Private company
Azbuka Vkusa
Supermarket chain
Azbuka Vkusa (Russian: Азбука вкуса), translated in English as Alphabet of Taste, is a premium supermarket chain founded by Maxim Koscheenko and Oleg Lytkin. The first store was opened in Moscow in 1997. As of 2015, it operated 90 stores in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and its suburbs.2 Its revenue was ₽53.5 billion in 2017.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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Azbuka Vkusa (Russian: Азбука вкуса), translated in English as Alphabet of Taste, is a premium supermarket chain founded by Maxim Koscheenko and Oleg Lytkin. The first store was opened in Moscow in 1997. As of 2015, it operated 90 stores in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and its suburbs.2
Products and brands
As of January 2020, the network included 102 Azbuka Vkusa supermarkets, 57 AB Daily mini markets, 3 Enotheques and one AB Bistro restaurant, most of the stores are located in Moscow, some supermarkets are in the Moscow region and St. Petersburg. The standard retail area of the supermarket is 300–800 km2 (120–310 sq mi).
Revenue for the 2020 fiscal year amounted to 75.2 billion rubles.
In 2015, Azbuka Vkusa certified its culinary production (factory-kitchen) in Moscow according to the international standard ISO 22000, and then the scope of the standard was expanded to the bakery and confectionery production of the company.
From Wikipedia’s article on Azbuka Vkusa, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Revenue over time
As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.
Revenue
Timeline
- 1997Founded Founded1
Links
- Websiteav.ru1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/azbukavkusa1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/azbukavkusa1
- WikipediaAzbuka Vkusa
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ4058209
Sources
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- 1WikidataAzbuka Vkusa on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAzbuka Vkusa on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsAzbuka Vkusa photo by Brateevsky, CC BY-SA 3.0