History

The 2nd guild merchant from Chelyabinsk, Ivan Petrovich Kuznetsov, together with his sons Vladimir and Dmitry, built one of the first powerful commercial steam wheat-grinding mills in the Southern Urals. From this historical date begins the history of the modern grain processing plant named after Grigorovich.

The steam mill of the Kuznetsov Brothers Trading House, located 3 miles from Chelyabinsk, became one of the first in the city in terms of production volumes and was awarded a medal for the quality of its flour products.

In 1911, a difficult year after a poor harvest, the merchant Mikhail Petrovich Arkhipov became the new owner of the mill. For 8 years the mill had been called Arkhipovskaya. On the merchant’s letterhead there was an image of the gold medal of the Donbass-Kuban-Terek Agricultural Society “There is strength in hard work and unity.”

During the First World War, a hospital for sick and wounded soldiers was established on the territory of the mill.

The enterprise of the merchant M.P. Arkhipov was nationalized and handed over to the milling department of the provincial Council of National Economy. The first director was Grigory Polunin.

The enterprise was renamed the Kommunar. The enterprise underwent modernization: a new grain dryer, measures were taken to increase the volume of flour production.

The enterprise switched to electricity supply.

The history of the plant is inextricably linked with the work of the innovator engineer Anatoly Fedorovich Grigorovich. He was a laureate of the state prize, the author of more than 100 innovation proposals and 15 inventions. His main invention was the stone separator, a machine for cleaning grain from mineral impurities.

During the Great Patriotic War, the enterprise supplied food to the front and rear. Grigorovich A.F. invented a portable mill (it weighed 100 kg and could grind 5 tons of grain). It could be used not only in the rear, but also on the front lines (in military units, guerrilla units).

Construction of housing on the adjacent territory.

Construction of a compound feed workshop.

The work collective elected Alexander Pavlovich Berestov as the director of Bakery Plant No. 2. The beginning of a new era of development.

Construction of a corn curls workshop. Launch of new product: corn curls.

Establishment of a Joint Stock Company. Renaming of the company to the Grigorovich Bakery Plant. The shareholders unanimously supported this decision in order to honor the memory of Grigorovich.

Launch of a breakfast cereal workshop. Product launch: filled pillows

Together with German specialists from the FRITSCH company, a new project was implemented to install lines for the production of puff pastry.

The Chebarkulskie Semena Breeding And Seed Production Center was launched.

A workshop for the production of plant-based beverages was built.

The company has underwent a deep modernization of three large production sites. A new brand for baby food, Mini Mills, was developed and launched.

workshop for the production of noodles was launched at the grain processing plant.

A plant for the production of organic fertilizers based on humic acids was launched.

The reconstruction of the oat flakes production workshop was completed.

Development and launch of a line of cereals with chickpeas with increased nutritional value.