On Friday, July 14, ZAT "Agrokontrakt" officially opened a new shopping complex in the city of Kuznetsovsk (Rivne oblast) with a total area of 1,500 sq. m. The complex consists of the "Kolibris" supermarket, a store of the "Tyhres" children's goods chain, and stores of the industrial group that are still looking for a tenant. \nAs reported by the retail director of ZAT "Agrokontrakt," Dmytro Hrachov, this is already the 9th supermarket in the "Kolibris" chain. The product assortment in the new supermarket comprises about 8,000 items, with a sales area of 500 sq. m. \nDmytro Hrachov also reported that the opening of the "Kolibris" supermarket in Kuznetsovsk made it possible to additionally create 50 jobs in the city. The immediate plans include opening production departments in the store: meat, salad, confectionery, and bakery shops. \nBy the end of 2006, ZAT "Agrokontrakt" plans to increase the "Kolibris" supermarket chain to 11 stores. \n \nReference: ZAT "Agrokontrakt" is a major wholesale and retail trade operator in Western Ukraine, operating since 1994. The company owns the "Kolibris" supermarket chain (9 supermarkets, total area 10,500 sq. m.), the "Nash!" soft discounter chain (2 stores, total area 2,000 sq. m.), two cash&carry "Market" stores in the city of Lutsk and in Lviv (total area over 7.5 thousand sq. m.), and the "Globus" trade and business center in the city of Lutsk (8 thousand sq. m. of retail and 6 thousand sq. m. of office space). The companies developing the distribution direction of the "Agrokontrakt" structure are located in the city of Lutsk (ZAT "Agrokontrakt"), the city of Kyiv (TzOV "Agrokontrakt-Kyi"), and the city of Lviv (TzOV "Agrokontrakt-L"). \nToday, the expansion of the "Kolibris" and "Nash!" retail chains continues. \nThe turnover of the "Agrokontrakt" group of companies in 2005 amounted to about 400 million UAH. \nThe enterprise employs about 1,500 people. \n