• Sales
  
  Q1 2013: TL 1,591m +9.3% (Q1 2012 TL 1,455m)
   
• Gross Profit
  
  Q1 2013: TL 422m +9.6% (Q1 2012 TL 385m)
   
• EBITDA
  
  Q1 2013: TL 105m +5.8% (Q1 2012 TL 99m)
   
• Continued focus on new store openings
  
  + 41 new stores in Q1 2013
   
Migros had again a strong performance in Q1 2013. A healthy growth coming both from same stores and new expansion resulted 10.4% calendar day adjusted sales growth. This helped an important market share gain within the national chains.

During the period, Migros continued to successfully implement its new store-opening programme, which is focused primarily on the Group’s core supermarket brands. A total of 41 new stores were opened during the quarter including 40 supermarkets and 1 hypermarket bringing the total number of Group stores at the end of March 2013 to 907.

Gross profit for Q1 2103 increased by 9.6% to TL 422m, representing a gross margin of 26.5% (Q1 2012: 26.5%). EBITDA for Q1 2103 increased by 5.8% to TL 105m, representing an EBITDA margin of 6.6% (Q1 2012: 6.8%), which remains slightly better than full year guidance, 6.0% - 6.5%.

Over the last few years, Migros’s growth strategy has successfully delivered double-digit top line growth, an expanded store base, market share gains and an enhanced competitive position. This has been combined with vigilance over costs and working capital management, which has enabled Migros to deliver stable margins and increased operational profitability. The resultant operational profit generation has facilitated a healthier balance sheet.

The company continued to focus on supermarket business in 1Q2013. A total number of 31 proximity stores including Migrosjet, M Migros and Mini Tansaş Stores were opened. On the other hand, the most of the sales area growth was driven by the opening of medium and large supermarkets.

Migros is on target to deliver a double digit sales growth for the full year of 2013. Gross profit margin is expected to be in the range of 25.5% – 26.0% and the EBITDA margin between 6.0% and 6.5%.

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THE LARGEST RETAIL OUTLET OF KAHRAMANMARAŞ 5M MİGROS WELCOMED THE CONSUMERS



Migros Group, leading changes in food retail, bringing innovations suitable for life styles and expectations of each individual walking in the stores under improving living conditions together with the consumers across Turkey, put Kahramanmaraş 5M Migros, which is the first hypermarket of Kahramanmaraş, into service. The store combining enjoyable shopping environment with product range and hyper cheapness became 20. 5M Migros Store in Turkey. ‘Living Spaces’ making the time that the family members will spend in the store more enjoyable and pleasant met the consumers of Kahramanmaraş for the first time through 5M Migros. In the store having a wide range of products from major appliances to the electronic instruments, from cleaning materials to the textile, food and beverage which are all offered with hyper cheap prices, many local flavors belonging to the region hit the shelves as well. Local flavors meet the consumers of Kahramanmaraş on the shelves in 5M Migros along with national flavors. Opening of Kahramanmaraş 5M Migros with an area of 5500 m2 came into service in Kahramanmaraş Piazza AVM on 26th April was realized with the participation of Mr. Mehmet Sağlam, Deputy Chairman of Grand National Assembly of Turkey and Kahramanmaraş Parliament Member, Mr. Abdülkadir Aksu, Istanbul Parliament Member and Mr. Fuat Yanar, Deputy General Manager of Migros Ticaret A.Ş., along with great interests of Kahramanmaraş people.

As a leader company in retail industry, Migros Group, meeting the consumers with various retail opportunities, introduced a brand new shopping format to the people of Kahramanmaraş. Kahramanmaraş 5M Migros store, having the characteristic of being the first hypermarket of Kahramanmaraş province, was put into service with the participation of Mr. Mehmet Sağlam, Deputy Chairman of Grand National Assembly of Turkey and Kahramanmaraş Parliament Member, Mr. Abdülkadir Aksu, Istanbul Parliament Member and Mr. Fuat Yanar, Deputy General Manager of Migros Ticaret A.Ş. after ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 11.00 a.m.   Click to see the rest of the bulletin.  

ONCE AGAIN HAVING SET ITS END-OF-YEAR TARGET AT DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH TO SURPASS A TURNOVER OF TRY 7 BILLION, MİGROS GROUP WILL INCREASE ITS STORE COUNT ABOVE 1000, AND WILL PROVIDE FOR 1% OF TURKEY'S EMPLOYMENT TARGETS FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS


The leading player in Turkish retailing sector, Migros Group announced the results for year 2012, as well as the targets for 2013. Migros Ticaret A.Ş. General Manager Özgür Tort stated that the core of business at Migros, which prepares to celebrate its 60th year, is to achieve "healthy growth". Noting that Migros achieved the 'Golden Ratio' in retailing through growth, productivity, penetration, and provision of a distinct shopping experience, Özgür Tort announced that the inherent structure of Migros gave its fruits, bringing a fourth generation of customers. Özgür Tort said "We plan to grow double digits in year 2013 as well. We consider each sale throughout the year as the cement or mortar for the investments regarding the next year. Our system does not churn out for nought. In the end, both Migros, the consumers, and the Turkish economy wins."

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• Sales

 

FY12: TL 6,482m +12.7% (FY11 TL 5,753m)
Q4 TL 1,650m +10.0% (Q4 2011 TL 1,500 m)  

• Gross Profit

 

FY12: TL 1,705m +14.1% (FY11 TL 1,494m)
Q4 TL 438m +11.1% (Q4 2011 TL 394 m)  

• EBITDA

 

FY12: TL 430m +8.0% (FY11 TL 398m)
Q4 TL 110m +7.9% (Q4 2011 TL 102 m)

Migros Ticaret A.Ş. has delivered a strong performance in the 12 months to December 2012, with market share gains, a net sales area growth and stronger same store sales helping to drive double digit year on year consolidated sales growth of 12.7%. The sales loss from divesting the discount business in 2011 is now fully recovered with a more profitable supermarket business just in two years. In Q4, consolidated sales increased by 10.0%. International operations delivered a sales revenue of TL396m, an increase of 12.3% on FY2011.

Migros has continued to successfully implement its new store opening strategy, which is focused primarily on the Group’s core Migros Supermarket brand. During 2012, total number of stores reached 882 stores; 159 Supermarkets, 2 hypermarkets and 5 Ramstores were opened.

Consolidated gross profit increased by 14.1% year-on-year to TL 1.7bn. Migros exceeded its gross margin target reporting a margin of 26.3% for FY12, a improvement on the prior year margin of 26.0%. Consolidated EBITDA increased by 8.0% year on year with a margin of 6.6% was ahead of the target.

