[3] Founded by Oleg Zherebtsov, Lenta opened its first cash and carry store in St. Petersburg, Russia, in October 1993.

Now Lenta operates 122 hypermarkets in 63 cities across Russia and 27 supermarkets in the Moscow region with a total of approximately 787807 m2.

[5] In February 2022, Lenta acquired Utkonos online-retailer from its shareholder, "Severgroup" of Alexey Mordashov, for 20 billion roubles.

The Board of Directors also includes: Vladimir Sorokin, Steve Johnson, Michael Lynch Bell, Rood Pedersen, Yulia Solovyova, Roman Vasilkov, Thomas Korganas, Alexey Kulichenko.

Almost immediately after the SPO, the company announced the payment of dividends to its shareholders in the person of Lenta Ltd in the amount of 6 billion rubles.

On April 10, 2015 VTB Capital reduced its stake in Lenta to 4%, selling 3 million GDR.

On April 30, 2019 Severgroup completed the acquisition of global depositary receipts for shares of the retailer Lenta from the TPG investment fund and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).