News on Chips and Snacks from the Russian Federation

August 27, 2021

Pepsico has constructed a large potato storage in Novosibirsk, Russia

A USD 30 million warehouse for potato storage was built in the Industrial and Logistic Park of Novosibirsk Oblast (Russia) to supply the potato chips plant, which is currently under construction.

May 27, 2021

Rusia: La superficie plantada de papas para chips alcanza las 19 mil hectáreas

Los proveedores de patatas de Lay han completado su campaña de siembra de primavera. En esta temporada agrícola, la siembra se realizó en un área de aproximadamente 19 mil hectáreas para Pepsico.

October 23, 2020

PepsiCo launched a new line for the production of chips in the Moscow region

According to the Ministry of Investments, Industry and Science of the Moscow Region, the tenth production line was launched at the PepsiCo enterprise in the Kashirsky District (Frito Lay Manufacturing LLC). It will produce Lay's ® chips. The production capacity of the line is more than 5 thousand tons of finished products per year.

Harvesting, prices and future plans: the potato situation in the regions of Russia

October 10, 2020

The 2020 potato harvest in the various regions of Russia

Since the start of autumn, potato producers in the regions of Russia have been facing many challenges, new and old. In the Russian Federation, the average annual volume of potatoes used for food purposes is estimated to be at 13-14 million tons, which makes potato one of the most important crops in Russia. In this article, we present information about the potato situation in various regions of Russia.

Andrei Travnikov, Governor of the Novosibirsk Region (left) and Neil Sturrock, President of PepsiCo Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Caucasus and Central Asia (right) unveil the first stone of Pepsico Russia's Novosibirsk plant.

September 17, 2020

Pepsico Russia has officially started construction of a savory snacks plant in Novosibirsk

Pepsico Russia has officially started the construction of a savory snack plant in Novosibirsk, its third such plant in Russia. The plant will start production end 2021 and produce Lays potato chips and 'CrunchTeam' croutons.

September 16, 2020

More than 64 thousand tons of potatoes processed in the Moscow region

The Moscow region is the leader in potato processing in the Russian Federation in the first half of this year. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Andrei Razin.

July 08, 2015

Ishida delivers packaging systems to Russian Snacks manufacturer KDV Group

Ishida reports on their delivery of its Ishida Atlas Packaging Systems to Russia’s largest snack producer, KDV Group.

October 26, 2014

Lorenz-Snackworld to build potato chips plant in Russia, Tula region.

According to a news item in Freshplaza,the German company Lorenz Snackworld is planning to build a potato processing plant in the Tula region (Russia)

October 05, 2014

Potato Storage, Chips Processing planned for Ingushetia

A large potato storage as well as a chips processing plant are planned in Ingushetia (Russian Federation)

June 16, 2011

Pepsico's Russian chips factory in Azov receives LEED Status

PepsiCo has had its 27th facilitity awarded LEED certification by the US Green Building Council.

December 02, 2010

Acquisition of Wimm-Bill-Dann moves Pepsico into Dairy and Russia

PepsiCo and Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC, Russia's leading branded food-and-beverage company, today announced that PepsiCo has agreed to acquire 66% of Wimm-Bill-Dann for $3.8 billion, pending the required government approvals.

January 23, 2009

Frito-Lay reissues distribution rights for the Russian Federation to the Bottling Group LLC

On January 14, 2009, PepsiCo Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Bottling Group, LLC ("PCH"), and Frito Lay Manufacturing LLC, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc. ("FLM"), entered into an agreement relating to the sale and distribution of cert...

Selkhozinvest announced construction of a Potato Processing Plant in the Tyumen Region (Siberia)

According to the department of investment policy of the Tyumen region, Ivan Dudanov, Chairman of the Directors Board of Selkhozinvest announced the company's plans to invest about EUR30 million into the construction of a potato processing plant and to...