{{Short description|Ukrainian retail companies}} {{Infobox company | name = Fozzy Group, LLC | trading_name = Fozzy Group | native_name = Фоззі Груп | romanized_name = Fozzi Hrup | type = [[Privately held company]] | foundation = {{Start date|1997}}<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite magazine | url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=29383674 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528144543/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=29383674 | archive-date=May 28, 2009 | title=Company Overview of The Fozzy Group Corporation | magazine=Bloomberg Businessweek | access-date=December 1, 2012}}</ref> | founder = | location_city = [[Kyiv]] | location_country = [[Ukraine]]<ref name="Bloomberg"/> | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Ms. Nadiya Bondareva, CEO; Volodymyr Kostelman, President <ref name="Bloomberg"/><ref name="Owners">[https://opendatabot.ua/c/39598970 Power structure ТОВ "ФОЗЗІ ГРУП"]</ref> | industry = Retail supermarkets, stores and restaurants. Food production and canning | products = Canned foods, sausage, poultry, portable toilets | production = | services = Food retailing, food processing, food export, catering <ref name="Bloomberg"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fozzy.ua/en/ | title=Fozzy Group | publisher=Fozzy.ua | access-date=December 1, 2012}}</ref> | owner = Volodymyr Kostelman (51%)<br />Roman Chyhir (23,2%)<br />Oleh Sotnikov (23,2%)<br />Yurii Hnatenko (2,5%)<ref name="interfax">{{Cite web |date=2022-06-03 |title=Fozzy Group відновила роботу понад 100 своїх магазинів |trans-title=Fozzy Group has reopened more than 100 of its stores |url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/general/836921.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603162354/https://interfax.com.ua/news/general/836921.html |archive-date=2022-06-03 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=interfax.com.ua |language=uk}}</ref> | num_employees = 55,000<ref name="ain">{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2025 |title=Як працює Fozzy Group: історія компаній, Сільпо, банк Власний рахунок — розповідає когнітивний директор |trans-title=How Fozzy Group works: company history, Silpo, Own Account bank — says the cognitive director |url=https://ain.ua/2025/10/24/iak-praciuje-fozzy-group/ |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=ain.ua |language=uk}}</ref> | divisions = Fozzy Agro<br />Fozzy Logistic | subsid = Fozzy Commerce<br />Fozzy Farm<br />Fozzy Group Health<br />Fozzy Media Group | homepage = {{URL|fozzy.ua/en}} }} {{CSS image crop |Image = Paton Bridge, the Dnieper River and the Berezniaky neighbourhood at sunset. Kiev, Ukraine.jpg |bSize = 750 |cWidth = 260 |cHeight = 150 |oTop = 103 |oLeft = 455 | Description = Fozzy Group headquarters on the left bank of Kyiv in the Silver Breeze multifunctional complex on Pavla Tychyna Avenue}}
'''Fozzy Group, LLC''' is the fifth largest private and the second largest retail company in [[Ukraine]], operating over 830 stores across the country.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-19 |title=Список Forbes Ukraine: найбільші приватні компанії в Україні |trans-title=Forbes Ukraine list: the largest private companies in Ukraine |url=https://forbes.ua/ratings/202-naybilshi-privatni-kompanii-ukraini-2025-14112025-34021 |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=forbes.ua |language=uk}}</ref><ref name="forbes">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-05 |title=Найбільші ритейлери України 2025. Аврора та поляки зростають — рейтинг |trans-title=The largest retailers in Ukraine 2025. Aurora and Poles are growing — ranking |url=https://forbes.ua/company/velike-upovilnennya-forbes-sklav-spisok-21-naybilshogo-riteylera-ukraini-avrora-rvetsya-nagoru-04122025-34524 |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=forbes.ua |language=uk}}</ref> Headquartered in [[Kyiv]], the company was founded in 1997 by Volodymyr Kostelman and is controlled by him with a 51% stake and, in addition to retail, has business interests in agriculture, food manufacturing, banking, IT, internet media, e-commerce, healthcare, logistics and restaurants.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 30, 2011 |title=Исследование: Fozzy Group стала крупнейшим ритейлером Украины в 2010 году |trans-title=Investigation: Fozzy Group has become the largest retailer in Ukraine in 2010 |url=http://allretail.ua/topics/24809/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205002832/http://allretail.ua/topics/24809/ |archive-date=2014-12-05 |access-date=December 1, 2012 |publisher=All Retail Magazine |language=ru}}</ref><ref name="interfax" />
