A LITTLE ABOUT US
WHO ARE WE
"Inter Food Company" Ltd. is a private limited liability company with its headquarter and management address in the city of Gotse Delchev, 41 Targovska Str.
The main business activity of the company is wholesale and retail trade, import and export of industrial products, foodstuffs and other household goods, and it is registered under code 46.39 "Non-specialized wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco products" of NCEA.
In 2023 the company is building its own "Warehouse and logistics base" in the city of Simitli, located in the industrial zone. With the realization of this investment, the company plans to develop professionally in the wholesale trade of packaged food products. It is no coincidence that the modern base is located in close proximity to our border with Greece as the idea of the company's management is to specialize in the import and trade of high-quality Greek food products.
The building has a built-up area of 720 sq.m. with dimensions of 30/24m. and a height of 8 m., divided into two separate warehouses of 360 sq. m. in which modern warehouse equipment is installed for storing food products on pallets weighing up to 1000 kg. The base is equipped with modern warehouse equipment and forklifts, which are used to unload and load the goods at the entrance and exit before dispatching the grouped goods to their end customers.
The two warehouses are equipped with sectional door sleeves to unload and load trucks with the production. The building is made of metal construction and mineral wool sandwich panels, and it is one-story on one level. The total built-up area of the project is 1440 sq. m. and it will be implemented in two stages - the first one in 2023 and the second one in the following two years.
The author of the technical projects is the leading design company "Irkon" Ltd. and the company "Horizont Ivanov" Ltd. is chosen as a main contractor having years of experience in the construction of warehouse logistics and industrial buildings made of metal construction.
The Project is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, national funds of the countries participating in the Interreg V-A “Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020” Cooperation Programme and own (private) funds of the project beneficiaries.
The Project “Inter Food Company - TSAKIRIS ANONYMOUS FOOD PRODUCTION AND TRADE COMPANY“ is implemented within The Cooperation Programme INTERREG V-A "Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020"
PRIORITY AXIS 01: «A Competitive and Innovative Cross-Border Area»
THEMATIC OBJECTIVE 03 : «Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises»
INVESTMENT PRIORITY 3d: «Supporting the capacity of SMEs to grow in regional, national and international markets, and to engage in innovation processes»
MIS Code IN1GB-0043849
Implementation period: June, 2021 – December, 2023
Project Beneficiaries
Lead beneficiary: INTER FOOD COMPANY
Project beneficiary 1: TSAKIRIS ANONYMOUS FOOD PRODUCTION AND TRADE COMPANY
Project idea
A Greek producer (Project Beneficiary) - a producer of whole grain cereal products and one enterprise from Bulgaria (lead Beneficiary), with main activity- import, trade and distribution of food products, will cooperate.
The two enterprises will carry out joint activities for the purpose of producing and selling breakfast cereals, which will provide access to new markets.
Within the framework of the project investments will be made in new machinery and equipment at the Greek producer, construction of a new logistics center for temporary storage and subsequent distribution of the products on the territory of Bulgaria.
Once the investment is implemented, the economic climate in the cross-border region will be improved, the participating enterprises will have easy access to key markets and a broader customer base.
Project objectives:
Project main objective is to promote the cross-border cooperation between two existing SME from Bulgaria and Greece and to establish a sustainable model of economic exchange in both countries. The aim of the envisaged project is to improve the capacity of two partners in order to expand their activities beyond the local markets and in this way to increase their competitiveness, economic growth and sustainable development.
The project has the following specific objectives:
- Increase in productive capacity.
- Introduction of new products/services.
- Improvement of product/service quality.
- Expansion into new markets.
- Reduction of production costs.
- Increasing employment opportunities.
The project objectives fully correspond to the objectives of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC), better known as Interreg, which is one of the two goals of the EU Cohesion Policy. The overarching objective of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) is to promote a harmonious economic, social and territorial development of the Union as a whole/
Project Results:
The expected results from the implementation of the project are related to the improvement of the cooperation between Bulgaria and Greece for the production and distribution of goods of Greek origin in the cross-border region.
Specific measurable results from the implementation of the activities are:
- Supplied, assembled and put into operation at the factory of the Greek beneficiary - an Automatic cartoner for cereal packaging with automatic feeding- 1 peace; a Semi-automatic case former- 1 peace; an Offline labeling system- 1 peace; an X-ray food inspection machine- 1 peace.;
- Build modern warehouse logistics center of the Lead Bulgarian beneficiary;
Project Budget: 492.000,00
ERDF Contribution: 271.830,00
National Contribution: 47.970,00
Private Contribution: 172.200,00
See more:
https://old-2014-2020.greece-bulgaria.eu/approved-project/138/
https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en
This webpage has been produced in the framework of the project “INTER-TSAKIRIS” which funded by the European Regional Development Fund, national funds of the countries participating in the Interreg V-A “Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020” Cooperation Programme and own (private) funds of the project beneficiaries. The contents of the webpage are sole responsibility of Inter Food Company Sltd. And can in no way taken to reflect the views of the European Union, the countries at the Managing Authority and the Joint Secretariat of the Programme.