Weekly Entrepreneurial News by Entrepreneur Georgia

Gemuani

Fruit and vegetable chips produce ‘Gemuani’ is set to enter the European market. Director Nana Tordia says they’ll be sending chips and the separate ingredients. Production already has IFS certification and offers unique natural products without additives, so keeping 98% of the vitamins. Negotiations are underway with two international companies. Gemuani is also planning to add a new line in dairy products, meat and fish. The Gemuani factory was launched in Zugdidi Municpality in 2018 and boasts kiwi and hazelnut plantations on its territory.

Grape

Demand for tatara (thickened and boiled grape juice) products is increasing and France has been added to the list of countries exporting ‘Grape’ company products. Founder David Ramazashvili says that a new factory will be built on 700 sq.m. and is expected to open this autumn. Churchkhela and tatara are among the products of Grape sent for sale in Germany, Austria, the USA and Poland. There are only five products, and due to demand from the USA, tatara with pistachio is set to be added to the assortment.

Megruli Chai

Meet Nana Bigvava, sociologist and political scientist and now tea producer. She started out without agricultural experience in a government project to rehabilitate Georgian tea plantations and went on to set up in Martvili, Samegrelo, growing Black, Green and White tea on 35 hectares. All have received positive feedback. The product is to be launched under the ‘Megruli Chai’ (Megrelian Tea) brand name. The construction of a factory is now underway and is to open in 2020. Bigvava aims to have Georgian tea leading both the local and international markets.

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