms to protest the dismantling of the liberator soldier monument .
on behalf of the national meat association, and our friends and colleagues, we express our profound indignation at this barbaric act ,
the organization said in a statement .
the association also urged all companies to respond to the estonian leadership' s anti - russian moves by severing all business contacts with estonian firms and suspending estonian imports .
the organization' s chief executive sergei yushin told interfax there are companies among its members which deal with estonia firms .
they have also backed the statement and are deciding what to do next ,
he said .
yushin said that supplies of livestock for slaughter - the main item of meat imports from estonia - amounted to 6, 500 tonnes last year .
it is a serious figure for estonia ,
he said. rospotrebnadzor checking on quality of imports from estonia - onishchenko
gennady onishchenko, the head of russia' s consumer rights watchdog rospotrebnadzor and chief sanitary official, said careful checks were being conducted into estonia' s exports to russia .
we' ve been examining the structure of imports from estonia carefully for the past two weeks to find out whether they comply with safety and quality standards ,
onishchenko told interfax on friday evening .
vladimir putin, the russian prime minister, has burnished his populist credentials by storming into a moscow supermarket and ordering staff to cut the price of their sausages .
in keeping with a new strategy of deflecting blame for the country' s economic woes onto the standard - bearers of russian capitalism, mr putin excoriated supermarket executives for their greed as ordinary shoppers looked on in bewilderment .
the prime minister abruptly interrupted a meeting with senior retailers at the moscow white house, the seat of the russian government, to drag them on an impromptu visit to a nearby branch of the perekrestok supermarket chain .
striding angrily through the aisles with a retinue of glum executives in tow, mr putin came to a halt in the supermarket' s cold meat section and gesticulated towards a packet of sausages priced at just under £5 .
rounding on yuri kobaladze, the chain' s head of corporate relations, mr putin demanded :
why do your sausages cost 240 roubles? is that normal ?
but these are high quality sausages ,
mr kobaladze replied, looking crestfallen .
with a look of relief crossing his face, the executive spotted some cheaper sausages .
but the prime minister was not to be deterred .
too expensive ,
he muttered, before conjuring up a price list from his pocket .
i can show you your mark up. look at this kind of sausage. you' ve marked it up by 52 per cent .
the exchange was a classic example of the political theatre in which mr putin excels. it came just two days after an opinion poll revealed that the principal concern of 75 per cent of russians was high food prices .
with a host of cameramen and photographers there to capture the scene, the stunt was likely to ensure mr putin' s reputation as a man of action, and thereby absolve him from carrying any blame for the worst economic crisis in russia for over a decade .
having primed his victim, mr putin moved in for the kill. consulting his crib sheet, he pointed towards a packet of pork fillets .
this is double the (cost) price ,
he said to mr kobaladze .
is this normal ?
is 120 per cent a high mark up ?
mr kobaladze responded timidly .
mr putin' s visit came three weeks after his ritual humiliation of oleg deripaska, the kremlin' s most faithful oligarch .
the prime minister upbraided the tycoon and then forced him to sign an agreement promising to pay £830, 000 in outstanding wages at a factory in the industrial town of pikalyovo, which had seen the worst unrest since the economic crisis began .
with the kremlin fearful that the recession could turn russians against mr putin, the prime minister' s actions in pikalyovo helped to demonstrate his concern over growing unemployment and salary arrears. similarly, his supermarket visit will show that the prime minister is trying to fight inflation, which has soared to 14 per cent .
such gestures, while popular, are unlikely to reverse the slump, analysts say. the world bank this week predicted that over six million russians will fall into poverty this year as the economy shrinks by eight per cent .
this russian wine country website focuses the area of russia that has been the primary focus of western winemakers since the end of the ussr due to the potential of its terroirs. it is the area that stretches alonmg the black sea coast from just south of gelendzhik to the taman peninsula along the south coast of the azov sea. the first modern winery of the region, chateau le grand vostock, was developed in 2003 by french wine professionals and builders with all french equipment. since then, about 20 modern wineries have opened. most have been “green - field” but a few soviet era wineries have successfully transformed to modern operations. in addition, there are 15 or so “garagistes” that are producing respectable wines, and certainly many of them will transform into larger operations in the coming years. russian wineries grow many white and red wines french varietal grapes such as cabernet sauvignon, merlot, chardonnay, aligote, muscat and sauvignon blanc, and indigenous georgian and russian varieties such as rkatsiteli, krasnostop, and saperavi. this website only features wineries that produce wines from russian grapes, either from their own vineyards or purchased from neighboring vineyards. even with this restriction, we are aware that some of the wineries listed also produce wines from imported “wine material” or concentrate. to the degree possible, we try to limit our information to authentic russian wines produced from grapes grown in russia .
