Austria's REWE International AG, a part of Germany's REWE Group and the owner of the Billa food supermarket chain, saw a 13.9 percent rise in sales in FY2013 ending on February 28, 2014, taking into account the fluctuations of the exchange rate, reaching EUR 140 million.
“With sales of EUR 140 million REWE International AG managed to see a
profit in FY2013 in the food retail segment of the Ukrainian market.
Taking into account the exchange rate, growth came to 13.9 percent. Eight new
supermarkets were opened,” reads a report of enterprise with foreign
investment Billa-Ukraine (Kyiv), part of REWE Group.
According to the report, referring to Billa-Ukraine CEO Janusz
Stroka, the company positively assesses the prospects for the further
development in the Ukrainian food retail segment.
“Despite political difficulties in Ukraine we assess our development
positively, and we’re planning the organic expansion in the future. In
2014, we’ve opened two branches, one of which is a unique building, as
this is the first and the only ‘green supermarket’ in the central and
eastern Ukraine which does not do harm to environment,” Stroka said.
Billa-Ukraine said that the number of employees grew to 2,018 in 2013 from 1,812 a year before.
According to the report, REWE International AG at the end of the
previous financial year increased sales by 3.59 percent, to EUR 13.21 billion.
“Growth on the Austrian market and the development on eight foreign
markets, including Billa-Ukraine, made contribution in the successful
development of business,” reads the report.
According to the report, REWE International AG created 1,712 jobs in 2013, including 50 percent of them in Austria.
REWE International AG invested Hr 60 million in the construction of a
first green building in the CIS located at 49, Akhmatova Street in
Kyiv. The supermarket with a gross area of 1,850 square meters (1,350
square meters of retail space) was opened on March 6, 2014.
Billa-Ukraine was founded in 1998 by Austria’s Billa, a subsidiary of
Germany’s REWE Group, which was founded in 1927 in Cologne.
In Ukraine, the first Billa supermarket opened in Kyiv in February 2000.
As of April 10, 2014, the chain has 34 supermarkets in Ukraine.
REWE Group is present in 13 countries and has more than 327,000
employees. REWE Group’s sales in 2012 amounted to EUR 49.7 billion.
