April 7, 2008

Auchan, Exima to set up chilled meat market
 

French giant Auchan and Russian company Exima, owner of the Mikovanovsky meat processing plant, are setting up a partnership to create a chilled meat market in Russia.

According to Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev, there are plans to sign contracts for securing long-term partnership between the Auchan chain and regional agricultural producers.

On the federal level, the partnership of Auchan and Exima will aid in balancing relations between producers and traders necessary in creating the national chilled meat market, said Gordeyev.

As of last month, Auchan has 1,128 hypermarkets and supermarkets in 12 countries.