The company has operates in Ukraine the flagship chain of ''[[Silpo]]'' supermarkets and ''[[Silpo#Le Silpo|Le Silpo]]'' premium format delicatessen stores, ''Silpo Voyage'' travel agency, ''[[Fora#Fora|Fora]]'' minimarkets, [[Fora#Fora Express|''Fora Express'']] [[Convenience store|convenience stores]], [[Fora#Fora To Go|''Fora To Go'']] corner stores and [[Fora#Favore|''Favore'']] deli store,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Silpo Food |url=https://eba.com.ua/en/member/tov-fozzi-fud/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203010850/https://eba.com.ua/en/member/tov-fozzi-fud/ |archive-date=2020-12-03 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=eba.com.ua |publisher=European Business Association}}</ref> ''Thrash!'' grocery stores, ''Fozzy Cash & Carry'' wholesale hypermarkets, ''Sniatynska ptytsia'' fresh meat shops, ''Bila Romashka'' pharmaceutical shops and ''Bud Zdorovyi'' drugstores,<ref>{{Cite news |author=Interfax-Ukraine |date=August 6, 2012 |title=Fozzy Group expands Silpo supermarket chain to 233 |url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/business/fozzy-group-expands-silpo-supermarket-chain-to-233-2-311089.html |access-date=December 1, 2012 |newspaper=Kyiv Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Interfax-Ukraine |date=July 6, 2009 |title=Fozzy Group opens 5th Bila Romashka pharmaceuticals supermarket |url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/business/fozzy-group-opens-5th-bila-romashka-pharmaceutical-44743.html |access-date=December 1, 2012 |newspaper=Kyiv Post}}</ref> ''E-ZOO'' pet stores, ''FEELtrd'' coffee shops, commercial bank ''VST'' and neobank ''BVR'', dry cleaning ''Mink'', sports clubs ''Apollo Next'' and medical centers ''Doctor Sam'', online marketplaces ''Maudau'' and ''Pampik'', internet media ''BZH'' and ''Village'', courier service ''LOKO'', food factories and restaurants ''U Khromogo Pola'', ''Staromak'', ''U Golema'', ''La Bodeguita del Medio'', ''Divan''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/business/fozzy-launches-restaurant-division-23494.html | title=Fozzy launches restaurant division | publisher=| date=November 16, 2005 | access-date=December 1, 2012 | author=Fomina, Olena}}</ref><ref name="interfax" />
==Private labels== As of 2025, Fozzy Group owns 28 own brands and about 3,000 items.<ref name="ain" /><ref name="forbes" /> The flagship [[private label]] of Fozzy Group — Premiya is sold in most of the retail chains of the group of companies, and its widest range is presented in the Silpo chain, which was first introduced in December 2006.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Sinitsyn, Elena Z. |author2=Golubeva, Alain B. |date=November 29, 2006 |title=Fozzy Group has awarded itself "Premium" |url=http://www.kommersant.ua/doc/725863 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419140930/http://www.kommersant.ua/doc/725863 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 19, 2013 |access-date=December 1, 2012 |publisher=Kommersant-Ukraine |language=ru }}</ref> It includes the widest assortment, which increased from 87 product lines in 2006 to 520 product names in 72 categories in 2008,<ref>{{cite web |date=September 12, 2008 |title=PLTM "Premiya": growth by 600% for two years of its activity |url=http://www.fozzy.ua/en/news/detail.php?ID=2938 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113223705/http://www.fozzy.ua/en/news/detail.php?ID=2938 |archive-date=November 13, 2012 |access-date=December 1, 2012 |publisher=Fozzy.ua}}</ref> which includes cream cheese, sandwiches and greens in cans, and certified organic sturgeon roe is distributed under its own label Premiya Select. The group of companies also owns smaller labels Povna Chasha, Povna Charka, Protex.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.kompass.ua/news/sobstvennye_torgovye_marki_fozzy_group_pobedili_v_trekh_nominacijakh_nacionalnoj_premii_private_label_2010/2010-09-19-16231 | title=Own brands Fozzy Group won in three categories of the National Award "Private Label 2010" | publisher=News Kompass | date=September 19, 2010 | access-date=December 1, 2012|language=ru}}</ref>
==Wine importing== [[File:Fozzy truck. Blokha.jpg|thumb|Fozzy truck in Dnipro.|260x260px]] Fozzy Group also imports wines into Ukraine from 34 wine producers (as of May 2011), including brands from Italy, Germany, Hungary, France, Italy, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, and South Africa.<ref name="Wine">{{cite web | url=http://allretail.ua/news/25217/ | title=Fozzy Group first to introduce red wines from Inama to Ukraine | publisher=All Retail Magazine | date=May 30, 2011 | access-date=December 1, 2012}}</ref>
==Assets== ===Retail=== * [[Silpo|Silpo-Food, LLC]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SILPO-FOOD, LLC |url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.silpo-food_llc.f0a0f105287733c7f7b59fb9dc5ec481.html |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=dnb.com |publisher=Dun & Bradstreet}}</ref> — founded in early August 2016 with headquarters in Kyiv, a company in Ukraine that took over management of the ''[[Silpo]]'' and ''[[Silpo#Le Silpo|Le Silpo]]'' supermarket chain after Fozzy-Food, LLC,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-07 |script-title=uk:Український рітейлер вирішив позичити $75 мільйонів у Альфа-Банку |trans-title=The Ukrainian retailer decided to borrow $75 million from Alfa-Bank |url=https://biz.nv.ua/ukr/markets/ukrajinskij-ritejler-virishiv-pozichiti-75-miljoniv-u-alfa-banku-761823.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308005226/https://biz.nv.ua/ukr/markets/ukrajinskij-ritejler-virishiv-pozichiti-75-miljoniv-u-alfa-banku-761823.html |archive-date=2017-03-08 |access-date=2023-05-08 |language=uk |script-website=uk:НВ Бізнес}}</ref> and later launched the online store ''silpo.ua''.