foreign agricultural service gain report global agriculture information network required public distribution date 5 25 2001 up1005 ukraine retail food sector approved by james higgiston us embassy warsaw prepared higgison dmitri prikhodko highlights s and wholesale sectors have been rapidly changing the methods of with new supermarkets cash carry stores offering greater varieties includes psd changes no trade matrix annual pl1 up page 1 9 unclassified usda executive summary is a mixture traditional modern systems there was concern after breakup soviet union disintegration old state run system that supplies would be disrupted farmers markets small remain primary outlets however companies emerged in recent years mostly some investment which will modernize sale products these are centered around capital kiev they quickly spreading to other major ukrainian cities such including odessa dniepropetrovsk kharkiv donetsk lviv
