AgroTrade America, Inc

Agro-Trade International BV has launched AgroTrade America, Inc. operating the Okey-Dokey Grocery Markets in the United States. The Okey-Dokey Grocery Markets will provide a fresh grocery experience offering quality food and beverages at competitive prices. Okey-Dokey is managed by a group of senior project managers who played a major role in launching two successful National grocery distribution chains in Eastern Europe: discount stores Pyaterochka and the Karusel big boxes. The project executives founded Pyaterochka in 1998; in 2005 the chain went public at the London Stock Exchange. In 2006, Pyaterochka was sold to Alfa Group. The Karusel Hypermarket was launched in 2005 with its first big box outlet in St. Petersburg, Russia. In June 2008, the Karusel Hypermarket chain was acquired by to X5 Retail Group N.V. Today these chains make up the core of X5 Retail Group, the largest retailer in Russia in terms of sales volume, and are not affiliated to AgroTrade International BV