SMK Group

SMK Group is a Ukrainian corporate group operating in meat processing, livestock farming and retail. According to its official website, it is the largest meat-processing holding in Ukraine, created in 2007 on the basis of the Saltivskyi and Bohodukhiv meat plants. The group describes itself as a market leader in meat products, a reliable business partner and an established manufacturer, with annual growth in production volumes and the opening of new lines of activity. The group's core business is meat processing, producing more than 2,000 sausage and meat products using traditional and new recipes on European equipment. Its activities span four main directions: meat processing, eco-farming, branded retail and street food. The agricultural arm, Agrofiрма «Svitanok», is an eco-farm near Kharkiv that has been breeding pigs for SMK Group since 2008 using European veterinary and sanitary technologies. In retail, the group operates more than 600 branded stores under the «Салтівський м'ясокомбінат» brand, and it also develops street-food formats such as grill sausages from the Saltivskyi and Berdianskyi meat plants at gastro-festivals, holiday fairs and resort areas. SMK Group's structure includes four meat-processing enterprises: Saltivskyi meat plant, Bohodukhiv meat plant, Berdianskyi meat plant and Kyivskyi meat plant, as well as the Svitanok agro-firm, a chain of branded stores and the Cooker online supermarket. The group's key indicators cited on its website include three meat plants, five trademarks, 17 product types, 2,000+ assortment items, 600+ branded stores, 100 franchisees, seven regional branches and 23,000 partner stores. The group produces smoked, cooked-smoked, semi-smoked and boiled sausages, frankfurters and short sausages, pâtés and meat delicacies (balyk, basturma, bacon, brizhenina, ham, carbonate, oshchok) under trademarks including «Салтівський м'ясокомбінат», «Богодухівський м'ясокомбінат», «Бердянський м'ясокомбінат», «Харківські делікатеси», «Наталка», «Смакуй українське», «Київський м'ясокомбінат» and «Cooker». The group has developed a retail network in 20 regions, and as of 2020 its network numbered 650 stores in cities including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Kamianske, Nikopol, Myrhorod, Chernihiv and Berdiansk. In 2020 it launched the Cooker online supermarket in Kyiv with its own delivery service.

