The 2011 situation in the Russian and Ukrainian market showed the importance of direct contacts between international suppliers and retail chains from the Eastern European. Retail chains in Russia and Ukraine are the largest purchasers of fruits, vegetables and potatoes, therefore Fruit-Inform decided to include the First Ukrainian-Russian Trade Forum in the program of the 8th International Conference “Fruits & Vegetables of Ukraine – 2011. New Exporter”.
The conference takes place in conjunction with Fresh Produce Ukraine 2011 (November 30 – December 2, 2011), the international fair for fruit and vegetable production, processing, storage and handling technologies of Ukraine and CIS with about 10,000 horticultural business professionals from Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Moldova and other countries.
Participation has already been confirmed by X5 Retail Group (Perekrestok), Viktoriya (Viktoriya Kvartal, Dyoshevo, Semeynaya Kopilka and Viktoriya retail chains), Tander (Magnit), Auchan, Metro, ATB-Market, Kontinent, Karavan, Klass supermarket chain, Ukrainskiy Retail (Brusnichka freshmarkets).
Source: www.freshplaza.com