X5 and Lenta are showing interest in acquiring the Gulliver retail chain. Four sources familiar with the companies' plans told Izvestia about this.
The network was founded in Ulyanovsk in 2002. It unites 100 convenience stores in the Ulyanovsk and Saratov regions with a total area of 65.1 thousand square meters. m. At the beginning of 2014, 100% of the shares of Gulliver JSC belonged to an unnamed Russian citizen. By the end of 2024, the revenue of the legal entity increased by 9.1% to 20.3 billion rubles, net profit — by 2.1% to 40.9 million rubles.
X5 (PJSC "Corporate Center X 5") is a Russian grocery retail company that operates stores of several retail chains: Pyaterochka convenience stores, Perekrestok supermarkets and Chizhik hard discounters. X5 develops digital Vprok businesses. ru, 5Post, express delivery and "Lots of salmon".
As of September 30, 2025, X5 operated 29.011 thousand stores (24.99 thousand Pyaterochka stores, 998 Crossroads stores, 2.909 thousand Chizhikov stores), as well as 80 distribution centers and 7.21 thousand of its own trucks in the Russian Federation. The company employs more than 416,000 people.
Revenue of PJSC "Corporate Center X 5" according to RAS for 2024 increased by 51.3% to RUB 60.58 billion from RUB 40 billion a year earlier. Net profit increased by 97.1% to 95.29 billion rubles from 48.35 billion rubles.
X5's net profit under IFRS for the first half of 2025 fell by 21% to 42.38 billion rubles from 53.633 billion rubles a year earlier. Revenue increased by 21.2% to 2.24 trillion rubles from 1.85 trillion rubles, gross profit — by 18.3% to 533.739 billion rubles from 451.172 billion rubles, EBITDA — by 2.3% to 204.131 billion rubles from 199.54 billion rubles.
MKPAO Lenta (TIN 3906399157) is a multi-format grocery and FMCG retailer in Russia. The company develops the formats of hypermarkets, supermarkets, and convenience stores. The company develops online sales. The company was founded in 1993 in St. Petersburg.
Lenta's net profit under IFRS for the first 9 months of 2025 increased by 49% to RUB 21.376 billion from RUB 14.351 billion a year earlier. Revenue increased by 25.1% to 781.437 billion rubles from 624.546 billion rubles, gross profit — by 31% to 177.914 billion rubles from 135.84 billion rubles, EBITDA — by 29.2% to 79.12 billion rubles from 61.245 billion rubles.
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