World meat industry news

CHERKIZOVO GROUP EXTENDS ITS LEAD IN FEED PRODUCTION SECTOR

  • 8 May 11:56

For the fifth year running, Cherkizovo Group (Petelinka and Cherkizovo brands) has topped the ranking of Russia’s largest feed producers. The ranking was put together by Agroinvestor. Last year, the Company posted the highest incremental growth among its peers. Agroinvestor has presented its fifth annualrankingof major feed producers. In keeping with the tradition of previous years, Cherkizovo Group took the top spot in the rating. In2019, it manufactured 2.15million tonnes of products, up 330thousand tonnes or18% y-o-y. According to Agroinvestor, in volume terms, the Group showed the strongest growth among all companies included in the ranking. As a. Read more...

Meat and Poultry Industry Russia 2020 postponed

  • 7 May 11:20

TheMeat and Poultry Industry Russia 2020management team has decided to postpone the exhibition (originally planned for end May) to October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 90% of the exhibitors agreed that the postponement of the event is the best solution. Meat and Poultry Industry Russia 2020, which is powered by VIV worldwide, is looking forward to welcoming exhibitors. Read more...

ASF Russia: Kaliningrad pig farm back on track

  • 7 May 11:14

Kaliningrad-based Baltic Meat Company No 3 has begun restocking its pig farms destroyed by the last year’s African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak, according to general director Igor Kusnetsov. The company sent a group of sentinel pigs to the affected farms, where they should stay under constant monitoring for 60 days. By the end of that time, they should undergo a thorough examination to rule out the presence of theASF. Atypical outbreak Remarkably, theASFoutbreak registered at the farms of Baltic Meat Company No 3 was atypical. It was a rare case when ASF did not cause massive mortality among pigs. The virus’ presence was detected during a. Read more...

Russia: Damate in the race to buy bankrupted Donstar

  • 6 May 10:36

Russia’s biggest turkey meat producer Damate showed interest in buying the bankrupted duck meat company Donstar, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported. Just recently Damate started the New Duck Technologies branch in Rostov Oblast, where the Donstar poultry farms are located. This new company could be used to acquire Donstar assets. Duck producer Donstar itself has roots in the turkey sector as it was established in 2010 as a subsidiary of the Russian turkey meat producer Eurodon. The company built 60 poultry houses, a feed mill and some other facilities in Rostov Oblast. Donstar had a production capacity of 27,000 tonnes of duck meat in 2017 and announced plans. Read more...

CHERKIZOVO GROUP HELPS FRONTLINE MEDICS IN THE MOSCOW REGION

  • 6 May 10:34

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, has delivered 7,000sausages to medical staff at seven hospitals in the Moscow Region. The food donation is part of the #Wearetogether campaign run in partnership with Roscongress Club and the Content Foundation for the Development of Expert and Analytical Activity to support frontline workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Cherkizovo has donated food parcels containing dry sausages to seven healthcare facilities in the Moscow Region. The donation was provided to healthcare staff at the Zhukovsky Interdistrict Hospital, Klimovsk Municipal Hospital No.2, Korolyov Municipal Hospital, Mytishchi. Read more...

Panic Buying Amid Pandemic Spurs Russia’s Retail Sector in 1Q20

  • 30 Apr 12:34

Russia’s retail sales rose more than expected in March spurred by panic buying ahead of the lockdown to stem the coronavirus outbreak and as the ruble’s plunge boosted demand for imported goods before shelf prices increased,Reutersreported. Retail sales, the gauge for consumer demand, Russia’s key economic growth driver, rose 5.6% in year-on-year terms in March, above a 2.6% increase predicted in a Reuters poll of economists, the federal statistics serviceRosstatsaid. Economic data on the state of Russia’s economic health is in focus after the central bank last week predicted an up to 6% contraction in the gross domestic product in 2020, while. Read more...

„AGROPRODMASH-2020“ WILL HELP THE REGIONAL BUSINESS

  • 30 Apr 12:31

The 25th International Exhibition for Equipment, Technologies, Raw Materials and Ingredients for the Food Processing Industry “Agroprodmash-2020” will be held from October 5 to 9, 2020 at Expocentre Fairgrounds in Moscow. It will become one of the biggest international exhibitions in autumn. “Agroprodmash” is in top ten list of the leading European industrial forums in terms of its scope and commercial effectiveness. Since its beginning, the exhibition has greatly contributed to the development of Russian food industry. Despite the business difficulties due to the coronavirus pandemic, the demand for food processing equipment is still high.. Read more...

Innovations in catering await Russian citizens after COVID pandemic

  • 29 Apr 10:40

New rules will be developed for catering establishments in Russia after completion of the coronavirus pandemic, Russia’s chief sanitary doctor and head of the consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said, NEWS.ru reports. In particular, protection of attendants, visitors, and social distancing will be ensured, she said, adding that the regime of self-isolation produced good results. If we started with infection growth rates of almost 30 percent per day, today we have less than 10 percent,she noted. Compliance with restrictions is the only way to avoid. Read more...

Recovery of certain Russian economic sectors to take over one year — expert

  • 29 Apr 10:38

Recovery of a number of sectors of the Russian economy after the crisis will take more than a year, Head of the Russian Accounts Alexey Kudrin said in an interview with Rossiya 1. "For some sectors, indeed, it will take a year or more. We need to balance opportunities and think a little bit about the future, but now we have to put a lot of effort into this," he said. "One thing is certain - we will go through it all together, for better or worse. Countries will return to their usual lives," Kudrin added. Unemployment in Russia, according to Kudrin, can grow this year to 7-8%, in the worst case, to 10%, from 6 to 9 mln people. At the same. Read more...

Delivery Service SberMarket Sees Five-fold Jump in Q1 Turnover amid Pandemic

  • 28 Apr 11:35

Russian nationwide food and necessities delivery serviceSberMarkethas unveiled its 1Q20 performance figures, which show the company’s turnover increased five-fold to 1.5 billion rubles ($20.07 million) year-on-year,Retail & Loyaltyreports. Compared to 4Q19, the metric soared 74%. The number of orders delivered in 1Q20 also increased more than five times to exceed 350,000. In 1Q20, SberMarket, owned by the country’s biggest lenderSberbank, kept implementing its strategy to create a nationwide FMCG delivery service available to all residents of the country. Over the first quarter, the service was launched in 12 new regions of Russia, from Irkutsk to. Read more...