Master Holding

Entrepreneurial retail / processing company seeks investment

This Closed Joint Stock Company, has 150 employees at its four retail outlets and sausage production facilities.

Master Holding is a young aggressive firm that recently started in the retail business and has grown rapidly. In addition to their own four retail outlets, they distribute to over 400 other retailers throughout Ukraine.

The Company advertises heavily and feels it is very effective.

The retail outlets are clean and efficient and clearly appeal to the more affluent shopper.

Raw materials are a major concern for the company. There is little beef or pork available in Ukraine since 80% of the pork has been exported. Also, many cooperative farms are slaughtering their herds and giving the meat to their employees in lieu of cash. Imported pork is both costly, due to high duties, and of low quality. Accordingly, the company plans to start a cattle and pig breeding operation in the Dnepropetrovsk region. They felt that it was necessary to both breed and process in order to be profitable.

The company currently handles the following lines:

Tobacco:

Philip Morris

R. J. Reynolds

British Imperial Tobacco

Food:

Kraft

Sausage of their own manufacture

Beer:

Guinness

Tuborg

Heineken

There are 36 people working in the meat processing operation works two shifts per day. They produce 4-6 tons per shift, of which 3.5 tons is not smoked and 1.5 tons is smoked. The company has plans to offer 35 different products, half of which are cheaper types of sausage for the low and medium income customers. They can currently provide 3% of the total City and Oblast demand for sausage. Therefore, they would like to double their production and this will require more powerful equipment and another building. They are currently looking for $500,000 in investments from the West.

Contact

Mr. Gregory Y. Spivak, Chairman of the Board

Postal address

Master Holding

4/6, Kuznechnaya St.

310003 Kharkiv

Ukraine

 

Telephone

(380) 572-12-68-84

FAX

(380) 572-23-10-85

Electronic mail

N/A

Information supplied by CEI, April 1998.  Page last updated: January 19, 2004