Utkonos Online will provide its warehouse infrastructure in St. Petersburg "Ribbon"

2021: Provision of "Ribbon" warehouse infrastructure in St. Petersburg

Utkonos Online and the Lenta chain of stores included in Severgrupp by Alexei Mordashov announced a large-scale synergy project between the two companies on June 15, 2021. As part of the cooperation, Lenta will use the warehouse infrastructure of Utkonos in St. Petersburg for its online sales.

Since the fall of 2021, Utkonos Online will become Lenta's 3 PL partner and will provide warehouse infrastructure in St. Petersburg, which meets e-grocery requests. This includes a fullfilm center located at the Cuban Logistics Terminal, with an area of ​ ​ 9,486 square meters of mezzanine storage, for the picking and delivery of online orders, namely goods from an additional assortment.

We are working to improve our online offering. A pilot project will be launched on the basis of the Utkonos warehouse to expand the Ribbon assortment available to our customers for ordering. The knowledge we gained during this experiment will allow us to strengthen our position in the regional e-commerce market and strengthen the base for growth in the online segment throughout the country in accordance with the strategic priorities of the company, "said Vladimir Sorokin, CEO of Lenta.

Utkonos and Lenta have already implemented a number of joint projects in various areas, including IT infrastructure and marketing. We continue to look for a complementary and profitable solution for synergy between our companies in the future, "said Danny Perekalsky, CEO of Utkonos Online.