{{Efn|OVO.market as a startup legally named as Kyiv Ovochi, LLC, which began operations in the format of warehouse outsourcing, and had 10 couriers and about 50 employees as of June 2021, and about 10,000 of users in Kyiv and the region at the beginning of 2022, which was privately acquired by Silpo-Food in October 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Мельник |first=Таїса |last2=Несенюк |first2=Анастасія |date=2024-02-08 |title=Тихе поглинання. «Сільпо» придбав сервіс продажу та доставки овочів та фруктів OVO, що цілився у $1 млн обороту, але опинився на межі виживання. Forbes дізнався деталі непублічної угоди |trans-title=Silent absorption. "Silpo" acquired OVO, a service for the sale and delivery of vegetables and fruits, which was aiming for a turnover of $1 million, but found itself on the verge of survival. Forbes learned the details of the non-public deal |url=https://forbes.ua/innovations/tikhe-poglinannya-silpo-kupiv-startap-z-dostavki-ovochiv-ta-fruktiv-ovo-shcho-tsilivsya-u-1-mln-oborotu-ale-opinivsya-na-mezhi-vizhivannya-forbes-diznavsya-detali-nepublichnoi-ugodi-08022024-19050 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208060628/https://forbes.ua/innovations/tikhe-poglinannya-silpo-kupiv-startap-z-dostavki-ovochiv-ta-fruktiv-ovo-shcho-tsilivsya-u-1-mln-oborotu-ale-opinivsya-na-mezhi-vizhivannya-forbes-diznavsya-detali-nepublichnoi-ugodi-08022024-19050 |archive-date=2024-02-08 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=forbes.ua |publisher=УЯВИ! |language=uk |url-status=live }}</ref>}} *** OFFTOP — a chain of non-food boutiques was launched in 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Софієнко |first=Наталія |last2=Бровинська |first2=Марія |date=2020-12-08 |title=Fozzy Group запускает сеть непродовольственных бутиков в магазинах Сильпо |trans-title=Fozzy Group launches a chain of non-food boutiques in Silpo stores |url=https://biz.liga.net/all/fmcg/novosti/fozzy-group-zapuskaet-set-neprodovolstvennyh-butikov-v-magazinah-silpo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208151122/https://biz.liga.net/all/fmcg/novosti/fozzy-group-zapuskaet-set-neprodovolstvennyh-butikov-v-magazinah-silpo |archive-date=2020-12-08 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=biz.liga.net |publisher=LigaBusinessInform |language=ru}}</ref> the assortment of which, after the closure of the boutiques in early 2022,<ref name="ringoo">{{Cite web |last=Шаріпов |first=Олександр |last2=Маранчак |first2=Микола |date=2024-03-22 |title=Покинув ринг. Fozzy Group закрила мережу гаджетів ringoo. Її локації вже займає мережа «Кібернетики» — Forbes.ua |trans-title=Left the ring. Fozzy Group has closed the ringoo gadget chain. Its locations are already occupied by chain Kibernetiki |url=https://forbes.ua/company/pokinuv-ring-fozzy-group-zakrila-merezhu-gadzhetiv-ringoo-ii-lokatsii-vzhe-zaymae-merezha-kibernetiki-22032024-20072 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322131309/https://forbes.ua/company/pokinuv-ring-fozzy-group-zakrila-merezhu-gadzhetiv-ringoo-ii-lokatsii-vzhe-zaymae-merezha-kibernetiki-22032024-20072 |archive-date=2024-03-22 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=forbes.ua |publisher=УЯВИ! |language=uk}}</ref> is located exclusively in the spaces of some Silpo stores. *** FEELtrd — a chain of coffee shops was launched in 2020, which are mostly located next to the sales halls of the Silpo chain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Дмитрук |first=Александр |date=2020-07-21 |title=Нове місце. Перша кав'ярня від «Сільпо» Feeltrd на лівому березі |trans-title=New place. The first coffee shop Feeltrd from Silpo on the left bank |url=https://www.the-village.com.ua/village/food/food-news/299785-persha-kav-yarnya-vid-silpo-feeltrd-na-livomu-berezi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116022130/https://www.the-village.com.ua/village/food/food-news/299785-persha-kav-yarnya-vid-silpo-feeltrd-na-livomu-berezi |archive-date=2021-01-16 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=the-village.com.ua}}</ref> * [[Fora|Fora, LLC]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=FORA, TOV |url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.fora_tov.ac8044de0b896fdbc0dd71b096286b90.html |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=dnb.com |publisher=Dun & Bradstreet}}</ref> — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2002 with headquarters in Kyiv, which manages the supermarket chain of the same name and the ''Favore'' delicatessen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Мережа Фора |trans-title=Fora chain |url=https://allretail.ua/networks/merezha-fora-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214192346/https://allretail.ua/networks/merezha-fora-1 |archive-date=2022-02-14 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=allretail.ua |language=uk}}</ref> * Ekspansiia, LLC<ref>{{Cite web |title=EKSPANSIYA, TOV |url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.ekspansiya_tov.a8bf95b4fda2d4c9277806fa1ca7b76f.html |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=dnb.com |publisher=Dun & Bradstreet}}</ref> — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2002 with headquarters in [[Vyshneve (city)|Vyshneve]], which manages the chain of wholesale hypermarkets ''Fozzy Cash & Carry''. * Thrash, LLC<ref>{{Cite web |title=TRASH, TOV |url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.trash_tov.fbfe1cacdcdca5942fbd8ce169305d8d.html |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=dnb.com |publisher=Dun & Bradstreet}}</ref> — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2016 with headquarters in Kyiv, which manages a chain of grocery stores of the same name, stylized as ''Thrash!''