Migros’ net debt (translated into TL) stood at TL 1.45bn at 31 December 2012, slightly better than management’s target. Over the last few years growth strategy of Migros has successfully delivered double digit top line growth without sacrificing profitability. Ongoing expansion, combined with vigilance over the cost base and an enhanced competitive position has enabled Migros to deliver sustained profitability. Working capital management, enhanced central distribution systems and effective use of technology in supply chain management contributed Migros to achieve its targets. The result has been the facilitation of a healthier balance sheet structure with net debt to EBITDA having come down to 3.4x in FY12 from 4.3x in 2010.

Going forward Migros Ticaret A.Ş. remains focused on growing its core Supermarket business, which comprises 87% of the Group’s domestic sales area and where it sees further opportunities to consolidate its leading market position. Migros expects to add a further 100-150 new supermarkets and 2-3 hypermarkets to the total in 2013. The company targets to increase its market share in the organized retail in Turkey. Expansion in Kazakhstan and Macedonia will also support the company’s top-line growth.

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Please click here for the schedule of plays in May and the list of stores.  
MİGROS CHILD THEATRE SEASON 2012-2013 IS ON STAGE


Migros continues to introduce children with the theatre in order to raise creative children that grow up with the arts and to contribute to their cultural development... Let’s travel to the happiness together with the same excitement.

Free invitations for the play to be on the scene at Şirinevler Nurettin Topçu Culture Center and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek Culture Center on every Saturday and Sunday at 11:00 during May can be obtained from the information desks of Ataköy 5, Yayla, Airport, Atrium, Kadir Has and Yenibosna Migros Stores.

  The steps of career concerning whenever and whichever criteria are required to be met to enable our entire personnel to be promoted to which positions in management of store are defined in the Store Career Descriptions with the project of “I am in the shopping of my dreams, my future is inside this basket”.

ÖZGÜR TORT, GENERAL MANAGER OF MIGROS GROUP:
“MIGROS STARTED LAST QUARTER OF ITS 58TH YEAR WITH DOUBLE DIGIT GROWING RATE"
Migros, leading modern retailer in Turkey, has increased its turnover by 14 % and operating profit by 10 % in 9 months of 2012 compared to the same period of the previous year. Özgür Tort, General Manager of Migros Ticaret A.Ş., emphasized Turkish retail market has increased to USD 400-500 billion volume pushing the employment and total economy to the higher ranks within the framework of Turkey's target of being in top 10 economies of the world in 100th Anniversary of the Republic. Tort stated: “2023 main targets of the country requires a vision in the retail sector. The way to have such a vision is possible through enlarging the aspects of the trade and going beyond the ordinary. Retail has the power to transform the production and associated sectors in line with increased income per capita and chain of values created. Each new store means putting local products produced in any region of Turkey on the conveyor belt. As Migros, we are aware of our responsibility and we will fulfill the requirements of such a vision. Offering most ambitious prices in basic and fresh food in Turkey, Migros has improved its accessibility to the households as well as improving the accessibility of the households to the products. The tonnage of sales in respective products has increased three times. Using thematic sales campaigns, we extended high sales period to the year which used to be limited with the festival times in the past. We created reasons for shopping. In return, we created additional demand amounting equal to the demands created in time of two festivals. As long as the customer creates new demand, it affects entire supply chain starting from the production and helps the economy growing."

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•  Sales

TL 4,833m (+13.6%) - 9 months to Sept 2012
TL 1,825m (+13.1%) - Q3 2012

• Gross Profit

TL 1,267m (+15.2%) - 9 months to Sept 2012
TL 468m (+15.2%) - Q3 2012

• EBITDA

TL 320m (+8.1%) - 9 months to Sept 2012
TL 124m (+5.2%) - Q3 2012

• Store openings

Continuation of accelerated programme
147 new stores opened in 9 months to September
Total of stores: 874

In the third quarter of 2012 Migros continued to achieve strong sales growth reporting a 13.1% increase in Group sales and a 13.6% increase for the 9 months to September 2012. Sales and market share benefitted from the accelerated store opening programme and the group’s successful focus on commodity products in the private label category and fresh products which resulted in strong growth in these segments. Sales from international operations also grew strongly, increasing by 16.2% to TL 285 million.

Gross profit increased by 15.2% for both the 3rd quarter and the 9 months to September 2012 and gross margins of 25.6% (25.2% Q3 2011) and 26.2% (25.9% 9 months to September 2011) were achieved for each respective period.

EBITDA for the quarter rose to TL 124 million, representing an EBITDA margin of 6.8% (7.3% Q3 2011). For the 9 months to September 2012 the Group reported EBITDA of TL 320 million, an 8.1% increase on the prior period and an EBITDA margin of 6.6% (7.0% 9 months to September 2011). The EBITDA margin, which is in line with management expectations and slightly ahead of full year guidance of 6%-6.5%, was impacted by the costs associated with Migros’ accelerated store opening program which continued during the quarter.

During the 9 months to September 2012 147 new stores were opened, including 142 supermarkets, 2 hypermarkets and 3 Ramstores, bringing the total number of stores to 874. The Group’s store network is present in 69 of Turkey’s 81 cities.

Migros remains focused on expanding its presence and capitalising on its strong brand in the Turkish market to continue to increase market share and deliver strong sales growth. A focus on fresh products, private label categories, competitive pricing on everyday products and high product availability, coupled with a strong loyalty and CRM programme, are initiatives aimed at complimenting the Group’s ongoing store opening programme. This will see c.100-150 new supermarkets and c.2 new hypermarkets openings a year over the medium term. Sustainable profitability is a key objective of the Group and growth will be balanced with an ongoing focus on operational efficiencies including initiatives to improve supply chain management.

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 Tansaş, exhibiting its difference with the investments, activities, sponsorships and social responsibility projects carried out as part of the strategy to focus on Aegean, is getting prepared to present the Aegeans an unforgettable expo within the scope of main sponsorship of the 81^st İzmir International Expo.

Giving information about the activities and campaigns to be offered to the Aegeans during the expo Tansaş Deputy General Manager Mr. Şevki Tuncer said; “We have created numerous projects until today. We felt the support of the Aegeans in every project, and grew on their love. When caring for Aegean this much, it was not possible to ignore the İzmir Expo. We have started with the motto of ‘With İzmir Love, Tansaş Taste, Fresh Excitement İncomparable Expo’. Deputy General Manager for Group Marketing Mr. Cem Rodoslu, who attended the meeting, took attention to the Tansaş Store and Tansaş Street built inside the expo and said; “Hundreds of Tansaş brand products will meet the visitors in the Tansaş Store with special prices for the expo. 46 of our supplier companies will build product blocks in the Tansaş Street and shall have the chance to directly meet our customers.”
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Group sales grew by 13.9% to TL 3 billion in the first half of 2012. Top line growth was buoyed by strong same store sales and the new store openings, 108 stores were opened during the period including 105 supermarkets, 2 hypermarkets and 1 Ramstore. Sales in International Operations increased by 20.8% to TL 189 million.

