Cargill Opens $40M Chicken Processing Facility in Russia
Cargill, Minneapolis, opened a $40 million chicken processing facility at its complex in Efremov, Russia, located 300 kilometers south of Moscow. The facility, which marks Cargill's first primary chicken processing operations in Russia, will predominantly supply McDonald's restaurants in Russia with high-quality Chicken McNuggets as well as other chicken products.
"Cargill has had a strong business relationship with McDonald's for many years, and when sourcing locally became a key requirement for McDonald's in Russia, we were pleased to be able to work together and help them find a solution," says Jeremy Graves, general manager, Cargill Meats Europe. "Our processing plant and our joint efforts to build a sustainable local supply chain is yet another example of the ongoing collaboration between our two companies."