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Мережа Thrash! |trans-title=Thrash! chain |url=https://allretail.ua/networks/merezha-thrash |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818225146/https://allretail.ua/networks/merezha-thrash |archive-date=2020-08-18 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=allretail.ua |language=uk}}</ref> * Fasol, LLC<ref>{{Cite web |last=Будіна |first=Людмила |last2=Кухаренко |first2=Наталія |date=2021-09-02 |title=Как выглядит магазин формата "у дома" FoodPod от Fozzy Group, который ранее назывался Foody? |trans-title=What does Fozzy Group's FoodPod convenience store, formerly Foody, look like? |url=https://retailers.ua/news/menedjment/12437-kak-vyiglyadit-magazin-foodpod-ot-fozzy-group-kotoryiy-ranee-nazyivalsya-foody |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922195226/https://retailers.ua/news/menedjment/12437-kak-vyiglyadit-magazin-foodpod-ot-fozzy-group-kotoryiy-ranee-nazyivalsya-foody |archive-date=2021-09-22 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=retailers.ua |language=ru}}</ref> — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2016 with headquarters in Kyiv, was manages a chain of food minimarkets ''FOODpod'', which previously operated as ''FOODY''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-30 |title=Мінімаркети FOODpod: як розвивається молодий проєкт Fozzy Group? |trans-title=FOODpod minimarkets: how is the young Fozzy Group project developing? |url=https://allretail.ua/news/74511-minimarketi-foodpod-yak-rozvivayetsya-molodiy-proyekt-fozzy-group |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=allretail.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
===Logistic=== * Ukrainski vantazhni kuriery, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2007 with headquarters in Vyshneve, which manages the logistics company ''UVK'', founded in 2001 and acquired by Fozzy Group in 2006, one of the 10 largest logistics companies in Ukraine.<ref name="liga"/> * Post-Interneishnl, LLC — is a Ukrainian company with headquarters in Kyiv, acquired by Fozzy Group in 2017, a private postal operator founded in 1999.<ref name="liga"/> * Inpost Ekspres, LLC — is a Ukrainian company with headquarters in Kyiv, acquired by Fozzy Group in 2017, a private express operator founded in 2006.<ref name="liga"/>
====Other==== The group of companies has its own logistics, which includes 4 centers in Ukraine: in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and Kharkiv. The needs of the group are served by 562 trucks. The main fleet is located in the village. Trebukhiv, Brovary district, Kyiv region, where the main office and service station (2,500 m2) are also located.<ref>[http://fozzy.ua/ua/other_businesses/ne/ ВЛАСНА ЛОГІСТИКА] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215084024/http://fozzy.ua/ua/other_businesses/ne/|date=15 лютого 2018}}, оф. сайт групи</ref>
In February 2018, the group of companies renewed its fleet by purchasing 40 Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks worth € 5.2 million.<ref>[https://kfund-media.com/fozzy-group-onovyla-avtopark-na-e5-2-mln/ Fozzy Group оновила автопарк на €5,2 млн] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215084144/https://kfund-media.com/fozzy-group-onovyla-avtopark-na-e5-2-mln/|date=15 лютого 2018}}, 14 лютого 2018, K.Fund Media</ref> In July 2018, the company bought the Post.ua courier service, founded by Vitaliy Yanitsky. Based on it, Fozzy Group began to develop its own delivery operator B2C Justin,<ref name="пост">{{Cite web |title=Fozzy Group купила курьерскую службу Post.ua, подконтрольную Виталию Яницкому |url=http://retailers.ua/news/partneryi/7744-fozzy-group-kupila-kurerskuyu-slujbu-postua-podkontrolnuyu-vitaliyu-yanitskomu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812213118/http://retailers.ua/news/partneryi/7744-fozzy-group-kupila-kurerskuyu-slujbu-postua-podkontrolnuyu-vitaliyu-yanitskomu |archive-date=12 August 2018 |access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref> which stopped working in the spring of 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Уляницький |first=Дмитро |date=2022-10-26 |title=Власники «Сільпо» хотіли побудувати чергового конкурента «Новій пошті», але не змогли. Чому закрилась доставка Justin |trans-title=The owners of "Silpo" wanted to build another competitor of "Nova Poshta", but they could not. Why is Justin delivery no longer working? |url=https://forbes.ua/company/cervis-dostavki-posilok-justin-bilshe-ne-priymae-posilok-chomu-kompaniya-zakrila-viddilennya-26102022-9159 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026103054/https://forbes.ua/company/cervis-dostavki-posilok-justin-bilshe-ne-priymae-posilok-chomu-kompaniya-zakrila-viddilennya-26102022-9159 |archive-date=2022-10-26 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=forbes.ua |publisher=УЯВИ! |language=uk}}</ref>
