With the opening of the third SELGROS cash-and-carry store, transGourmet - a joint venture of REWE Group and Coop Switzerland - continues its expansion in Russia.

The first SELGROS outlet was opened in Kotelniki near Moscow in 2008; the second one opened in the city of Rjasan in March 2009.

SELGROS cash-and-carry outlets are one of the leading international operators working with a "customer card system" and has around 4 million customers throughout Europe The FEGROS/SELGROS Group currently operates a total of 76 outlets, with 44 in Germany, 18 in Romania, 12 in Poland and 2 in Russia. More than 14,500 employees generate an annual turnover of approximately three billion euros. The company belongs to the transGourmet S.E., a joint venture of the German REWE Group and the Swiss Coop. With a turnover of about 6 billion euros transGourmet S.E. is the second-largest European company in wholesale and the wholesale customer service business.