KSG Agro continues to ship products
KSG Agro is taking additional measures to motivate and ensure the safety of the personnel of the farms included in the holding during the period of hostilities in Ukraine. The company continues to ship meat to retailers, in particular in Zaporozhye.
This was reported by the press service of the agricultural holding.
“Our staff works in very difficult conditions, doing everything possible to ensure that we produce food that is vital for the people of Ukraine and their army,” comments Sergey Kasyanov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the KSG Agro agricultural holding. — The holding's activities are of strategic importance in terms of the country's food security, so our front is labor, and we see our task in the well-coordinated work of the team. I believe that this is no less important for victory than the defense of our Ukraine with weapons in hand.”
KSG Agro continues to ship pork at the request of consumers, including the Silpo and Varus retail chains. Since February 24, the company has supplied about 500 tons of pork to retail chains. Deliveries are made not only in the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk region, where the holding's pork market share is 50%, but also in Zaporozhye.
“Today, a difficult humanitarian situation has developed in Zaporozhye, incl. with the provision of food. And our drivers, at the risk of their lives, carry out deliveries to Silpo stores in Zaporozhye and the Zaporozhye region,” said Sergey Kasyanov.
He adds that after the outbreak of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, all employees of the holding received additional motivation through a two-fold increase in wages for the period of the war. In addition, they were paid a double advance payment and provided people with food.
In order to enhance the safety of the pig farm, protection by the forces of terror defense, which is supported, is organized, regular meals are organized. In addition, additional checkpoints have been installed to protect both the pig farm and the settlement in which it is located.
For reference: KSG Agro is one of the leading agricultural holdings in Ukraine, a European innovative group of companies operating on the principle of vertical integration. The holding's shares are listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The main activity of the holding is the cultivation of land and the production of crops, as well as the pig business, for which Strong-Invest LLC is responsible. Since September 2014, KSG Agro has been implementing a development strategy, according to which the company is developing the most promising projects, primarily pig breeding, as well as crop production.