OREANDA-NEWS. January 21, 2011. In 2010 the turnover of the two Nizhniy Novgorod stores, in comparison with 2009, grew by 30 %. In 2009 the similar result was about 14 %.

Last December sales increased on the average by 64,5 % if compared to November of the same period.

Positive dynamics in work of the stores located in Rodionova Street and Moscow Highway in Nizhni Novgorod has been also shown by the number of clients. In 2007, about 4000 customers visited "Lenta" daily. Last year, each trade store served over 6000 customers per day. In 2010, the number of clients was 19 % higher in comparison with 2009. In general, for the three years of work in Nizhni Novgorod, "Lenta" was visited by more than 11 million people.

During its work in the town, "Lenta" has been promoting the development of local manufacturers. In 2007, while entering the region, "Lenta" cooperated with 40 local suppliers. Today, our suppliers include 72 enterprises of Nizhniy Novgorod region. They are manufacturers of bakery, pies, cakes, dairy products, cooked food, meat, etc. The share of Nizhniy Novgorod suppliers in the total turnover of food items in the network complexes is 40 %. For some categories it is even higher: sweets – 50 %, strong drinks – 45 %, eggs (Seimovskaya poultry farm) – 75 %.