The owner of Severstal, Alexey Mordashov, has agreed to buy 41.91% of Lenta from its largest shareholders, TPG and EBRD. But the minority shareholders of the network have already called the “April Fool's joke” the price offered by them within the framework of the mandatory offer.
The owner of Severstal wants to first buy a 34% stake in the network, and then make an offer to other shareholders.
The retailer studies electronic price tags and smart shelves in a special Pyaterochka.
The Union of Vegetable Producers of Russia complained to the Ministry of Agriculture on retail chains refusing to buy Russian unpacked and unwashed potatoes.