Gruppa Cherkizovo PAO (Russia)

Cherkizovo Group is a holding company which was formed in 2005 as a combination of two separate groups of companies - Cherkizovsky agro-industrial group and Michailovsky agro-industrial group. Cherkizovo is a leading Russian vertically integrated agro-industrial company. Its operations spread over a full production cycle from feed production and breeding to meat processing and distribution. The operational facilities of the Group include 7 meat processing plants, 5 pig production complexes, 4 poultry production complexes, 3 poultry processing complexes as well as two combined fodder production plants. It also operates three trading houses with subsidiaries in major Russian cities.
The Group's geographical landscape covers Moscow and the Moscow region, the regions of Sankt Petersburg, Penza, Lipetsk, Vologorod, Belgorod, Ulianovsk, Rostov, Tver, Chelyabinsk, Tambov, Voronezh and Krasnodar, Ufa, Saratov, Samara, Ekaterinburgh, Perm and Kazan. The Group is well represented in the European part of Russia through its own distribution network; the logistical reach of this network is further aided by its own fleet of over 900 trucks.
The Group owns locally recognised brands which include "Cherkizovsky", "Petelinka" and "Pyat Zvezd". The Group's products have gained prizes at such International Food Fares as "Prodexpo" and "World Food".
To attain competitive advantage over its peer group, the Group continuously invests into existing business.