June 15 Danilov called on the city authorities of Nikolaev prevent the opening of a supermarket in Nikolaev… The NSDC secretary stressed that if local authorities give preferences to Russian business, then measures will be quickly applied to them.
Commenting on Danilov’s statement, Senkevich said that he did not understand how the local authorities could prohibit the work of the store.
“Frankly speaking, when I read this news, I was a little surprised. As far as I understand, our state is moving towards deregulation of business and all economic relations in our country. In this particular case, I do not understand where the mayor and city councilors are in a process called “Opening a store”, – said Alexander Senkevich.
He added that the mayor, together with the city council, “probably will not be able to influence the work of this institution in any way.”
For this, according to the mayor, there are specialized bodies of state executive power, in particular: GASK, prosecutor’s office, tax, State Consumer Service.
At the end of 2020, the first Mere store was opened in Ukraine – in Nikolaev. However, the store closed soon after. Artem Khomenko, Mere Development Director in Ukraine, said that this was due to temporary problems with goods.
June 14, 2021 Khomenko told about the resumption of the supermarket in Nikolaev and plans to open 40 more stores across the country by the end of the year.
Mere’s entry into the Ukrainian market and the development of the network is handled by Allianstreydservice LLC, registered on July 18, 2019. The beneficiary of the company is the limited liability company “NSKTrade”, registered in Minsk. The ultimate beneficiary is the founder of the Russian chain of discounters “Svetofor” Sergei Schneider.
Outside of Russia, Svetofor develops under the Mere brand. Four stores of the chain operate in Germany. Mere also opens in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Serbia. The plans include Spain, France, Greece and Great Britain.
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