The food industry has faced many challenges in recent years: the Covid-19 pandemic was followed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and prices for raw materials and energy resources rose sharply. In 2024, several poultry farming companies in Latvia – Putnu fabrika Ķekava, Lielzeltiņi, and others – merged to form the joint-stock company Ķekava Foods, which is part of the Lithuanian Akola Group.
The turnover of AS "Ķekava Foods," Latvia’s largest chicken meat producer, increased by 12%...