georgia is considered to be the source of the world’s first domesticated grape vines. wine was produced in greek settlements along russia’s black sea coast over 2, 500 years ago. in the late 19th century, there was a brief revival of the wine industry with the founding of several wineries including abrau dyurso in russia, and novy svet and massandra on the crimean peninsula .
after the russian revolution, wine production was industrialized and developed by state and collective enterprises. most of the republics of the ussr produced some wine, however the largest producers were moldova, ukraine, georgia, and russia. russia’s wine grape growing areas developed in the krasnodar, stavropol and rostov regions and the semi - autonomous republic of daghestan, all in southern russia between the caspian and black seas .
the former soviet union (fsu) was the fourth largest wine producer in the world in 1980 behind italy, france, and spain. it produced 4. 8 billion liters of wine, over three times as much as the united states. however, by 1990, wine production had declined to 1. 6 billion liters, primarily due to ussr president gorbachev’s anti - alcohol campaign during which vineyards and production facilities were destroyed .
historically, russian consumer taste has favored sweet and sparkling wines. during the soviet era, strong or “fortified” wines became very popular carrying names such as portwine, madera, or sherry. sparkling wines are very popular in russia and are produced from “wine material, ” a technical term for grape juice that has been fermented either at russian wineries or imported from other countries. it is estimated that as much as or more than 80% of wines labeled as russia wines are actually made from such imported wine material or from imported grape concentrate. for wineries outside of russia’s grape growing region, such as those in and around moscow, imported “wine material” is the principal base for sovietskiy shampagnskoye (“soviet champagne”), which is ubiquitous at russian new year and women’s day parties .
however, modern russia has learned about and now enjoys wines from around the world. in recent years many have begun to understand that their own country has capabilities to produce excellent wines to rival many of the imports .
family wineries, known as “garagistes” that make respectably wines on a small scale .
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yanus karakazidi and his son konstantin will present the wines of his karakazidi winemaking house this week at palati cafe near pavaletskaya station in moscow. karakazidi winemaking house is a small winery that yanus and kostya have built themselves over many years in ...
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i caught the aeroexpress train from paveletskaya to domodedovo to catch a s7 flight on tuesday afternoon. aeroexpress takes from 40 to 50 minutes, with a round trip ticket cost of 620 rubles. the entrance at paveletskaya is a little seedy, as might be ...
nine wineries in three days, and a dinner with a representative of a tenth – that' s how the schedule stacked up for me and john ortega, on an early spring excursion through russian wine country. i wanted to return to the countryside where i spent my first ...
the russian black sea resort city of anapa is the gateway to a russia’s rapidly developing wine region, an area that is capable of producing wines to rival the world’s great regions. the potential for production of quality red and white wines is unsurpassed in the countries of the former soviet union. anapa is a well - known russian family resort with sand beaches and comfortable accommodations. take a weekend or weeklong vacation to anapa and see this wine country first hand. there are numerous daily direct flights of about two hours to anapa from all of moscow’s major airports. late spring before the summer crowds arrive, and september and october after they leave are the best time to visit. in september, the hotels that line anapa’s golden sand beaches have emptied and prices are low. there are many full service health resorts around anapa (called sanatoria) and hotels that have first class rooms. the top hotels in the city are the valentina and park hotel. for more information about tours and visits, russianwinecountry is partnering with the leading local information source, urltoken .
when charles borden first visited russian wine country in september 1992 just after the demise of the ussr, he became the first western investor to take an interest in the potential for wine in the region. he has continued his interest and traveled to the region for the past 25 years. in 2014, after writing many articles about the wines and wineries of the region, he published russian wine country: sleeping beauty awakens, which is available on amazon. from 1992 to 2000, mr. borden worked with two wineries of the former soviet union, and became the first to bring modern packaging to wineries in southern russia that had little or no bottling facilities. he was responsible for two joint ventures to package some of russia’s best wines using the modern bag - in - box system, which has now been adopted by many russian wineries. mr. borden is currently it manager for olma fund, a paris private equity fund with investments in france and russia that includes domaine chanzy, a 100 hectare burgundy wine producer, and chateau signac, a winery with 38 hectares in côtes du rhône. he is also director and editor for financeplus, a paris - based information service that publishes information about mid - market mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital and private equity investments for markets worldwide (www. financeplus. com). charles was previously contributing editor and wine and dine reviewer for moscow’s passport magazine for eight years, and was previously editor of the english version of the aeroflot inflight magazine, russian fine art, and russians: yesterday, today, tomorrow. from 2003 to 2010, he contributed to the annual edition of hugh johnson’s pocket wine book, one of the world’s most important wine books, which is also published in russian language. charles is moscow’s “consummate wine buyer” – a consumer’s friend and expert in the intricacies and complications that a shopper faces when buying a wine at a restaurant or shop in russia .