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TANSAS became the Main Sponsor of 81st Izmir International Expo that will be organized on August 31st- September 9th, 2012. Sponsorship agreement was signed by Aziz Kocaoglu, the Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, and Bulend Ozaydinli, the Chairman of Board, on behalf of Tansas.

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5M Beylikduzu Migros store reconstructed shortly after the fire broke out in November of 2011 was put into service by a ceremony in which the Board Member of Koc Holding and the Board Chairman of Vehbi Koc Foundation Semahat Arsel, the Chairman of Honour of Koc Holding Rahmi Koc and the Board Chairman of Migros Ticaret A.S. Bulend Ozaydinli participated. Ozaydinli, saying “We are having double happiness as Migros Group” stated that 5M Bodrum Migros was opened in Bodrum simultaneously while cutting the ribbon of 5M Beylikduzu Migros and continued by saying: “That we are opening 2 ea 5M at the distance of 830 km from each other at the same time on the same day is the result of our 58-year experience. Today, we are adding 17.000 m2 to our existing selling space with these two stores.”

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Beylikduzu 5M Migros, which is one of the most important points that Migros Ticaret A.S. meets the consumers, is getting prepared to reopen its doors for the customers with the most advanced means of shopping, a magnificent show and “mad discount program” by erasing all signs of the fire that occurred in November 2011. The shopping means will be offered to the customers until Saturday morning at the prices that are almost free of charge in the store that will be opened at 00.30 p.m. on June 15th, Friday, and the products will be offered to the consumers at unprecedented prices with the discount gong to ring at every hour. Mr. Ozgur Tort, the General Manager of Migros Ticaret A.S., stated that they would greet the consumers with a breath-taking visual show at 09:00 p.m. on Friday evening and said, “This store is our flagship with our innovative applications that we will offer to the customers for the first time and the excitement that we have provided for this region. I particularly suggest all our customers to look at the fresh food that we define as our striking forward not only once, but twice.”

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Migros Ticaret A.S., which has demonstrated its environment-friendly approach with the innovative practices developed by it, continues with important applications to create environment consciousness and awareness. Migros Ticaret A.S. has again broken the grounds in the retail sale business in Turkey in cooperation with Bios and converts the organic wastes and the products that have lost their capability for sale into biogas and consequently to electricity and thermal energy. Migros Ticaret A.S. converts any kind of wastes derived during the operations in the stores to various energy and raw material resources with sustainable environment policy with the aim of zero waste.
Migros Group, which has broken the grounds for many years with its environment-friendly approach and recognized the principle of environmental sensitivity on the basis of the projects shared with the society, continues to allocate time and resources for the projects realized for the sake of legacy of a more healthier environment that the next generations may live.

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• Sales

TL 1,455 million – Q1 2012
+14.5% - Q1 2012 vs. Q1 2011 (TL 1,271 million)

• Gross Profit

TL 385 million – Q1 2012
+14.4% - Q1 2012 vs. Q1 2011 (TL 337 million)

• EBITDA

TL 99 million – Q1 2012
+10.9% - Q1 2012 vs. Q1 2011 (TL 89 million)

• Focus remains on growth of Migros’ core Supermarket business 
                         Store numbers reached to 764 in 1Q2012.

Migros continued to deliver a strong sales performance in Q1 2012, with sales growth of 14.5% y-o-y. Q1 2012 saw a significant improvement in sales growth as in the last quarter of 2011. Sales from international operations were also strong with the amount of TL 97 million in Q1 2012.

Gross profit increased by 14.4% year-on-year to TL 385 million, representing a gross margin of 26.5% in 1Q 2012. In addition, the Company continued to invest in pricing especially on basic food private labels and fresh produce in order to increase the traffic and stimulate the sales.

EBITDA rose by 10.9% year-on-year to TL 99 million, representing an EBITDA margin of 6.8% in the first quarter, where the full year guidance is 6%-6.5%.

Aggressive store opening program continued in Q1 as well.. During the first 3 months, total store numbers reached to 764 stores including international operations. 30 Supermarkets and 1 hypermarket were opened in Turkey.

Migros expects to add at least 100 new stores to the total in 2012. As of today, the Company is ahead of its expansion program.

Migros remains committed to delivering double digit turnover growth and stable operating profitability going forward. Migros’ strong brand and market position in Turkey combined with the Group’s focus on increasing customer footfall through catalysts such as fresh categories should continue to drive sales performance. The Group will leverage off its proven track record and experience in growing organically through new store openings whilst retaining a clear focus on profitability through extracting efficiencies in supply chain and providing a rich product variety..

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Migros Ticaret offers double festival for the children on April 23rd... Migros Group will give a unique gift of festival to the children with “April 23rd Theatre Festival”, and it will also offer a unique opportunity for the social collaboration to make the children happy...Migros Group customers that buy stationery, toys and child books at 50% discount from Migros, Tansas, 5M and Macrocenter stores during April 20th- 21st- 22nd- 23rd will be able to get these products to be delivered to the children through TEGV...

“Migros April 23rd Theatre Festival” that is organized under the cooperation of Migros and State Theatres will be on the scene with 21 different plays and 52 representations in 12 cities. Migros continues to invest to the society for growth of the children with culture and art by taking important roles for advancement of the society and for creating the future through this festival that the free invitations can be obtained from Migros stores by the children. Everyone that visits Migros stores in the cities of Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Adana, Trabzon, Diyarbakir, Antalya, Erzurum, Konya, Sivas and Van will be able to visit the pay desks of the State Theatres in their respective cities with the booking vouchers to be received at the cash registers without the condition to make shopping and will be able to convert these vouchers into free tickets for any session.

