We started our business more that 20 years ago opening a small grocery shop for commodities in the Sofia’s Central market.
Today, we are pride with our rice growing and milling activity and the beans growing and harvesting experience.
History
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1996
We open a small grocery shop for natural food in Sofia's Zhenski pazar (Biggest grocery market in Sofia).
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1998
Our first packaging workshop for the processing of cereals and pulses started to work.
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2003
We created our brand Krina, which gradually became well known to Bulgarian consumers. With the development of the range of Krina next step was positioning of the brand on foreign markets, such as Romania, Serbia and Greece.
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2006
We started our rice milling business.
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2008
Successfully certification according to ISO 22000 and ISO 9001.
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2009
We harvested our first areas of paddy and this was the start of own agricultural production. We achieved BRC certificate.
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2010
Expanding portfolio of brands with brand Passiflora.
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2011
Krina launched a new product - peeled beans.
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2012
Successfully certification of IFS, which we support up to now. The same year we passed the certification audit for marketing and processing of organic food under Regulation 834/2007.
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2013
After long market researchers of the eating habits of consumers, we launched rice Balance.
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2014
The new modern facility was open in Sofia - for processing of rice, wheat, muesli, pearl barley.
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2015
Developed the brand for traditional cereals Lagarone.
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2015
We launch the brand that rehabilitates Bulgarian agricultural production which is telling the story of "Once Upon a Time there was Bulgarian rice, beans and lentils".
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2016
We celebrate 20 years together.