Rigas Miesnieks

A sausage making shop “Konsums” was set up in Atlasa Street, Riga, in 1922. The date is also considered as the company’s „Rīgas Miesnieks” year of foundation. A few years later the company was converted into the central union and meet factory and started to export bacon to Sweden.

In the course of the war the company manufactured products for military purposes: canned food, semi-dry and cold-smoked sausages with a long shelf life.

The company “Riga meat and cannery” was started up on the basis of the nationalized enterprise in 1944.

In the post-war period the plant produced canned food, meat dumplings, smoked meat products and variety of sausages. The volume of production increased continuously. The range of adjacent products included mugs, ash trays, pencil holders, various mascots and souvenirs.

The construction of the new facility designed according to the highest standards and requirements was decided in 1988.