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Mr. TORT: “OUR SUPERMARKET FOCUSED APPROACH BROUGHT GROWTH IN DOUBLE DIGIT IN BOTH TURNOVER AND OPERATIONAL PROFITABILITY”

The financial results for 2011 of Migros Ticaret A.S. that re-set the expansion, efficiency and profitability targets according to the “supermarket focused growth strategy” announced in September 2011 were announced. The turnover of Migros Ticaret A.S. that left out of the discounted shopping segment and continued with its growth strategy focused on supermarket in 2011 was recorded as TL 5,8 Billion with an increase by 11,5% in comparison with the previous year. Mr. Özgür Tort, the General Manager of Migros Ticaret A.S., who stated that they increased the number of stores by 10% in comparison with the previous year by putting 77 new supermarkets and hypermarkets into service in 2011, said, “We had told in September 2011 that our growth would be in double digit and our profitability would increase. Besides increasing our sales by 11,5% in 2011, we also increased our EBITDA value in double digit by 11,1% in comparison with the previous year and elevated it to TL 386 Million. We are observing the results of our supermarket focused growth approach.

 In 2011, Migros Group had access to 12 million households among 19 million households in Turkey with 720 stores by achieving growth by 11 percent with a performance over the average for the sector.

Mr. Özgür Tort, the General Manager of Migros Group, emphasized that the concept of “Only in Migros” created by the fact that the consumers placed Migros Group in a distinctive position and made it as their discourse according to the survey results, corresponded with the innovations and different shopping experiences that Migros contributed to the Turkish retail sale business.

Mr. Tort stated that the new innovations were rapidly realized since the beginning of 2012 and they would continue to be realized, and specified that they created 3 different series by taking a further step in the specific brands, and the fact that the retail sellers give their own brands to the specific brands was a step that requires encourage. Mr. Özgür Tort stated that the concept of thematic production built on the pillars of life traces was initiated with the campaign of “Nostalgia” in 2011 by working with the suppliers for the first time in Turkey, and added that they entered 2012 with “AnadoluM (My Anatolia)” that is again an ambitious theme.
 

Migros continues to introduce children with the theatre in order to raise creative children that grow up with the arts and to contribute to their cultural development...

Free invitations for the play to be on the scene in Kadıköy Halk Eğitim Merkezi on every Saturday and Sunday during March can be obtained from the information desks of Ataşehir, Uphill, Kamelya Çarşı, Kızıltoprak, Fenerbahçe Stadyum, Optimum, Caddebostan, Soyak, Kadıköy 2, Capitol, Eminalipaşa, and Kozzy Migros Stores.
 

Migros Group, which introduced the concept of thematic shopping based on the traces of life to the consumers for the first time in Turkey, presents the concept of AnadoluM (“My-Anatolia”) following the “Nostalgia” concept. Migros Group, which offers very different products that bear the traces of Anatolia, the stop-point of specific traditions, very special local products and tastes, and the cradle of civilisations, to the interested consumers, brings the “Concept of AnadoluM (My-Anatolia)” to the stores by breaking the ground again in Turkey. The wind of Anatolia that started on February 16th in Migros Stores will continue to blow until April 4th.

Migros, which is the leader of modern retail-sale business, continues with the concept of AnadoluM (“My-Anatolia”) following the concept of “Nostalgia” in the era of thematic shopping that it introduced to the consumers for the first time. Migros started 2012 with the concept of AnadoluM by setting out from the essence of Turkey, introduces many different values, tastes, symbols and patterns of Anatolia to the consumers throughout Turkey through different products. The products with “AnadoluM” concept were found very interesting by the consumers in a very short time.

 

Migros Group, which let the staff have unforgettable moments with distinctive perspectives and unusual organisations with the internal events, realised the Internal Communication Meeting for 2012 attended by all top management, the executive staff of the headquarters and the executives of all stores at WOW Hotel in Antalya.

In this big-scale organisation that truly reflected the dynamism of Migros, the new approaches, new targets were shared with the members of this big team clearly and strongly.

Over 1000 Migros Group staff members from 68 cities participated in this meeting that was organised during February 19th- 21st. Migros Group that brought together the executives of 720 stores throughout Turkey with the successful organisation of ZETA Tour had an enthusiastic internal communication meeting with the slogan of “Retail-Sale is a joyful business”.

Migros Group, the leading company in the Turkish retail sale business, continues to bring and offer different shopping experiences that are intended to make the lives of the consumers easier with the practices and innovations introduced to the sector. The out-of-store activity of Migros Ticaret A.S., which introduced the Mobile Market application with the people in Bagdat Street in Istanbul in the face of 2012, was welcomed with a great interest of the consumers. Consumers experienced the “Mobile Market” application through the Virtual Migros Benches where they could order to Migros by getting the barcodes read from their homes or at any point where they were located.

Özgür Tort, the General Manager of Migros Group, said, “We are making efforts to be present at any place where our customers are present. This includes not only location, but also service level, technology expectation and any kind of innovation.”

Migros Group, which offers cost-effective and a joyful gift alternative for the customers that are excitedly waiting for the Christmas with the Christmas Baskets with rich content and attractive prices, makes your loved persons to have a different shopping experience with HediyeM Card (My Gift Card) that any desired amount can be loaded.

We would like to thank our customers that provided support with their donations.

The list of names that you may access with the link given below will continue to be published by keeping it updated.

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The play titled “Gelin Bakın Neler Oldu (Come and Look What Happened)!” that was put on the scene in the new season in October and will be on the scene at 11:00 a.m. on every Saturday and Sunday in 75.Yıl Halis Kurtça Cultural Center in November, and in Türkan Saylan Cultural Center in December and January.  The play will meet thousands of children at different points in Istanbul every month until June. The play will take a tour in July as it does every year and the play will be on the scene in 10 different cities again.

Migros results for Q3 2011 and for the 9 months to 30 September 2011

(excluding divested Şok discount operations)
 

•  Sales growth
  • +10.5% - y-o-y. TL 4,253mn - 9M2011
  • +10.2% - Q3
• Gross Profit growth
  • +11.9% - y-o-y. TL 1.1bn with 25.9% margin – 9M2011
  • +10.1% - Q3
• EBITDA growth
  • +14.0% - y-o-y. TL 287mn with 6.7% margin - 9M2011
  • +10.8% - Q3
• Sok sale successfully completed
• Renewed focus on growth of Migros’ core Supermarket business
  • 60 new store openings and reached to 731 stores in total
• 142 Tansas Stores converted to Migros banner

Migros has delivered a strong performance, with double digit sales growth of 10.5% for the nine months to September 2011 and 10.2% for Q3, which is in line with management’s expectations. EBITDA has grown by 14% ahead of the sales growth and reached to TL 287 mn.
Profitability grew ahead of sales supported by stable gross margins, and helped by successful collaboration with suppliers and supply chain efficiencies. The overlap of the summer season and the Ramadan festive period provided relatively higher sales in Q3 versus the first half of the year.