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from the alphabet of taste to the 7th continent: a guide to moscow’s supermarkets .
in the past twenty years, moscow has enjoyed an unprecedented retail boom. a city that was once a culinary wasteland, today boasts hundreds of supermarkets, grocery stores, and corner shops. below is an overview of the most popular chain stores, which we endeavor to keep updated and fresh. please use the comment section to share your own impressions, new finds, or an experience you’ve had at moscow supermarkets !
azbukha vkusa (which means the alphabet of taste) is a chain of upscale grocery stores in moscow, easily recognizable by their bright green branding. there are 40 some stores scattered about the capital, and most provide dedicated parking .
azbukha offers a full range of dry and baking goods, with an emphasis on higher end imports or hard - to - find items. this is where you want to go if you are looking for wheat pasta, or arborio rice. the cheese and dairy selection is particularly good, and the sales staff knows what they are talking about. azbukha offers fresh meat, fish, and poultry as well as excellent fresh produce. in recent years, the chain has begun to offer ready - made boxed meals along the lines of marks & spenser’s successful range in the uk .
i steer away from the wines and spirits section of the store for two reasons: they breathe down your neck like you are going to steal a bottle vouvray or something, and also because the prices are outrageous and the selection isn’t that great .
azbukha vkusa is one of the few places where they bag your groceries for you, which is a nice touch .
none of this comes cheap. azbukha is on the higher end of the scale in terms of prices, even for domestic products. i try to shop at azbukha vkusa when i need a few items i know i won’t be able to find anywhere else to keep the cost down, but i confess i never enter their green doors without feeling a little frisson of excitement !
for an up - to - date list of azbukha vkusa’s growing number of retail locations, or to find a shop close to you, click here .
i think of eliseevsky more as a tourist stop rather than a shop, but that’s probably because i don’t live around the corner from it! eliseevsky is a sumptuous store dating back to the pre - revolutionary times and more recently lovingly restored. for those who live within walking distance, the shop offers a great range of fresh food and produce, as well as good dried goods and an impressive deli section for semi prepared meats (marinated shashkik, meat balls etc .) as well as a full range of russian salads and desserts .
globus gourmet is arkady novikov’s homage to the harrod’s food halls. at least that is my take on it. mind bogglingly expensive, this is the place to go if you need a nepalese pink salt or a fresh fin de claire just off the plane. globus gourmet has exquisite meats, fishes, a wonderful bakery section and a selection of cheeses that doesn’t quit. they sell fortnum & mason tea, which is a good reason to go, as well as the fact that it is the only place in moscow that i can consistently get shallots. rumors abound that gg is going to merge somehow with azbukha vkusa, which is like a vanderbilt marrying a rockefeller. stay tuned for updates !
metro cash & carry is german in its design and concept and 100% russian in its execution. these large warehouses ring moscow and are worth the trip if you are interested saving a lot of money, bulk buying, or after some high - quality meat and fish that doesn’t cost the earth .
metro takes planning. you have to be in possession of a metro card to get in the door and make purchases. people eligible for cards are legal entities, rep offices of russian or foreign companies, embassies or individual entrepreneurs (by which is meant kiosk owners .) if you don’t qualify, do not be deterred. someone you know has a metro card. borrow one. ask the hr people at work. i use my driver’s card and believe me, we don’t look at all alike .
metro is great for bulk buying things like toilet paper, dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, aluminum foil, juice, tonic water, baking supplies, rice, and pasta. if your house has the storage space, this is definitely the way to go: you’ll save money and time. their meat section is a delight – you can score really fantastic lamb from new zealand beef from the usa. they stock good quality russian chicken and pork. the fish is good and fresh, though the people who staff the fish section are hard to flag down. you can get a very good range of affordable seafood including oysters, lobsters, smoked salmon, shrimp, caviar, and other bounty from the sea .