===Developing=== * Fozzy Commerce, LLC — a company founded in 2019 with headquarters in Kyiv, engaged in wholesale purchases for Fozzy Group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Фоззі Коммерц |url=https://mind.ua/companies/1663-fozzi-kommerc |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=mind.ua |publisher=Фьючер Медiа |language=uk}}</ref> * PJSC Silpo Retail — is a structural unit of Fozzy Group, was registered in 2005 in Ukraine with its headquarters in Kyiv, which is engaged in leasing own or leased real estate, building buildings and buying and selling real estate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-03 |title=Девелопер «Сильпо Ритейл» в 2016 году получил 51,6 млн грн чистого убытка |trans-title=In 2016, the developer "Silpo Retail" received a net loss of UAH 51.6 million |url=http://www.capital.uahttps//www.capital.ua/ru/news/90564-developer-silpo-riteyl-v-2016g-poluchil-51-6-mln-grn-chistogo-ubytka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503141022/https://www.capital.ua/ru/news/90564-developer-silpo-riteyl-v-2016g-poluchil-51-6-mln-grn-chistogo-ubytka |archive-date=2017-05-03 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=capital.ua |language=ru}}</ref> * JSC Ekspansia Retail<ref>{{Cite web |title=ПРИВАТНЕ АКЦІОНЕРНЕ ТОВАРИСТВО «ЕКСПАНСІЯ РІТЕЙЛ» |url=https://www.fozzy.ua/upload/iblock/a98/Про%20АТ%20«Експансія%20Рітейл».pdf |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=fozzy.ua}}</ref> * JSC Fora Retail<ref>{{Cite web |title=ПРИВАТНЕ АКЦІОНЕРНЕ ТОВАРИСТВО «ФОРА РІТЕЙЛ» |url=https://www.fozzy.ua/upload/iblock/35b/Про%20ПрАТ%20«Фора%20Рітейл».pdf |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=fozzy.ua}}</ref> * JSC Fozzy Retail<ref>{{Cite web |title=ПРИВАТНЕ АКЦІОНЕРНЕ ТОВАРИСТВО «ФОЗЗІ РІТЕЙЛ» |url=https://www.fozzy.ua/upload/iblock/15e/Про%20АТ%20«Фоззі%20Рітейл».pdf |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=fozzy.ua}}</ref>
===Service industries=== * Silpo Voiazh, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2014 with headquarters in Kyiv, which manages a chain of travel agencies of the same name.<ref name="liga"/> * Foodtech Haraka, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2021 with headquarters in Kyiv, which manages the Silpo-supported courier service ''¡LOKO!'', which was launched in June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Мельник |first=Таїса |date=2023-04-05 |title=«Ми вже приїхали». «Сільпо» під час війни запустило конкурента Glovo і Bolt Food. Чи є для нього місце на ринку монополістів |trans-title="We have already arrived." Silpo launched a competitor to Glovo and Bolt Food during the war. Is there a place for him in the market of monopolists |url=https://forbes.ua/innovations/silpo-pid-chas-viyni-zapustiv-shvidku-dostavku-loko-chi-e-dlya-nogo-mistse-na-rinku-monopolistiv-glovo-i-bolt-food-04042023-12755 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405104048/https://forbes.ua/innovations/silpo-pid-chas-viyni-zapustiv-shvidku-dostavku-loko-chi-e-dlya-nogo-mistse-na-rinku-monopolistiv-glovo-i-bolt-food-04042023-12755 |archive-date=2023-04-05 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=forbes.ua |publisher=УЯВИ! |language=uk}}</ref> * Weekly'n, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2021 with headquarters in Kyiv, which manages an online dry cleaning service ''Mink''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Іванов |first=Олександр |date=2022-08-11 |title=Новий проєкт власників Сільпо. Fozzy Group відкрила першу в Україні онлайн-хімчистку |trans-title=New project of Silpo owners. Fozzy Group opened the first online dry cleaner in Ukraine |url=https://biz.nv.ua/ukr/consmarket/vlasniki-silpo-zapustili-parshu-v-ukrajini-onlayn-himchistku-mink-novini-ukrajini-50262572.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812015009/https://biz.nv.ua/ukr/consmarket/vlasniki-silpo-zapustili-parshu-v-ukrajini-onlayn-himchistku-mink-novini-ukrajini-50262572.html |archive-date=2022-08-12 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=biz.nv.ua |publisher=Видавничий дім «Медіа-ДК» |language=uk}}</ref> * E-Zoo: We love pets, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2021 with headquarters in Kyiv, which manages a pet stores of the same name, stylized as ''e•zoo''.<ref name="ringoo" /> * Garage Mobile Group, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2007 with headquarters in Vyshneve, the main activity of which was the management of the ''ringoo'' chain of personal electronics stores, which, as of its closure in March 2024, had 76 retail outlets in large cities and regional centers.<ref name="ringoo" /> *Maudau, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2020 with headquarters in Kyiv, which operates an [[online marketplace]] of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Будіна |first=Людмила |last2=Белінська |first2=Юлія |date=2021-08-02 |title=Fozzy Group інвестує у маркетплейс MauDau. Що про нього відомо? |trans-title=Fozzy Group invests in MauDau marketplace. What is known about him? |url=https://retailers.ua/uk/news/menedjment/12267-fozzy-group-investiruet-v-marketpleys-maudau-chto-o-nem-izvestno |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812215359/https://retailers.ua/uk/news/menedjment/12267-fozzy-group-investiruet-v-marketpleys-maudau-chto-o-nem-izvestno |archive-date=2021-08-12 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=retailers.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
===Information technology=== * Fozzy Media Group, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2016 with headquarters in Kyiv, which manages a [[web portal]] of culinary recipes ''shuba.life'', news media ''bzh.life'' and ''VILLAGE''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-02 |title=Власник «Сільпо» придбав сайт «The Village Україна» |trans-title=The owner of Silpo acquired the website The Village Ukraine |url=https://forbes.ua/company/the-village-ukraina-uviyshlo-do-ckladu-fozzy-group-diznavsya-forbes-ukraine-navishcho-grupi-volodimira-kostelmana-shche-odne-media-02122025-34563 |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=forbes.ua |language=uk}}</ref> * Temabit, LLC — is a Ukrainian business software development company founded in 2018 with headquarters in Kyiv.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Пальчинська |first=Ліза |date=2021-09-22 |title=История TemaBit — разработчика IT-продуктов для бизнесов Fozzy Group |trans-title=History of TemaBit — developer of IT products for businesses Fozzy Group |url=https://ain.ua/ru/2021/09/22/istoria-it-kompanii-temabit-fozzy-group/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128151030/https://ain.ua/ru/2021/09/22/istoria-it-kompanii-temabit-fozzy-group/ |archive-date=2022-11-28 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=ain.ua |language=ru}}</ref>