Migros has continued to successfully implement its new store opening strategy which is focused primarily on the Group’s core Migros Supermarket brand. During the nine months to September 2011 store numbers increased to 731 stores. 56 Supermarkets and 4 hypermarkets were opened in Turkey and 142 Tansas stores were converted to the Migros brand.

The sale of Sok, Migros’ discount unit, was completed during the period. Migros is now fully focused on growing its core Supermarket business which comprises 81% of Group sales area and where it sees excellent opportunities to consolidate its leading market position in Turkey. In 2011, Migros expects to add 70 stores to its network in total.

Migros remains optimistic about its ability to continue to deliver double digit turnover growth and stable operating profitability going forward. Migros’ strong brand and market position in Turkey combined with the Group’s focus on increasing customer footfall through catalysts such as fresh categories and concentrated Private Label products should continue to drive sales performance. The Group will leverage off its proven track record and experience in growing organically through new store openings and inorganically whilst retaining a clear focus on profitability through tight management of the cost base and extracting efficiencies through investment in supply chain efficiencies and supplier relationships.

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A new Ramstore was put into service in Kazakhstan where Migros Group has most of its stores abroad. Ramstore Sputnik Shopping Mall, which is the 28th ring in the chain of Ramstores acting 2 countries i.e. Kazakhstan and Macedonia, opened its doors to the customers at 11:11 a.m. on 11.11.2011 that has taken attention of the entire world and that is believed to bring good luck in the City of Alma-Ata in Kazakhstan.

“Durable Food Package” and “Hygiene Package” prepared at cost by considering the needs of a family that has 5 members have been served to the interests of the customers at Migros, Tansas, Macrocenter and 5M Stores. Names- surnames of the participants of this aid campaign will be announced in the list of donators on our web page as of 18 November 2011.

Many rooted brands of Turkey are meeting the customers again with the designs and prices of 50 years ago in this project that is the first application of “Nostalgia” stream in the food retail sale business. Migros Group has introduced again the products of the past in special packaging with the modern store applications of the present time to the customers and will get its customers to experience a nostalgic shopping as from September 29th with the Migros Sales Trucks to be placed in the selected Migros stores.

Migros Group, the leader of innovations and dynamism in the retail sale business, is to bring cheapness, vicinity and diversity of products that are the pillars of retail sale business in the world to the customers in the new period.

Migros Group, the leader of new expectations and trends for over a half century, declared that it would grow rapidly with a focus on supermarket in parallel with the change and development in the world. Özgür Tort, the General Manager of Migros Group said, “Migros went to the feet of its customers at the conditions of 57 years ago. And now, we will take cheapness and diversity of products and facilities to the feet of our customers through our stores and we will get closer to them.”

Migros, which is welcomed by the great interest by the customers in every province, put into service Bursa Inegol 5M Store with hyper cheapness on July 8th. The people in Inegol showed great interest in the inauguration, and entered into long queues to make use of the special discounts on the case of inauguration.

Macrocenter, which is the leading brand in Turkey in special tastes, is going to open in Antalya the first store outside Istanbul for the taste addicts. Macrocenter, which brings to its shelves the most special tastes of Europe and the world for the joyful meals, is going to introduce the sense of meal and lifestyle to its customers in Antalya Terracity this time following Istanbul. Macrocenter established on an area covering 2200 square meters will welcome the domestic and foreign guests in Antalya, which is the number one tourism paradise in Turkey, as from June 1st.

Tansas embraced its customers again with the social projects realized one by one. Tansas, which further reinforced its links with the Aegean region with morning sport, university festivals, environmental projects and very special sponsorships, will welcome the artists that are most liked by its customers in Tansas Arena in the summer months.

Tansas continues to gain the confidence of its consumers within the framework of strategy of focusing on Aegean region and reinforces its link with the customers. Mr. Sevki Tuncer, Assistant General Manager in charge of Tansas Stores, replied to the question i.e. “What is happening with Tansas?” in a press meeting. Mr. Tuncer said: “Following a long period of preparation, we re-designed the Tansas stores with many innovations to meet all the needs of our customers in the region. The people in this region loved Tansas, which is their own brand, in this style. One of the five products that are sold in the organized market in the region originates from Tansas. This rate is doubled in the meat. Tansas leads with its difference of being an Aegean.”

Migros Group, which continues with the practice of “Recycling Kiosk” in the stores in order to recycle the waste substances to the environment, has expanded this practice to 37 stores in two years upon the positive demand from its customers.

Migros Ticaret A.S. was awarded the prize for the first place in the category of “Employers Employing the Highest Number of Women in 2010”, and the prize for the fifth place in the category of “Employers Paying the Highest Premium in 2010” by the Social Security Authority. Mr. Serdar Kasikci, the Industrial Relationships and Support Services Group Manager of Migros Ticaret A.S., said: “This first place is very meaningful for us. We have created the female employment by 40 percent in our company. We are very happy to be the leader in this field, and to be the pioneer in the sector and industrial world.”

Migros, which introduced Spring- Summer 2011 textile products to the public in a fashion show, brings the trends of fashion to its shelves at the most advantageous prices. The products, which were welcomed with a great interest by the consumers, were introduced in a special fashion show organized in Beylikduzu Migros Shopping Mall.

Migros Group, which accesses to the consumers in different formats at about 2 thousand points in Turkey, is putting into service 13th store of 5M, which is the newest format, in Adana, the heart of Çukurova Region. Migros Ticaret A.Ş., which will introduce a very new format to the people in Adana, will serve on its shelves everything that should be in a hypermarket from white goods to electronic devices, and from cleaning agents to food and beverage as well as many local tastes specific to Adana in the store that will serve at hyper cheap prices and enriched species. Many products will be accessed by the consumers at hyper cheap prices in Adana 5M that will open its doors to the people in Adana on April 22nd with its area covering 6 thousand 800 square meters. While the famous taste of Adana i.e. cezerye (a confection made with carrots and nuts) will welcome the people in Adana on a special rayon, many other different tastes of Adana also took their places on the shelves. Mr. Fuat Yanar, Assistant General Manager of Migros Ticaret A.Ş. said, “We are continuing to introduce the consumers all around Turkey with different shopping concept of 5M”, and added, “When we see the pleasure of our customers, this leads us to have the question of what can we do further more for them. When we meet the demands and needs of our customers in each new store that we open with the answers that we find, this makes us to be more courageous.”

