Future Retail to spend Rs 200 crore for expansion of Big Bazaar stores in eastern region

Future Retail is planning to spend Rs 150-200 crore a year for expansion of Big Bazaar stores in the eastern region. The company would open around 25 such stores from April this year in eastern India.

The company has opened its 17th Big Bazaar store in Kolkata, which is also the 30th in West Bengal. The company would open 7-8 stores in Kolkata and its suburbs of the 25 outlets it plans to open in the east next fiscal.

Future Retail offers food and grocery categories, fresh fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry, dairy products, staples, FMCG and processed foods, electronics and appliances, clothing and footwear, furniture and furnishing, and other household articles.