VUČIĆEVIĆ: Turnover of company "GrandProm" in 2007 will be bigger than 100m EUR

- Company "GrandProm" will have the turnover in 2007 larger than 100m EUR – said General Manager of "Grand" and Executive Manager of "Droga-Kolinska" for southeast Europe Slobodan Vučićević.

At the opening of the second retail conference “GrandProm”, he said that he expected that the company would have the annual turnover of 150m EUR in three years if the current growth rate was maintained. Vučićević estimated that the economic environment in Serbia was improving from year to year, but he said that the economy suffered because the Government of Serbia was not formed yet.

According to the Management of "Grand", the company had turnover in amount of 80m EUR in 2006. This company sold 20,000 tons of various products from the offer of "Grand", 15,000 tons of which are related to coffee. In comparison with the year 2006, the sales of coffee in "Grand" increased by about 7%.

Vučićević pointed out that the greatest exporter within "Grand" was company "Soko Štark" that exported about 30% of its production to the surrounding markets, while coffee can not be exported because of the excise policy. He said that the company had six factories in the region. According to the words of the Sales Manager in "Grand", Bojan Knežević, the aim of that company for year 2007 are keeping of the leading position of "Grand kafa" on the market, increase in sale of "Štark" products by 12% and the increase in sale of "Argeta" pates by 20%.