The Odessa-based “neighborhood” store chain “Tochka” increased its revenue to 2.7 billion UAH by the end of 2025 and plans to open about 100 more retail locations by the end of 2032, according to the industry publication Retailers.ua.
According to the publication, the chain is demonstrating stable financial performance: while revenue amounted to 2.5 billion UAH in 2023, it declined slightly to 2.3 billion UAH in 2024, but showed growth in 2025. At the same time, the company is growing without taking out loans, relying solely on its own profits, which amounted to 29.8 million UAH in 2025 compared to 33.7 million UAH in 2024.
Currently, the chain has 80 stores in the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions. All of them operate in leased spaces. Plans for 2026 include the launch of seven new stores, specifically in Reni, Okny, and Dachne, as well as the renovation of three existing locations.
“We continue to develop the ‘near home’ format—it is important for us to be close by and convenient for the customer. By the end of 2032, the company plans to launch about 100 more stores and will gradually expand beyond the Odesa region toward central Ukraine,” the retailer’s press service noted.
In its product assortment strategy, the company focuses on everyday essentials, prepared foods, and fresh produce. The chain notes that in some stores, ready-to-eat meals are already outperforming the basic basket in terms of profitability.
“Tochka” also intends to expand its own production and line of private-label products in 2026.
To ensure energy independence, the company has equipped all stores with generators and, starting in the second half of 2025, began installing solar power plants (SPPs) on the roofs of its stores. This allows the company to maintain the operation of refrigeration systems and minimize product write-offs during power outages.
The “Tochka” chain has been on the market since 2012. Its product range includes food and non-food items. The company’s “Bonus Basket” loyalty program offers over 1,000 promotional deals every day.
Prices for wheat in the ports of Greater Odessa (CPT port basis) began to rise this week, according to the information and analytical agency APK-Inform.
According to monitoring data, as of March 11, 2026, traders’ prices for class 2 wheat most often range from 10,600 to 11,000 UAH/ton CPT port, which is 100-150 UAH/ton higher than at the end of the previous week. In dollar terms, demand prices also rose and amounted to $215-225/ton CPT port.
According to analysts, prices were supported by the rise in grain prices on a FOB basis amid increased demand and restrained sales by farmers, as well as the devaluation of the national currency against the dollar.
“Individual export-oriented companies declared lower prices due to the lack of need to urgently form volumes to fulfill previously concluded contracts,” the agency stated.
Shareholders of PJSC “Production Association ”Stalkanat” (Odessa) intend to summarize the results of work in 2025 and allocate UAH 89,724,447 thousand for the payment of dividends at the rate of UAH 0.43 per share from the share of profit for the past year.
According to the company’s report in the NSSMC’s information disclosure system, the annual shareholders’ meeting is scheduled for March 12 of this year.
There are nine items on the agenda, including, in particular, consideration of the company’s CEO’s report on financial and economic activities for 2025, determination of the main areas of activity in 2026, consideration of the supervisory board’s report for the past year, review of the auditor’s conclusions, approval of the results of financial and economic activities for 2025, and a decision on the distribution of the company’s profits. A decision on the payment of dividends and a decision on the preliminary approval of significant transactions are planned.
According to the draft decisions reviewed by Interfax-Ukraine, it is planned to approve the results of the company’s financial and economic activities for 2025 and approve the procedure for distributing profits: UAH 89,724,447.58 to be used to pay dividends at a rate of UAH 0.43 per share by direct payment to shareholders; the dividend payment date is September 12, 2026.
The remaining profit will be left as undistributed profit, with the amount of profit for 2025 not specified.
In addition, shareholders plan to pre-approve the company’s significant transactions with Raiffeisen Bank JSC. The maximum total value of pre-approved transactions may not exceed the equivalent of UAH 1.2 billion, and the term of such obligations may not exceed May 1, 2031.
It is planned to approve significant transactions, namely to agree to increase the amount of contracts for the purchase of metal products from UAH 1 billion to UAH 1.5 billion. At the same time, the conclusion of relevant contracts and additional agreements will be confirmed.
As reported, Stalkanat increased its net profit by 4.5 times in the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, from UAH 113.016 million to UAH 504.626 million. During this period, the company increased its net income by 26.5% to UAH 4 billion 33.007 million. Retained earnings at the end of September 2025 amounted to UAH 791.920 million.