===Healthcare=== * Apollo-18, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2021 with headquarters in Kyiv, which manages a chain of sports clubs ''APOLLO NEXT''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-20 |title=Власники Сільпо і Фори запускають мережу спортклубів |trans-title=The owners of Silpo and Fora are launching a chain of sports clubs |url=https://biz.nv.ua/ukr/markets/vlasniki-silpo-i-fori-zapuskayut-merezhu-sportklubiv-novini-ukrajini-50172535.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726003001/https://biz.nv.ua/ukr/markets/vlasniki-silpo-i-fori-zapuskayut-merezhu-sportklubiv-novini-ukrajini-50172535.html |archive-date=2022-07-26 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=biz.nv.ua |publisher=Видавничий дім «Медіа-ДК» |language=uk}}</ref> * Fozzy-Farm, LLC — founded in 2001, a Ukrainian company specializing in the retail trade of pharmaceutical products in its own pharmacy stores ''Bila Romashka'' and drug store ''Bud Zdorovyi''.<ref name="liga" /> * Fozzy Group Health, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2021 with headquarters in Kyiv, specializing in medical care and development of a chain of branded clinics and medical centers ''Doctor Sam'', which is co-owned by Sam Aganov with a 5% stake.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Шаріпов |first=Олександр |last2=Маранчак |first2=Микола |date=2024-02-15 |title=Співвласник «Сільпо» Володимир Костельман інвестує в медичну мережу Doctor Sam. Чому засновник Fozzy Group пішов у медицину |trans-title=Silpo co-owner Volodymyr Kostelman invests in the Doctor Sam medical chain. Why the founder of Fozzy Group went into medicine |url=https://forbes.ua/company/spivvlasnik-fozzy-group-volodimir-kostelman-investue-u-medichnu-merezhu-doctor-sam-chomu-zasnovnik-silpo-pishov-u-meditsinu-15022024-19211 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215122813/https://forbes.ua/company/spivvlasnik-fozzy-group-volodimir-kostelman-investue-u-medichnu-merezhu-doctor-sam-chomu-zasnovnik-silpo-pishov-u-meditsinu-15022024-19211 |archive-date=2024-02-15 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=forbes.ua |publisher=УЯВИ! |language=uk}}</ref>
===Finance=== * JSC VST Bank is a Ukrainian commercial bank acquired by Fozzy Group from Platinum Bank in 2012 with the main office in Kyiv, formerly as PJSC Bank Vostok which is the legal successor of PJSC Home Credit Bank, which in turn was organized on the basis of CJSC Agrobank, founded in 2002 year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-07 |script-title=ru:Fozzy Group раздаст кредитные карты своим покупателям |trans-title=Fozzy Group will distribute credit cards to its customers |url=https://allretail.ua/ru/news/31095-fozzy-group-razdast-kreditnye-karty-svoim-pokupatelyam |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=All Retail |language=ru}}</ref> The bank is controlled through Vostok Capital, LLC, which is a 50-50 joint venture between JSC Vermont and Fozzy Group, LLC through its subsidiary JSC Fozzy Group.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-01 |title=Відомості про остаточних ключових учасників у структурі власності банку станом на 01.01.2024 року |trans-title=Information on the final key participants in the bank's ownership structure as of January 1, 2024 |url=https://bankvostok.com.ua/Content/Entities/SparkFile/129/ru/Структура%20власності%20банку.pdf |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=bankvostok.com.ua |publisher=Bank Vostok}}</ref> *** Bank Vlasnyi Rakhunok (BVR) is a Ukrainian neobank, founded in 2021, a new product{{Efn|In 2017, in cooperation with [[Mastercard]], a program was launched to issue prepaid cards at Silpo supermarket checkouts,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-20 |title=Сільпо буде видавати банківські картки за програмою лояльності |trans-title=Silpo will issue bank cards under the loyalty program |url=https://biz.nv.ua/ukr/markets/silpo-bude-vidavati-bankivski-kartki-programi-lojalnosti-836819.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322091015/https://biz.nv.ua/ukr/markets/silpo-bude-vidavati-bankivski-kartki-programi-lojalnosti-836819.html |archive-date=2017-03-22 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=biz.nv.ua |publisher=Видавничий дім «Медіа-ДК» |language=uk}}</ref> which were served until December 31, 2020 due to a change in legislation.}} of cooperation between the Silpo chain, which has its own loyalty program Vlasnyi Rakhunok and Vostok Bank, which makes payments at Fozzy Group points of sale and under whose license the neobank operates, serving over 350,000 clients.<ref name="ain" />
