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Native name | Вкусвилл |
|---|---|
| Company type | Joint-stock company |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Founder | Krivenko Andrey Aleksanderovich |
| Revenue | 34,041,642,000 Russian ruble (2020)  |
| 3,250,233,000 Russian ruble (2020) | |
| 951,731,000 Russian ruble (2020) | |
| Total assets | 48,836,032,000 Russian ruble (2020) |
| Website | https://vkusvill.ru/ |
Vkusvill is a Russian food retail chain founded by Andrey Krivenko in 2012 in Moscow. [1] As of March 2023, VkusVill has more than 1,350 stores in 72 Russian cities. [2]
In 2009 Krivenko opened the first store "Izbenka", which sold fresh dairy products. By 2012 the chain consisted of 140 stores in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast. [1]
In 2012 the first stores of the VkusVill chain were opened, which, in addition to dairy products, also sold groceries. [3]
In 2020, the first Vkusvill store abroad was opened in Amsterdam. However, this project was not successful and was closed in 2022. [4]
In November 2022 the company announced the start of sales of products in China. [5]
Plans to list VkusVill on Nasdaq and Moscow Exchange were canceled in 2022 due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. [6]
In March 2023 Vkusvill launched food sales in Dubai through the YallaMarket app. [7] In November 2023 it became known about the purchase by Vkusvill of the Anderson cafe chain. [8]
In April 2024 Vkusvill opened a store in the city of Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan). [9] [10]
The founder of the network, Andrey Krivenko, through JSC "Evolutionary Goal" owns LLC "Izbenka Project", which, in turn, owns 86.05% of JSC "Vkusvill", and another 1.79% of shares directly. The Baring Vostok structure owns 12.16% of the retailer's shares. [11]
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