Globus Gurme
Retailer / private label
UnclaimedGlobus Gurme was a Russian premium gastronom chain, founded in 2004 and closed in 2025.
Last updated September 26, 2026
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Overview
Globus Gurme (Russian: «Глобус Гурмэ») was a Russian chain of premium-class gastronomes (gourmet food stores). It was managed by the company Stolichnaya Trading Company. The chain was included in a rating of the world's best gastronomic stores compiled by an expert council of the English magazine The Grocer. It positioned its products in the healthy eating segment and other segments, and participated in innovations in the services market. The Globus Gurme chain was founded in 2004 by Lev Khasis and Arkady Novikov. The first gastronome opened in 2005 in the Gimeney shopping center on Bolshaya Yakimanka Street in Moscow. As of 2007, nine Globus Gurme gastronomes were operating: seven in Moscow and two in Saint Petersburg. By 2024, the chain had three stores: one in Moscow (on Bolshaya Yakimanka Street) and two in the Moscow region (on Novorizhskoye Highway in Krasnogorsk and at Sheremetyevo Airport). In the summer of 2025, the stores on Novaya Riga and at Sheremetyevo closed, and at the end of August the last store on Bolshaya Yakimanka also ceased operations, marking the end of the chain.
History
Globus Gurme was founded in 2004 by Lev Khasis and Arkady Novikov. The first store opened in 2005 in the Gimeney shopping center on Bolshaya Yakimanka Street in Moscow. The chain was managed by Stolichnaya Trading Company. By 2007, it operated nine stores: seven in Moscow and two in Saint Petersburg. The chain was included in a rating of the world's best gastronomic stores by The Grocer magazine. By 2024, the network had shrunk to three stores: one in Moscow on Bolshaya Yakimanka Street and two in the Moscow region (Novorizhskoye Highway in Krasnogorsk and Sheremetyevo Airport). In the summer of 2025, the Novaya Riga and Sheremetyevo stores closed, and at the end of August 2025 the last store on Bolshaya Yakimanka ceased operations, ending the chain's history.
- 2025
Novaya Riga and Sheremetyevo stores closed in summer; last store on Bolshaya Yakimanka closed at the end of August.
- 2024
Three stores remain: one in Moscow and two in the Moscow region.
- 2007
Nine stores operating: seven in Moscow and two in Saint Petersburg.
- 2005
First gastronome opened in the Gimeney shopping center on Bolshaya Yakimanka Street in Moscow.
- 2004
Globus Gurme chain founded by Lev Khasis and Arkady Novikov.
Products and positioning
Premium-class gastronome chain, positioned in the healthy eating segment and other segments.
Product categories. Premium groceries · Gourmet food products · Healthy food products
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