===Agricultural industry=== * Nizhynskyi konservnyi zavod, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2007 with headquarters in Kyiv, which produces and exports 40% of products under the ''Nizhin'' and ''Greenville'' brands at the plant of the same name, which is one of the five largest producers of canned vegetables in Ukraine, founded in 1927 in [[Nizhyn]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-30 |title=Партнерський проєкт: «Сподіваємося на рік позитивних змін». СЕО Ніжинського консервного заводу про херсонські овочі та експорт |trans-title=Partner project: "We hope for a year of positive changes." CEO of Nizhyn Cannery about Kherson vegetables and export |url=https://biz.nv.ua/ukr/markets/pidsumki-roku-ta-prognozi-na-2023-vid-seo-nizhinskogo-konservnogo-zavodu-50294285.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206052920/https://biz.nv.ua/ukr/markets/pidsumki-roku-ta-prognozi-na-2023-vid-seo-nizhinskogo-konservnogo-zavodu-50294285.html |archive-date=2023-02-06 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=biz.nv.ua |publisher=Видавничий дім «Медіа-ДК» |language=uk}}</ref> and acquired by Fozzy Group in 2000.<ref name="liga">{{Cite web |last=Кругліков |first=Дмитро |last2=Підлісна |first2=Аліна |date=2021-01-27 |title=Как устроено Сильпо. Владимир Костельман пос��роил бизнес на 100 млрд. Впереди – АТБ |trans-title=How Silpo works. Vladimir Kostelman built a business worth 100 billion. Ahead — ATB |url=https://project.liga.net/projects/built_kostelman/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127082231/https://project.liga.net/projects/built_kostelman/ |archive-date=2021-01-27 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=project.liga.net |publisher=LigaBusinessInform |language=ru}}</ref> * Vyrobnycho-komertsiina firma Varto, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2008 with headquarters in Vyshneve, which manages a poultry farm in [[Sniatyn]], founded in November 1985, acquired by Fozzy Group in 2006.<ref name="liga"/> * Sniatynska ptakhofabryka, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2011 with headquarters in Vyshneve, engaged in poultry breeding.<ref name="liga"/> * Sumyrybhosp PJSC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 1998 that manages a fish and fish breeding enterprise, acquired by Fozzy Group in 2015.<ref name="liga"/> * Bohuslavskyi zavod prodtovariv, LLC — purchased by Fozzy Group at the beginning of 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-12 |script-title=ru:Собственник "Сильпо" покупает "Богуславский завод продтоваров" и завод по переработке рыбы |trans-title=The owner of Silpo buys "Boguslav Foodstuff Plant" and a fish processing plant |url=https://delo.ua/business/sobstvennik-silpo-pokupaet-boguslavskij-zavod-prodtovarov-i-327030/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113164940/https://delo.ua/business/sobstvennik-silpo-pokupaet-boguslavskij-zavod-prodtovarov-i-327030/ |archive-date=2017-01-13 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=Delo Ukraine |language=ru}}</ref> a Ukrainian company that manages a confectionery factory founded in 1982 in the city of [[Bohuslav]] under the trade mark ''Bohuslavna'', in particular marshmallows made from applesauce of its own production, butter and oat biscuits, etc., in total, about 30 items. * MCIBBC Group, LLC — is a Ukrainian company founded in 2016 with headquarters in Bohuslav, that manages a Zhytomyr Hosiery Factory founded in 2015 under the trade mark ''Left&Right''.<ref name="interfax" /> * Vohni Hestii, LLC — purchased by Fozzy Group at the beginning of 2017, a Ukrainian company founded in 2006 with headquarters in Vyshneve, which manages a fish processing plant and produces products under its own trademarks ''SKADI'', ''Vohni moria'' and the ''Premiya'' trademark.<ref name="liga" />
====Other==== Fozzy Group exports its canned food products internationally, including to North America, Eastern Europe and Asia. Additional industrial lines owned and operated by the company are a [[Meat packing industry|meat-processing]] plant named Ruta LLC that produces manufactured meat and [[sausage]]s, and a company named Eco-service Ukraine LLC involved in the commerce and servicing of [[portable toilet]]s.<ref name="Businessgroups">{{cite web |title=Our Trademarks |url=http://www.fozzy.ua/en/businessgroups/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405125442/http://www.fozzy.ua/en/businessgroups/ |archive-date=April 5, 2012 |access-date=December 1, 2012 |publisher=Fozzy.ua}}</ref> In addition, Fozzy Group acquired the Friedrich Engels Confectionery Factory and the Malinsky meat processing plant in 2003, the Vozzelsky bread processing plant in 2014, the vegetable breeding company Agro-Alliance Zakarpattia in 2015, the agricultural company "Belarus" in 2018, and the agricultural firm "Orshevska" in 2020.<ref name="liga" />
==Legal issues== In February 2003, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office announced that several cases involving tax evasion, counterfeit [[Horilka|vodka]] and illegal equipment sales had been opened against Fozzy Group.<ref name="Kyiv Post-business">{{cite news | url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/business/government-investigates-fozzy-taxes-13906.html | title=Government investigates Fozzy taxes | newspaper=Kyiv Post | date=February 13, 2003 | access-date=December 1, 2012|language=ru}}</ref> Additionally, accusations were made by the Prosecutor General's Office that Fozzy Group engaged in illegal money laundering.<ref name="Kyiv Post-business"/> At the time, Volodymyr Kostelman, President of the company, stated that the Prosecutor General's Office findings regarding tax evasion were based upon incorrect figures, and that Fozzy Group had not engaged in any illegal activities.<ref name="Kyiv Post-business"/> It was also reported at the time that Kostelman "hinted that his company was framed by tax officials and that Ukrainian businesses are currently not safe from corruption."<ref name="Kyiv Post-business"/>