metro supplies a lot of restaurants, so if you are equipping your kitchen, or expanding your range of kitchen supplies, check out metro’s offerings. i had an epiphany a few years ago and threw away all my mismatched cheesy plastic containers, and replaced them with metro’s very affordable range of see - through hard plastic tubs with stainless steel tops. these come in all kinds of sizes, stack in the refrigerator and have made life much easier. metro has good stainless steel mixing bowls, canning supplies, bake ware, and serviceable stockpots. i don’t buy any appliances from metro since the one thing i did broke down almost immediately .
while the produce at metro can be lackluster, the fresh greens, lettuces, and herbs imported from israel are anything but. if you aren’t planning to hit the farmers’ market that week, metro is the mecca for salad fixings as well as hard - to - find items such as fresh sage and marjoram .
metro is a great place to stock up on hard liquor – the prices are competitive and most of the premium brands of vodka, gin, bourbon, whiskey, cognac, liqueurs, and tequila are consistently on offer. less reliable is the wine selection. you can hit a mother lode of cheap - and - cheerful new world wines in the 600 - 1000 ruble range, or you can be stuck with moldovan paint stripper or a $ 900 bottle of chablis and nothing in between. you never know – you have to go. and be sure to put your alcohol purchases on the belt separate from your non - alcoholic ones: these are considered different categories and are rung up separately .
metro is not for the faint of heart. it’s a marathon, not a sprint, so be sure to prepare for your visit accordingly. assume that this is all you will do that morning or afternoon, get a good night’s sleep, wear comfortable clothing, bring a bottle of water and be sure to watch out for overzealous forklift drivers !
these two may look alike, but only until you begin to trawl their aisles .
perekrestok with the blue branding is a mainstream supermarket for your average vanya. they have a reliable supply of basic kitchen staples, most of which are either russian or from the near abroad. if you need a loaf of bread and a tin of instant coffee – pop into perekrestok and you’ll leave happy. if you are looking for a fresh peach, a well - priced bottle of merlot, and a lovely rump roast, you’re out of luck. the produce section is dominated by depressing looking root vegetables and the fruit is not at all tempting. the meat section yields basic cuts, though the quality isn’t top notch. the staff is appallingly rude and you have to pay for the plastic bags that fall apart once you get out of the store. for a complete list of perekrestoks in moscow click here .
perekrestok zelyoni, on the other hand, is giving azbukha vkusa and globus gourmet a run for their money, and if i were a betting blogger, my chips would be on perekrestok zelyoni coming out the winner. since 2009, these upscale sister shops to the ubiquitous perekrestocks have delighted shoppers with top quality fresh produce, premium meats, hard - to - find imports and an impressive selection of organic food. i stumbled in to the one at smolensky passazh and was really blown away. i found some excellent tarragon mustard, a very passable goat cheese, and clocked some key limes and a great range of bagged and washed lettuce (the holy grail for moscow cooks). i wish my plain old neighborhood perekrestok would go green !
rublyovo - uspenskoye shosse. , d. 15 (15 km from the mkad at “univermag nash” )
thank you so much for this. we will be moving to moscow in the spring and this sort of useful and practical information for an expat new to the city is almost impossible to find .
love it! thanks for sharing. i m very often in moscow and this is so usefull .
the cash & carry stores are excellent places to shop. i always went to one along the moscow river west of the white house [ i can find the road name if it is wanted ]. i had a finance ministry card [ in cyrillic, certainly ] though i never had to bother to show it from 2001 to 2004; cash & carry may be a bit pickier now. if you have a driver, mine always came with me – he liked to push the cart, he / she could probably get you in, but i don’t doubt that your resident card would be fine. there was a full complement of foodstuffs – good meat and cheese, plenty of vegetables – quite unusual ones too, in season. the flour, usually german, was good. i cannot recommend russian flour, which often harbours bugs. many brands of detergents and cleaning supplies, personal items such as deodorants and toothpastes were available. the litres of ultra - high - treated milks are excellent and skim milk and 35% whipping cream are among the excellent varieties available. i very soon gave up on buying fresh milk at stockmann, often with a very short due date [ probably better now ] .
