DOBRODIYA FOODS LLC

Dear friends and partners! We are pleased to announce that Dobrodiya factory has resumed its work after deoccupation . We are currently resuming the export of oatmeal and plan to reach 100% production capacity in the near future. Dobrodiya Foods is also actively involved in providing food to the regions whose population needs it. We continue to work, support everyone who needs help, and rebuild our country.

“Dobrodiya Foods” will present products under the brands of “Dobrodiya”, San Grano, and WOWSYANKA (the first premium Ukrainian flakes) at the world’s largest exhibition Gulfood, which will take place in Dubai (UAE) on February 13-17. Dear friends and partners, We would be glad to meet you at our stand at #gulfood2022 (Hall Shk Saeed 2, stand S2-321 (Ukrainian pavilion))

According to the rating of the “Power and Money” magazine, Agricom Group entered the TOP-50 of the best companies in Ukraine at the end of 2021. As it is noted in the publication: “This is a rating of really outstanding companies of the Ukrainian market, which are developing according to the highest standards of modern European business and are ready to compete with dignity in the economic and social all-around. These are the TOP-50 of the companies that in 2021 had the greatest impact on the development of the Ukrainian economy, as our honorable jury considers.” According to Petro Melnyk, co-owner and CEO of Agricom Group, “being on a par with such large and successful companies is a good sign for business.” He also noted that the Group is dynamically developing and scaling every year. And this is just the beginning of sweeping changes!

The Anuga exhibition is the largest and one of the most important profile events in the world, which gathers audiences of thousands. At the corporate stand of Agricom Group the products of TM “Dobrodia” and San Grano were presented, which attracted the interest of visitors to the exhibition. The head of the export department Anna Prokofieva and the manager of foreign economic activity Olena Prokofieva have demonstrated the results of the most powerful, fully automated production complex for the production of flakes from cereals and its derivatives in Europe and Ukraine. Due to its grandiose scale and breadth of food issues, Anuga is deservedly considered the world’s leading event in the field of nutrition. We were glad to join and demonstrate the results of our work!

At the beginning of October, at the plant producing products under the TM’s Dobrodiya and San Grano, a boiler was installed to heat the dryer with solid fuel. The decision to switch to alternative energy sources was made due to the increase in natural gas prices for businesses at least three times, according to the plant. According to Oleksandr Molchanov, chief engineer of the Dobrodiya Foods plant, the capacity of the solid fuel boiler is 8.5 MW, and wood pellets, sunflower husk pellets and wood chips will be used for heating. “There is only one way to reduce the cost of drying grain – to switch to alternative fuels. Therefore, the transition to solid fuel will allow us to reduce the cost of drying grain. And the savings on fuel costs will increase at least twice”, Molchanov said. Also, it was reported by the plant that the estimated payback period of the installed equipment is one season of grain drying.

TM “Dobrodiya” have entered in the TOP-30 rating of the most successful Ukrainian brands in the history of the country, which is held annually by the “Power of Money” magazine. This year, the traditional rating of the “Power of Money” magazine dedicated to the most successful and popular Ukrainian brands, is of more global nature covering the 30-year history of Ukraine’s independence. “We present companies that have played a significant role in the formation of Ukraine, especially in economic terms, and which today play a crucial role in the development of the country and its integration into the European community. These companies and their brands owe their success to the ability to feel and satisfy the demands of Ukrainians, these are the names that have earned trust and respect in Ukraine, and most often – in international markets,” the rating reads.

According to the results of the contest “The best product of Chernihiv region-2021”, which is held annually by the Chernihiv Regional State Administration, the products of TM “Dobrodiya” have won in the nomination “Food products”. Among the products that took part in the competition, all four have won: “Oat flakes “Super Hercules” TM Dobrodiya” 700 g”, “Seven-grain cereal TM “Dobrodiya” 700 g”, “Oatmeal with blueberries TM “Dobrodiya” 40 g” and “Fast-to-cook oatmeal with flax seeds “OMEGA” TM “San Grano” 500 g”. Small and medium business-entities which are registered and engaged in the production of food and non-food products in the Chernihiv region, were invited to participate in the competition. “Dobrodiya Foods” LLC took part in the contest “The best product of Chernihiv region” for the first time and received all the awards at once.

In the 2022 Dobrodiya plans to launch three new products “In 2021, we adopted a new strategy, according to which we plan to invest about $20 million in the development of processing in Ukraine over the next five years. Over the past six months, we have invested about $2 million. Now the construction of a production warehouse is in full swing. These are the additional investments. I hope that in spring or in summer we will take part in the opening ceremony, adjusted co-owner and the executive director of the agroholding Mr. Petro Melnyk. Besides, in the 2022 the agroholding plans to launch three new lines of products at the new production facility of 6 acresin the Chernihiv region where in prospect the management sees the second and the third production phases. “These are not flakes, these are other products, we will actively cover their appearance on store shelves” underlined Mr. Melnyk.