In May 2016, the Solomyansky District Court of Kyiv seized the accounts of Fozzy-Food, LLC due to understatement of value added tax by officials. The investigation established that officials of Fozzy-Food, LLC, while conducting financial and economic relations with a number of companies by conducting non-goods transactions, understated VAT in January-February 2015 by the amount of 32.2 million hryvnias. The offense was recorded in the act of an unscheduled on-site inspection of the [[State Fiscal Service (Ukraine)|Fiscal Service]] in November 2015. During the inspection, inconsistency of the purchased and sold goods, non-confirmation of the reality of financial and economic transactions, and the absence of the possibility of fulfilling contractual relations were revealed. It was established that Fozzy-Food, LLC has accounts in Joint Bank Pivdenny PJSC and Bank Vostok PJSC, on which, in order to stop criminal activity and to further compensate the losses caused to the state, a seizure was imposed on them and it was forbidden to dispose of funds and it was ruled to stop spending transactions with the funds coming into the accounts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-24 |title=Суд заарештував рахунки "Фоззі-Фуд" через заниження ПДВ |trans-title=The court seized the accounts of "Fozzy-Food" due to the understatement of VAT |url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2016/05/24/593801/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525133314/https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2016/05/24/593801/ |archive-date=2016-05-25 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=epravda.com.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
On July 12, 2016, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv decided to seize the accounts of Fozzy-Food, LLC to ensure the fulfillment of its obligations to VTB-Bank PJSC{{Efn|Ukrainian subsidiary bank of the Russian majority state-owned bank of the same name.}} under the 2007 credit agreement, under which the total amount owed by the retailer to the bank is ₴302.48 million. With this decision, the court partially satisfied the bank's claim and ordered the seizure of funds on any Fozzy-Food accounts in the amount of ₴239.13 million. In addition, the Kyiv Commercial Court of Appeal, by its decision dated July 19, 2016, also partially satisfied the claim of [[VTB Bank]], imposing a seizure on Fozzy-Food funds in Bank Vostok PJSC accounts in the amount of ₴64.8 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-28 |title=По искам ВТБ Банка арестованы все счета компании-владельца "Сильпо" |trans-title=According to the claims of VTB Bank, all accounts of the company-owner Silpo were arrested |url=https://delo.ua/business/test-313489/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801061336/https://delo.ua/business/test-313489/ |archive-date=2016-08-01 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=delo.ua |language=ru}}</ref>
On August 2, 2016, the Court of Appeal of Kyiv overturned the decision of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv to impose seizures on the accounts of Fozzy-Food, LLC, a structural unit of the Fozzy Group registered in December 2002, which had been engaged in the operational activities of the Silpo supermarket chain in Ukraine since August 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-03 |title=Рахунки "Фоззі-Фуд" розблоковано за рішенням апеляційної інстанції |trans-title="Fozzy-Food" accounts were unblocked by the decision of the appellate authority |url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/general/361765.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229161040/https://interfax.com.ua/news/general/361765.html |archive-date=2021-12-29 |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=interfax.com.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
==See also== {{portal|Companies}} * [[List of supermarket chains in Ukraine]]
==Notes== {{Notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{cite news | url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/business/fozzy-says-silpo-rumors-are-black-pr-21171.html | title=Fozzy says Silpo rumors are black PR | newspaper=Kyiv Post | date=May 27, 2004 | access-date=December 1, 2012|language=ru}} * {{cite web | url=http://corp.cnews.ru/news/line/index.shtml?2007/03/22/241571 | title=Fozzy Group automates trading business based on GOLD | publisher=CNews | date=March 22, 2007 | access-date=December 1, 2012 | language=ru | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416154833/http://corp.cnews.ru/news/line/index.shtml?2007/03/22/241571 | archive-date=April 16, 2013 }} * {{cite web | url=http://www.unian.ua/news/198468-fozzy-group-ogoloshue-vidkritiy-elektronniy-auktsion-dlya-bankiv.html | title=Fozzy Group announces an electronic auction for banks | publisher=Unian News Agency | date=June 5, 2007 | access-date=December 1, 2012|language=ru}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://fozzy.ua/en/}}
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