In 2024, the company reduced its net profit by 34% compared to the previous year, from UAH 280.060 million to UAH 184.808 million. At the same time, it increased its net income by 33.3%, to UAH 4 billion 436.786 million.
The average number of employees in 2024 was 1,056 thousand people, and the average income per employee was UAH 34,632 thousand.
In 2023, Stalkanat reduced its net profit by 13.8% compared to 2022, from UAH 325.073 million to UAH 280.060 million, but increased its net income by 3.1% to UAH 3 billion 328.170 million.
Stalkanat is one of the largest manufacturers of steel ropes and reinforcement strands in Eastern Europe and a leader in the production of metal products in Ukraine.
According to the NDU for the fourth quarter of 2025, David Nemirovsky owns 50% of the shares, while Anton Mikhalenko (non-resident) and Maria Kondratyuk each own 24.9%.
The authorized capital of PJSC Stalkanat is UAH 17.736 million, with a share par value of UAH 0.17.
Several Ukrainian cities are represented in the current Numbeo Crime Index ranking. Odesa has the highest score among them (55.2), followed by Dnipro (53.7), Kharkiv (47.2), Kyiv (45.5), and Lviv (37.2).
In Numbeo’s global list, these cities are ranked as follows: Odesa – 160th, Dnipro – 177th, Kharkiv – 233rd, Kyiv – 247th, and Lviv – 320th.
The bottom of the current global ranking is occupied by Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) – 82.8 and Pretoria (South Africa) – 81.8, while Abu Dhabi (UAE) – 11.0 is listed as the safest city in the table. In Europe, Marseille has the highest Crime Index (66.7) and The Hague has the lowest (19.9).
Numbeo was launched in April 2009. The Crime Index is based on user surveys and reflects a subjective assessment of safety rather than statistics on reported crimes. The current rating is continuously updated and is based on data from the last five years, so the results should be interpreted as an indicator of perception and used in conjunction with official sources.
The difficult situation in the ports of Odessa and logistics problems are limiting activity in the oilseed sector in Ukraine, according to the information and analytical agency APK-Inform.
“Russian army missile attacks on Ukrainian ports, damage to terminals, warehouses, and other infrastructure will cause a reduction in shipments in the coming months and may destabilize the situation on the global agricultural market,” analysts explained.
They noted that last week, price growth on the Ukrainian soybean export market stalled, which was due to both missile attacks on ports and pressure from the global market, despite the fact that demand for Ukrainian soybeans remained quite high and export rates grew in the first half of December.
Experts added that demand prices for GM soybeans in Ukrainian ports remained at their highest levels since August 2024 – $420-425 per ton (CPT port).
“The European Union has finally postponed the implementation of the EUDR regulation for another year, which will allow companies to increase supplies of soybeans and soybean meal in this direction,” APK-Inform predicts.
The Enforcement Division of the State Enforcement Service has once again listed the Lustdorf sports and recreation complex (Odessa) on the OpenMarket electronic platform (SE “SETAM” of the Ministry of Justice) at a starting price of UAH 191.9 million.
According to the SETAM press service, the total area of the complex is 7,700 square meters. The lot includes an administrative building, a hotel, a sports and recreation complex, a football field, stands, boiler rooms, etc. The land plot is not included in the lot.
The auction is scheduled for January 1, 2026. The guarantee deposit is UAH 9.5 million.
As reported, in 2021, the Kyiv District Court of Odesa upheld the claim of the National Bank of Ukraine against the former owner of Imexbank, Leonid Klimov, and ruled to sell the Lyustdorf sports and recreation complex in Odesa at an open auction to repay UAH 309 million of the bank’s debt on the stabilization loan provided to it.
As the owner of Imexbank, Klimov entered into surety and mortgage agreements with the National Bank in 2014, assuming personal obligations to repay the regulator’s debt on the bank’s stabilization loans.
In January 2016, the National Bank went to court to collect the debt through legal proceedings, as Klimov had failed to fulfill his obligations under the guarantee agreement.
On January 26, 2015, the NBU decided to classify Imexbank as insolvent, and on May 21, 2015, it revoked the bank’s license and liquidated the financial institution.