the reenoks [ produce markets or bazaars ] are where russians also go for good - quality produce. by asking around, one can discover which ones specialise; for instance, there are those that specialised in caviar. i used to drive to leningradsky reenok where i bought caviar valued at slightly under $ 200 cad per kilo at a time when the canadian dollar was woefully below the value of u. s. currency, [ of course one must convert to roubles before making purchases ]. for that matter, the price of caviar has skyrocketed, but is still a bargain as compared with any i could buy in north america. i used to freeze what i didn’t need right away. some reenoks are open - air and are of limited value in cold seasons, but others, as with leningradsky reenok [ north, beyond tverskaya ulitsa on leningradsky prospect, are covered over and operate in winter as well. even corner stores – alive and well in moscow – have useful dry goods and some fresh produce to sell .
something to keep in mind: russian shoppers are wary of the origin of produce because they are aware of the radioactivity that can accompany fruits and vegetables, in particular, from areas of ukraine with soil contamination residue from chernobyl. my embassy sent warnings about arrivals of contaminated fruit – especially bush fruit – as they were discovered in moscow. more to the point, many russians carried pocket geiger counters with which to guard against dangerous goods, and my cleaner, an excellent young woman, told of occasions when the militsia [ police ] would come, unannounced, into food stores and geiger scan produce, forcing removal of the offending food and giving fines or some jail time to the guilty purveyor .
can anybody give the location of opne air fruit and veg market. i know there is one in arbat, but not sure exactly where ?
silvio, hi! the biggest open air market is just over the bridge from arbat — dorogomilovsky. see this post for details on all of moscow’s farmer’s markets: urltoken and enjoy !
[ … ] pork: i still think the farmers’ markets are your best option and you can get the guys to cut and trim the meat for you. alternatively, look at a reliable supermarket such as metro, auchan, or perekrostok. [ … ]
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russia’s appetite for western goods means that moscow now offers most of the shopping facilities of a large, modern western city. there are supermarkets, department stores stocking imported goods and exclusive boutiques with french and italian designer clothes and shoes for the new rich. moscow’s most interesting shopping districts are located within the garden ring. the main department stores are clustered around the city centre near red square, while the best souvenir and antique shops can be found along ulitsa arbat, a charming old pedestrian street. for the more adventurous a trip to the weekend flea market at izmaylovo park is a must. here it is possible to buy everything from russian dolls and soviet memorabilia to handmade rugs from central asia and antique jewellery .
moscow’s shops and businesses rarely open before 10am and often not until 11am. most stay open until around 7pm. many shops, especially old, state - run stores, close for an hour at lunchtime, either from 1pm to 2pm, or from 2pm to 3pm. shops are usually open all day on saturdays, and nowadays many are also open on sundays, although often for shorter hours. markets generally operate from 10am to 4pm but it is necessary to go in the morning to get the best choice of goods.
sedmoi kontinent ( russian : седьмой континент ; in english : seventh continent ) mcx : scon is a major grocery retail chain operating 140 stores in russia and one in belarus . it is headquartered in moscow . the platform for seventh continent was from the firm slavyanka founded in 1992 by aleksander mamut , vladimir gruzdev and grigory berezkin . seventh continent was founded in 1994 , sedmoi kontinent was the first new russian food retailer since the dissolution of the soviet union . in the early 2000s , the company launched a major expansion program and saw its revenue increasing from $ 105 million in 2000 to $ 1.27 billion in 2007 . 
sedmoi kontinent (russian: седьмой континент; in english: seventh continent) mcx: scon is a major grocery retail chain operating 140 stores in russia and one in belarus. it is headquartered in moscow. the platform for seventh continent was from the firm slavyanka founded in 1992 by aleksander mamut, vladimir gruzdev and grigory berezkin. seventh continent was founded in 1994, sedmoi kontinent was the first new russian food retailer since the dissolution of the soviet union. in the early 2000s, the company launched a major expansion program and saw its revenue increasing from $ 105 million in 2000 to $ 1.27 billion in 2007.
sedmoi kontinent (russian: седьмой континент; in english: seventh continent) mcx: scon is a major grocery retail chain operating 140 stores in russia and one in belarus. it is headquartered in moscow. the platform for seventh continent was from the firm slavyanka founded in 1992 by aleksander mamut, vladimir gruzdev and grigory berezkin. seventh continent was founded in 1994, sedmoi kontinent was the first new russian food retailer since the dissolution of the soviet union. in the early 2000s, the company launched a major expansion program and saw its revenue increasing from $ 105 million in 2000 to $ 1.27 billion in 2007.