Russia’s biggest turkey man is (yes, you guessed right…)

Russia’s biggest turkey man is (yes, you guessed right…)

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norman lebrecht

January 11, 2014

Report today in Gazeta (Google translated):

The country’s largest producer of turkey meat ” Evrodon ” meat has begun shipping to retailers. Co-owners of the company are conducted by Valery Gergiev, artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre , and businessman Vadim Benaiah .

Since the new year the company opened a large-scale delivery of chilled meat in retail grocery chains in 12 regions of the country. This is the first attempt to bring produced on an industrial scale meat of this species of bird on the Russian market . Turkey will be sold in Rostov- on-Don, Moscow, Moscow , St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region and other regions of the country . Manufacturer has already signed a contract to supply wholesale and retail supermarkets and shops in the premium segment . Cost of 1 kg of turkey meat in the stores will be about 200 rubles.

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Comments

  • Dave K says:

    Well, you set it up, so somebody has to hit it…

    Mr G has some experience with turkeys.

  • sdReader says:

    ” … produced on an industrial scale … ”

    Just what we need! And just like his music-making.

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