SMK Group's history is closely tied to the development of its constituent meat-processing enterprises. The Saltivskyi meat plant was founded in 2000 in Kharkiv as a small sausage workshop in the Saltivka area. In 2002, a pig complex was created in the urban-type settlement of Nova Vodolaha in Kharkiv Oblast on the basis of the Svitanok farming enterprise, with main activities including crop farming, feed production and livestock breeding. In 2006, the Bohodukhiv meat plant was joined, and its facilities were reconstructed and modernized. That same year, the Saltivskyi meat plant entered the top ten, and in 2007 the top five largest producers of sausages and meat products. In 2007, the SMK Group of companies was formed, and the Berdianskyi meat plant joined the group. The Saltivskyi meat plant also became part of SMK Group in 2007. In 2019, SMK Group acquired the Kyivskyi meat plant in Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast, which produces chilled meat and meat semi-finished products. To sell its products, the company created a network of retail outlets under the «Салтівський м'ясокомбінат» brand in 20 regions. As of 2020, the network numbered 650 stores in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Kamianske, Nikopol, Myrhorod, Chernihiv and Berdiansk. In 2020, SMK Group launched the Cooker online supermarket in Kyiv with its own delivery service. The Bohodukhiv meat plant was founded in the 1930s in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast, as a poultry plant. After World War II, it was reconstructed, a slaughterhouse for pigs and cattle was added, and a refrigerator for meat storage was reconstructed. In the 1950s, a sausage production workshop was built. In 1970-75, a dry feed production workshop was built. The plant was part of the Kharkiv production association of the meat industry and was one of the largest enterprises in the city. In May 1995, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a decision to privatize the plant. In 2006, the Bohodukhiv meat plant joined SMK Group. Technological equipment was modernized, in 2008 a workshop for the production of raw smoked and raw dried sausages was introduced, and in 2010 a workshop for the production of cooked-smoked and raw smoked delicacies. In 2012, a sausage workshop was built, and in 2018 the reconstruction of production workshops was completed. The plant produces products under the trademarks «Богодухівський м'ясокомбінат» and «Смакуй українське». Its general director is Oleh Mykolaiovych Kravetskyi. The Berdianskyi meat plant was created in 1967 in Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Its main activity was meat procurement. Later, a sausage workshop was built. In 2007, the enterprise joined SMK Group. In 2010, the workshops were reconstructed, and a workshop for the production of raw smoked and raw dried sausages was built. The plant produces fish preserves under the TM «Бердянська рибка», carries out slaughter and deboning of livestock, as well as processing of fat and bones to obtain bone meal and rendered fat. The Saltivskyi meat plant was founded in 2000 in Kharkiv as a small sausage workshop in the Saltivka area. In 2006, the meat plant entered the top ten, and in 2007 the top five largest producers of sausages and meat products. In 2007, the plant became part of SMK Group. It produces boiled, semi-smoked, raw smoked, raw dried sausages, frankfurters, short sausages and meat delicacies under the trademarks «Салтівський м'ясокомбінат», «Харківські делікатеси» and «Наталка». Its director is Mykhailo Oleksandrovych Bondarenko. The Kyivskyi meat plant (TOV «Київський м'ясокомбінат») in Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast, was founded in 1936. In the 1950s, the enterprise joined the Bila Tserkva district consumer union. The development of production areas began, a meat and fat workshop was built, and later a sausage workshop. The plant's assortment includes beef, pork, sausage products and smoked meats, meat semi-finished products and culinary products. In 1990, the Bila Tserkva poultry plant was reorganized into the leased enterprise «Поліс», in 1996 into ZAT «Поліс», and in 1997 into TOV «Поліс». In 1999, a new sausage workshop was put into operation. The plant carries out procurement and slaughter of livestock, production of meat products, has its own retail chain of branded stores in Bila Tserkva and Kyiv, and is one of the leading meat-processing enterprises of the Bila Tserkva region. In 2019, the enterprise was reorganized into TOV «Київський м'ясокомбінат» and became part of SMK Group. Production was modernized and production capacities were significantly expanded. The enterprise produces chilled meat and meat semi-finished products under the trademarks «Київський м'ясокомбінат» and «Cooker». The Svitanok agro-firm, a farming enterprise in the urban-type settlement of Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv Oblast, is engaged in breeding pigs of the Yorkshire and Landrace breeds, production of meat and meat products, as well as feed production and crop farming, including growing hazelnuts and walnuts. The farm has the status of a breeding farm for breeding the Aberdeen Angus breed of cattle. In 2012, the construction of buildings began, the enterprise increased the number of sows and boars, with a total design capacity of 7 thousand heads per year. In 2015-2020, slaughter and processing workshops were put into operation. The Cooker online store was created in Kyiv in 2020; its assortment includes over 1,500 items, of which more than 200 are meat products of its own production. The courier service of the Delfast electric bike startup was acquired.

• 2020

  Cooker online supermarket launched in Kyiv; retail network numbered 650 stores.

• 2019

  SMK Group acquired Kyivskyi meat plant in Bila Tserkva.

• 2018

  Reconstruction of production workshops completed at Bohodukhiv meat plant.

• 2015

  Slaughter and processing workshops put into operation at Svitanok agro-firm (2015-2020).

• 2012

  Construction of buildings began at Svitanok agro-firm; Bohodukhiv meat plant built a sausage workshop.

• 2010

  Bohodukhiv meat plant introduced a workshop for cooked-smoked and raw smoked delicacies; Berdianskyi meat plant reconstructed workshops and built a raw smoked sausage workshop.

• 2008

  Bohodukhiv meat plant introduced a workshop for raw smoked and raw dried sausages.

• 2007

  SMK Group of companies formed; Berdianskyi and Saltivskyi meat plants joined the group.

• 2006

  Bohodukhiv meat plant joined; Saltivskyi meat plant entered the top ten largest producers.

• 2002

  Pig complex created in Nova Vodolaha on the basis of the Svitanok farming enterprise.

• 2000

  Saltivskyi meat plant founded in Kharkiv as a small sausage workshop.

• 1967

  Berdianskyi meat plant created in Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

• 1936

  Kyivskyi meat plant founded in Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast.

Ukraine's largest meat-processing holding and a market leader in meat products, with a vertically integrated model spanning farming, processing and branded retail.

• Cooked sausages

• Semi-smoked sausages

• Raw smoked sausages

• Frankfurters and short sausages

• Meat delicacies (balyk, basturma, bacon, brizhenina, ham, carbonate, oshchok)

• Pâtés

• Chilled meat and meat semi-finished products

• Fish preserves

• Bone meal and rendered fat

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