Russia's third-largest food retailer Dixy Group reported on Wednesday a 21 percent year-on-year rise in July sales after a 24 percent increase in the previous month.
The company said its revenue totalled 14.8 billion roubles ($446.7 million) last month, bringing the seven-month result to about 101 billion roubles, an increase of 23 percent.
Dixy said earlier it aims at growing revenue by 25 percent this year, compared to 21 percent on a pro-forma basis in 2012.
The company, the third-biggest domestic grocery chain by sales behind Magnit and X5 Retail Group, had a total of 1,630 stores as of July 31, up from 1,284 a year ago. ($1 = 33.1305 Russian roubles)
