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What happened in the industry over the week? We answer in the new Friday news roundup ✨

🔸The Kolomensky Bakery Plant is launching a chain of bakeries under the brand "Hot Sandwich." According to CEO Dmitry Kozlov, the project is currently experimental, with only two locations operating in the Moscow region and St. Petersburg.

🔸Unilever has received approval from Russian authorities to sell its business in the country. A buyer has been found, and information about the potential buyer is being published in the media, but the source has not disclosed additional details. The assets, which include the company's brands, are valued at 35–40 billion rubles.

✅"VkusVill" will open a food court on Krasnaya Presnya, on the site of a former food market. A representative of "VkusVill" shared that the location will definitely include a store and a "Sgoryacha" network café. The opening date has not yet been announced as construction is still underway.

🔸Samara Bakery No. 5 is launching a campaign to support the company's most popular and unique loaf, the "Mustard Loaf." More than 70 prizes will be raffled as part of the campaign.

🔹The "United Confectioners" holding company has been recognized as the exporter of the year in the ready food segment of the agro-industrial complex. The holding company’s confectionery products are exported to more than 40 countries worldwide, including CIS countries, China, and the Persian Gulf countries.

✅A major ready-meal production facility will be launched near Yekaterinburg by the end of the year, which will be the largest in the Urals and Siberia. It will be capable of producing ready meals and semi-finished products for 100,000 people daily.

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