The Ministry of Agriculture will launch a project to create rural mini-bakeries in 2026

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation plans to implement a project to develop a network of mini-bakeries in rural areas, the head of the department, Oksana Lut, said at a small agribusiness forum held as part of the All-Russian Field Day. According to her, the business model involves purchasing frozen bread from a large enterprise and then baking it "for a specific consumer." "Possibly making it according to their own recipes, but making their own dough would be inefficient, because everyone is working on costs," Lut said. "If you look at the statistics, the share of bread with long shelf life is increasing. That is, essentially this is conditionally frozen bread, or bread that needs to be baked further." The minister said the project is planned to be launched from next year. "We also agreed with the Ministry of Economic Development on how they will synchronize their support measures with our measures. The SME Bank (JSC "SME Bank" - ed. note) should connect from ...