The shopping concept of “Hyper Cheap-Hyper Entertaining” was welcomed with a great interest by the people in İzmir on the occasion of inauguration of the first 5M that was put into service on Friday in Balçova. The tastes of different regions of Aegean Territory were served in the form of small hills of stinging nettle, chicory, wild radish, mallow, skein, and cibes (an Aegean wild weed) at very low prices in 5M that is very ambitious in the fresh products. Special Çeşme Artichoke took its place on the bench for the well-known stuffed artichoke of İzmir.

“The customers that visited 5M Balçova, which promises “happy and entertaining shopping” for the families with the concept of “Hyper Cheap- Hyper Entertaining” read their books and magazines on the comfortable couches located in 5M Rest Hall created within the store while some customers surfed on internet using the computers with internet access. Our customers that participated in our inauguration event stated that they felt as if they had been wandering around the Aegean Territory, but not a store. This made us very happy and that was our objective” said Mr. Özgür Tort, the General Manager of Migros Ticaret A.Ş. “We brought all species for breakfast from all around Turkey to İzmir with hyper cheapness. People in İzmir will now have their breakfast on Sundays in 5M. A style, that is both very comfortable and very entertaining and a very new type that will break the grounds in the retail sale business, was created in the first 5M in Izmir. There is no classical layout, but there are living spaces and all the related products are found easily in each space. We are introducing the surprising, trendy and interesting products of very new lifestyles among these products to the people in İzmir at very cheap prices.”

Migros Group, the leading company in the Turkish retail sale business, offers the newest applications that will make the life of customers easy in the modern retail sale to the service of Turkish consumers by using the means of technology. Migros Group, which has brought many NEW GROUNDS for its consumers recently from Jet Lane to Good Agricultural Practices and to the shipment of fresh food from the distribution centers and from ATMs inside the store to the Environment-Friendly Kiosks, now meets 2011 with two big innovations.

Now, with the application of “Easy Pay-Office”, the customers will be able to make all invoice payments at Migros stores if they wish. Migros Group, which has started the first Online Market application in Turkey, now introduces to the Turkish retail sale business and consumers the concept of “Mobile Market” that will enable the consumers to place purchase orders to Migros by getting barcodes read from home or at any place with this infrastructure. “Our main approach is to make the life of our customers easy and convert shopping into living spaces in this rapid life. And we are making this with innovative-approach. Migros customers are expecting for innovation; they try every innovation at first and possess it if they like. This mutual situation makes us much more dynamic” said Mr. Özgür Tort, General Manager of Migros Ticaret A.Ş.

The Ramstore brand of Migros Group that has made a great achievement on the international arena has inaugurated 21st store in Kazakhstan in Astanalik Shopping Mall in the City of Astana. Thus, the number of stores of Ramstore in Astana has increased to five.

Migros Group, which introduces more consumers with the modern retail by opening 8 new stores on average every week, is developing the strategies that will contribute to realizing this rapid growth on the focus point of productivity.

Migros Group, which has put distribution centers into service to ensure more rapid and efficient product shipment to the sales points in every region, has added the last ring to these centers in Samsun. The total number of distribution centers of Migros Group has increased to 13 with the new distribution center that was opened in Çınarçık Town of Samsun.

The size, which was 148 thousand 912 square meters in total in 2009, has reached to 225 thousand square meters after opening the 13th distribution center, and the employment created in these centers has reached to 3300 persons. “We are realizing productivity and profitability based strategies in the background while opening 8 stores in a week. Our distribution centers are one of the most important symbols of this strategy” said Mr. İhsan Usel, Assistant General Manager for Supply Chain and Logistics of Migros Ticaret A.S.

Ramstore, the brand of Migros Group that made a great achievement on the international arena, has put 20th store in Kazakhstan in the City of Atrau. Migros Group, which has established the fourth store in the West Kazakhstan territory including Atrau, will provide service in the 2907 m2 sales area in Atrau Ramstore. Atrau Ramstore features the biggest store of the city.

Money Club Card or Money Visa Holders are earning extra money over the discounted products in Migroskop catalogue in their shopping at the value of TL 50.00 and over at one time in Migros stores during October 14th-27th.

Ramstore, the brand of Migros Group that has achieved a great success internationally, has inaugurated 18th store in Kazakhstan in Aktau City located on the shore of the Caspian Sea. Aktau Ramstore offering service with the sale area covering 3371 square meters in the biggest shopping mall of the city features the biggest store in Aktau.

 Total 11 million customers win both from their fuel and food expenses with the cooperation Shell and Migros initiated by considering the fact that food and fuel expenses, as the biggest two consumer expenses made through card, reach 30 % of the monthly family budget. The long term cooperation has been announced in a meeting to which the General Manager of Migros Ticaret A.Ş., Mr. Ozgur Tort and the Chairman of the Executive Board of Shell & Turcas Pertrol A.S., Mr. George Spanoudis have attended.

Customers, who achieve their personal targets, offered with Money Club, take their shares from millions of Money. Having distributed the highest reward in retail within the previous period, Migros Tic. A.Ş. is now offering the possibility to use the Moneys it distributed more valuably for the Money-specific products. Once again, with customer-specific offers, Money Club makes its customers partners to millions of Money during the period of 20 August - 19 September. Customers can either make free shopping with the Moneys they win or use the Moneys much more valuably in special products. By this way they can both earn Money while shopping and win once again when using the Moneys. Customers who are members of the winners' club with Money Club will continue to enjoy various opportunities at diverse Money Club points.
 

  Money Club distributed 50 million TL to 604.593 people within a month with private offers it made as part of the Money Club Card launching campaign. Having delivered the biggest reward in retail industry through a month, Migros Ticaret A.S., started to distribute a second 50 Million TL to its customers. It continues to bring in benefits to its customer in the period between the dates 15 July and 15 August with, once again personal offers. Customers included in the winners' club with Money Club will continue to benefit from various opportunities at different Money Club points.

  5M Migros as the newest format of Migros Ticaret A.S., put Afyon's biggest retail point into service with its hyper concept. Being the ninth 5M Migros in Turkey, Afyon Store will serve individual consumers with its hypermarket concept on an area of 5 thousand 350 m2, and hotels, restaurants, cafes and catering companies with its wholesale concept with parcel products. On the opening day of Afyon 5M Migros, a trailer of refrigerator, 2 trailers of detergents, 2 trucks of LCD, 2 trucks of eggs, 2 trailers of toilet paper, a trailer of granulated sugar, a truck of pasta, a truck of sunflower oil and 2 truckloads of watermelon were rapidly sold out with the special opening discount.

