October 1961 – establishment of the Volkhovskiy meat packing plant. The company’s primary business was slaughtering, manufacturing of sausage goods and ready-to-cook foods from meat. For all its history the meat packing plant developed from the lease company to the private joint stock company.
From 1997 Parnas is the holder of the control stake. From March to September 2003 the company underwent fundamental renovations. A part of machinery was replaced with new, overhaul of the other machinery, capital repairs of all utilities, buildings and structures.
The range of products was changed – from September 2003 the company’s primary business is manufacturing of a great variety of meat cans. The slaughtering shop stills operates.
The Volkhovsky meat packing plant is the awardee of numerous exhibitions and fairs. “The Best 100 Goods of Russia’, ‘Russian Farmer’, etc. The Mayor of Volkhov also highly appreciated the performance of the company: the letter of appreciation for growth of the output, renovation of the enterprise, timely payments with the budgets of all levels.

About the products

Tinned meat won strong positions on the market of meat foods long ago. These goods tested by not one generation were stored well in the stocks of homemakers for fast cooking and for a rainy day and is always viewed indispensable in fishing expeditions and hiking.
The cans under the trade mark Parnas-M are manufactured at the Volkhovsky meat packing plant. Availability of own slaughtering house on the premises of the company allows using only fresh-killed meat and variety meat as raw materials. The manufacturing engineers carefully select the best recipes to please the customers. The employment of new lines of machinery allows keeping freshness and flavor of the product for long.
Also, a wide variety of pates are presented for the consumer’s choice. A diversity of flavors, steady high quality and convenient packing has made this line of products very popular with the consumers.
The manufacturing engineers have developed new recipes of well-known meat and cereal cans. Meat and cereal cans are made of pork and beef with adding grits – pearled barley, rice, buckwheat and wheat. The latest packing techniques give confidence that the quality of the product will be preserved, allowing working on exclusively the betterment of taste.