During 2004, it is planned to open 15 new supermarkets of the "Vopak" chain in the Volyn, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions in Western and Central Ukraine. This was reported to the "Context-Media" news agency by the chief specialist for product promotion on the market of the "Pakko"corporation, Serhiy Hryhorenko. As of today, the "Vopak" chain numbers 7 supermarkets, which are located in the central and residential districts of the cities of Lutsk (4 supermarkets), Kovel, Novovolynsk, and Uzhhorod. The first "Vopak" supermarket was opened in 2001 in Lutsk, and the most recent one at the beginning of 2004 in Uzhhorod. The advertising slogan of the "Vopak" supermarkets - "Everything for your family" - is oriented toward the fact that the main category of customers here is the average family of 2-4 people aged 25 to 60. In accordance with the needs of the main body of customers, the supermarkets of this chain offer a wide assortment (over 2,500 items) of quality products at affordable prices. The products are conveniently arranged in the sales areas of the supermarkets by product groups: groceries, confectionery, alcohol, beverages, dairy products, household chemicals, related goods, vegetables, fruits. In the Vopak supermarkets, visitors can also purchase such high-demand types of products as live fish and grill chickens. In the "Vopak" supermarket chain, tastings of new products, promotions, and prize draws for regular customers are regularly held, and an advertising booklet of "Vopak" with a list of goods and their prices is sent out to them. Reference: The sales volume for 2003 across the "Vopak" supermarket chain amounted to about 15 million hryvnias. The number of customers in 2003 was recorded at the level of 200 thousand people. The total number of staff employees is about 200 people.