At the end of December last year, the agricultural holding opened its first store in Moscow in the Filevsky Park area. it was noted then that the bulk of products for stores in the capital region would come from the company’s own distribution center in the Ramensky district of the Moscow region. This year the company will allocate funds for rebranding, equipping its stores with equipment and updating the transport fleet of the trade convoy.
In general, this year Agrocomplex plans to increase investments in the development of various business areas by 70% compared to 2023, when 6.3 billion rubles were invested, that is, up to approximately 10.7 billion rubles. “Last year, the main investments were related to the renewal of the agricultural machinery fleet, the reconstruction of livestock facilities, the modernization of SUGAR factories and a MILK processing plant,” said Evgeniy Khvorostina, general DIRECTOR of Agrocomplex, as quoted in the company’s message. “This year, in addition to investments in agriculture and processing, we are planning significant investments in the development of the company network and logistics, including to consolidate our positions in the capital region.”
In 2023, the agricultural holding allocated 3.8 billion rubles. for the purchase of more than 500 units of agricultural machinery and vehicles. Production facilities for poultry farming, dairy farming and pig farming were also financed for a total of 600 million rubles. The reconstruction of sugar factories cost 400 million rubles, 300 million rubles. went to modernize the Milk-2 enterprise.
In 2024 , the company will continue to update its machine and tractor fleet and plans to purchase about 600 units of equipment. Support for dairy and beef cattle breeding sites will also continue . In addition, a project will begin for the construction of a second-order reproducer for the parent flock of broiler chickens at the Korenovskaya poultry farm in the Krasnodar Territory. The production of 26 million hatching eggs per year will completely replace imports and provide the company with hatching eggs. It is also planned to reconstruct the Pavlovsk Sugar Factory to increase the daily processing volume of sugar beets to 7.4 tons per day, which will increase sugar production by 23 thousand tons per year. The modernization of the Kuban Cheese processing plant will be associated with an increase in the production capacity of hard and semi-hard cheeses to 36 tons per day.