With its leadership mission of 56 years, Migros Group that serves in Turkey with its formats of Migros, Sok, 5M, Macrocenter and Virtual Store, starts the period of personal retailing. Tort said "The start of personal retailing period is a milestone that is as important as the introduction of barcodes to our life" and continued as follows: “This new period in retailing industry is an indication of the importance we attach on investing on the customer. Our store product diversity that addresses different expectations and the superiority created by our innovative technology will turn into benefit for our customers. We have improved our Migros Club know-how, which is the first loyalty program in Turkey, invested on it and by means of Money Club today we are able to initiate this new period for our 6 brands."

The new retailing period will cover all stores affiliated with Migros Group and will apply to 7000 checkouts in 72 cities online. For every customer having Money Club Card or Money Credit Card, a personal total target will be set, regardless of whether the shopping is made from a hypermarket, a supermarket or discount-market. The amount of the money that will return to the customer's pocket will be determined over the total shopping and the targets will be followed from shopping receipts online. Explaining that a total amount of 50 Million TL will be given out between 10 June – 11 July 2010, Migros Ticaret A.S. General Manager Ozgur Tort said that this will be the first step of the personal retailing period and that special rewarding programs will become diversified and broadened in the upcoming periods.
   

Migros Ticaret A.S, provides very special opportunities to its customers, who desire to spend the summer of 2010 by the seaside, also in their holidays. Delivering all the products its customers can find in Migros Stores to their doorsteps in 17 cities, Migros Ticaret A.S. has extended its scope of services in the summer months to serve also in summer towns. In the summer of 2010, Migros Virtual Store turns holidays into real joy by carrying out deliveries to both the summerhouses and the yachts of its customers in the towns of Bodrum, Marmaris, Fethiye, Gocek, Didim, Cesme and Ayvalık.

Having started the 'Recycling Kiosk' application in its stores for recycling waste materials, Migros Ticaret have collected a total of 370.966 recyclable wastes from its stores until today. With the positive support it received from its customers, Migros have extended the application to 20 stores. Migros Ticaret aims to double the number of environment-friendly kiosks within the year and takes the lead in the recycling of waste materials in the nature, by providing funding for works on matters of recycling and recovery.

The publicity meeting of the project, which was initiated in 2009 and which aims to enable the children to spend their out-of-school hours within an environment of gentlemanliness, friendship and a healthy life by means of the amateur football teams established in the training grounds of TEGV, was held in Istanbul with the participation of Cengiz Solakoglu, the Chairman of Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation and Bulend Ozaydinli, the Chairman of Migros Ticaret A.S.   Emphasizing on the point that the positive changes created on the spirit of the community with the institutional social responsibility efforts that aim for social benefit are as important as the efforts’ figurative results, Ozaydinli said “I attach a great importance to the project 'Children Soccer Academy', both as the chairman of Migros Ticaret A.S, and as Bulend Ozaydinli. This is because the real purpose of this project is to inspire through football, a very common and popular sport, the spirit of 'fair play' in children, who are the assurances of our future. Ozaydinli also stated that a community that listens to and tries to understand each other, and competes fairly will definitely receive the rewards of such an understanding, on both economic and social terms, and that they are very pleased to carry out this project with TEGV, of which's services he highly appreciates.  

Bringing the olives produced by Aegean Forest Foundation to its customers, Tansas will build ‘Tansas Customer Forest’ of 60 thousand saplings in Seferihisar with the whole income it obtains from the sales of these olives. In his speech he gave in the cooperation signing ceremony of the project that will be carried out jointly with Aegean Forest Foundation, Sevki Tuncer, Migros Ticaret’s Assistant General Manager in Charge of Sales said “Researches show that Turkey’s most sensitive customer group in terms of social responsibilities is the customers of Tansas.

The fact that we have planted more than 267 thousand saplings in the Aegean Region as a result of the projects we have carried out hand to hand with our customers for years is the best evidence to this. As for this year, our hearts will beat for Seferihisar which attracts the attention of the whole world with the natural and healthy living environment it provides and was named to be the first city of Turkey to enter the list of Cittaslow movement. We are proud that we will be providing 60 thousand saplings for Seferihisar

Diverse range of products that you can think of for hyper low prices… Migros Ticaret’s latest format 5M Migros, was brought into service in Starcity Shopping Mall and Outlet Center. In Starcity 5M Migros, which opened its doors for its customers with discounts up to 50 percent, a very wide product range is available from small house appliances to grocery products, from laptops to cosmetics, from eggs to LCD TV's. On the opening day of the Starcity 5M Migros, which aims to satisfy all needs of the consumers from a to z with the 30.000 different kinds of products in its shelves, 2 trailers of oil, 2 trailers of detergent, a trailer of granulated sugar, 3,5 tons of tomato, 10 tons of milk, 2 trailers of televisions and hundreds of electronic appliances were consumed rapidly. The residents of Istanbul, who showed great interest to the opening, almost raced against each other, particularly for enjoying the opening discounts of up to 50 percent in white goods and electronic appliances.

Tansas and Aegean Forest Foundation that jointly realized many projects intended for extending forestlands and re-greenifying burnt forest areas since 2006, have planted more than 266 thousand saplings in the Aegean Region. With a brand new collaboration, Tansas and Aegean Forest Foundation have initiated another project that will make a difference for the nature also in 2010.

With the income to be obtained from the "nature-friendly stickers" that the customers can buy from any Tansas Store in the Aegean Region against 4 TL, the “Tansas Cesme Customer Forest” is being built by the Izmir-Cesme highway, under the credibility of Aegean Forest Foundation. The Tansas Cesme Customer Forest that will grow with the contributions of nature-lovers, and those who miss a greener Cesme, will consist of 30 thousand saplings. The foresting works of Tansas Cesme Customer Forest is being carried out in Cesme-Karakoy area with the cooperation of the Governorship of Izmir - Provincial Department of Environment and Forestry, and Aegean Forest Foundation.

Details of this collaboration on fruit and vegetables to be sold through Migros stores labelled with the Good Farming Produce logo were given to the general public at a press conference at which Mr Mehdi Eker, the Minister of Agricultural and Rural Affairs and Mr Bülend Özaydınlı, the Chief Executive Officer of Migros Ticaret both participated. Mr Mehdi Eker, the Minister of Agricultural and Rural Affairs, drew attention to the fact that support for Good Farming Practices through private sector collaboration will contribute to an acceleration in the process of development in agriculture and to the common good by reach out to the whole of Turkey from producer to consumer. While Mr Bülend Özaydınlı, the Chief Executive Officer of Migros Ticaret, stated that they (Migros) supported the Good Farming Practices through the encouragement and the backing of the Ministry of Agriculture and said that they were determined to be pioneers in moving in this direction believing that with this development, Turkey would enter a new era in agriculture.

The Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs and Migros, the leading player in the retailing sector, have signed to initiate an historical development in the Good Farming Practices. Farmers who decide to grow products in line with the standards of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Good Farming Practices (GFP) and who sign contracts with Migros will be able to sell all the fresh fruit and vegetables they produce to the supermarket chain.

With the Good Farming Practices (which meet EU standards) initiated by the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs, consumers can be sure that fruit and vegetables are now 100% healthy and reliable. The Ministry of Agriculture and Migros Ticaret set out with the motto “Good Farming for a Good Future” and initiated a nationwide campaign so that consumers in Turkey could buy with confidence the best agricultural produce. The aims of this campaign are to ensure a healthy diet for the coming generation and to make agricultural land in Turkey more productive and fertile.

In order to ensure safe food and goods backed by quality systems, over the last 56 years Migros has put food on its shelves which has gone through its own control mechanisms. Migros has initiated and brought in many new practices such as pesticide analysis, hormone analysis, and traceable products and with the decision that all fruit and vegetables on the shelves will be produced in line with GFP standards Migros is supporting the farmer and world class agriculture as well as the principle of consumer health. From now on, consumers will be sure of buying the healthiest fruit and vegetables when they see the GFP label on the fruit and vegetable shelves of Migros.

Farmers who decide to grow products in line with the standards of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Good Farming Practices (GFP) and who sign contracts with Migros will be able to supply fresh fruit and vegetables to the supermarket chain. Migros has been strictly controlling the wholesomeness and reliability of the goods it sells throughout the 55 years it has been in business and using these new standards the progress of fruit and vegetables can be followed from the farmer’s field to the customer’s dinner table.

Approximately 2,000 farmers have started growing crops according to the Good Farming Produce standards after Migros took the decision to only buy produce from GFP certified producers.

With the Good Farming Practices (which meet the standards of the EU) initiated by the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs, fruit and vegetables are now 100% healthy and reliable for consumers. From now on, consumers will be able to buy the healthiest fruit and vegetables from the shelves of the supermarket by checking the GFP logo displayed on these products.

Migros Ticaret offers a brand new option to customers who want to give a different kind of present. With My Gift Card, which can be used in Migros, 5M and Migros E-Stores, you pick the design you want out of a choice of 12 different card designs; load credit, and your nearest and dearest can then choose their presents themselves.

The opening of Migros’s 11th Distribution Centre in Erzurum will increase the traffic of goods and trade in the region. Migros Ticaret A.Ş, which introduces Turkey to the latest in shopping environments, has just established a new distribution centre in Erzurum. This brand new investment will contribute towards regional and local development. In order to bring about faster and more efficient transportation of goods to sales points all over Turkey, Migros opened 10 distribution centres. By establishing this, the 11th, distribution centre in Erzurum, Migros now has a total storage area of 195,000 square meters and with the addition of 170 employees in Erzurum, the total number of employees working in all the Migros distribution centres has now reached 3,000. Migros Erzurum Distribution Centre, which is located in Erzurum Industrial Estate and which is built on an area of 30,000 square meters, will deliver food and non-food product groups to all Migros Ticaret formats in the region with a capacity of 800 trucks per month. The Migros Erzurum Distribution Centre was put into service on December 7th.
 

With more than 80 'firsts' in the retailing sector in Turkey, Migros is adding a new dimension to its 55 year symbol the cuddly kangaroo and launching a new era in retailing. The General Manager of the company Özgür Tort made the following statement:

"All consumer goods on sale at Migros will have a lifetime Migros guarantee. There is no time limit for the return of unopened products which have passed their expiry date. Furthermore, we have insurance cover for customer belongings both in store and in the store car parks. Throughout over half a century of innovations we have continued to offer exclusivity to our customers."

He then went on to announce that throughout the month of November customers would be able to benefit from an amazing series of campaigns and promotions and that the days of 55 kuruş shopping had begun.

Tort thanked the customers on behalf of Migros for the trust they had placed in the company which had brought them so many 'firsts' and had made such bold promises.

Migros TV, which is the first of its kind, has been greeted with a great deal of consumer interest in a short time. Customers who enter their Migros Club Card number in the field on the screen after the product advertisement win a special discount on the advertised product. Product discounts that are loaded onto the club cards can be used in any Migros store.

The express check-out came into use for the first time in Turkey at MMM Ataşehir Migros in January 2009 as a pilot study. On the back of positive customer feedback and operational advantages the system was adopted in MM Capitol Migros store on March 17th and finally in MMM Caddebostan Migros store on June 10th. 

The express check-out system (which will be installed in other Migros stores) is the most advanced of its kind and was created by examining the infrastructure of the bank systems and taking into account the shopping habits of the customers in Turkey. The express check-out accounts for 15% of transactions per day (though this varies from store to store). The system will be expanded throughout the Migros chain as initial data shows that it provides customer satisfaction by reducing total shopping time by 35% with its check-out speed.

Migros introduced the first bio-degradable carrier bags in Turkey and a drop in the use of carrier bags was subsequently observed. A second stage has been the introduction of another new environmentally friendly option to Migros customers: the reusable, cloth shopping bag. The slogan “It’s in my hands to protect the environment” is printed on these reusable bags. Migros’s aim is both to create a pleasant shopping experience and to carry on making a contribution towards raising awareness of the environment.

In cooperation with the Aegean Forest Foundation with the slogan ‘You be the solution to global warming’, Tansas has gone into action to help regenerate the forests of the Aegean. To bring the customer in on the project, which is getting bigger every year, Tansaş has put olives produced by Aegean Forest Foundation on sale at cost price in its stores.  In the area of Şirince a forest area of 30,000 saplings will be developed by planting one sapling for each jar of olives bought by customers at Tansaş stores.

Tansaş, one of the leading supermarket chains in Turkey, continues its efforts to support environmental projects set up under the slogan ‘You be the solution to global warming’. Tansaş, in cooperation with Aegean Forest Foundation, planted 100,000 saplings in Urla in 2006. This first effort was met by customer awareness. Tansaş, which has planted a total of 200,000 saplings in the depleted, burnt down forests of the Aegean region within the scope of projects being carried out with the collaboration of the customers. The latest of these projects is the sale of olives produced by the Aegean Forest Foundation at cost price in Tansas stores. The announcement that a forest of 30,000 saplings is to be developed in Şirince by planting one sapling for each jar of the olives grabbed the interest of environment-friendly consumers.

Until January 29th, Migros introduced the first bio-degradable carrier bags in Turkey for free. Additionally Migros raised the consciousness of its customers with its slogan “Don’t waste your energy”.