Produced as part of the Potato Tour across Russia by Potatoes News.
From fields to a full-cycle enterprise
Dmitrovskie Ovoschi began in 1992 as a small open-field vegetable farm in the Dmitrov district near Moscow. Founder Sergey Filippov left an academic track for agriculture and, over decades of steady work, grew the venture into a multi-site group focused on potatoes and open-field vegetables—while preserving its identity as a family business. Today the company typically harvests around 100,000 tons of vegetables and potatoes annually (with seasonal variation) and complements crop production with classic mixed-farming elements such as dairy and feed.
Pioneering products and processing
From the late 1990s the group set market trends: early moves into consumer packaging and washed produce, and some of the first ready-to-use formats on the Russian market, including vacuum-cooked beetroot and peeled potatoes for culinary applications. The company has consistently invested in technology—specialized harvesters, optical sorting and modern post-harvest systems—helping to set new quality benchmarks and inspiring peers across the sector.
Processing is now a cornerstone of resilience. Every incoming ton is calibrated and directed to the optimal outlet, with the remainder routed into value-added lines. This near-zero-waste approach reduces losses, stabilizes margins and delivers consumer-friendly products with higher added value.
Customers, formats and service
Dmitrovskie Ovoschi supplies major federal retail chains and a wide HoReCa client base, and is a key supplier of peeled vegetables for schools and kindergartens in Moscow—evidence of strict standards and reliable, on-time deliveries. Commercial operations are led by Daria Filippova, CEO of the trading house, who has built a flexible, client-oriented model with in-house logistics and a fast response to network specifications—capabilities that are essential in the competitive Moscow region.
Strategy: value over volume
With land near the capital under constant pressure from development, expansion is not about “more hectares at any cost,” but about more value per hectare: deeper processing, stronger service levels, and formats with higher added value. The company’s long-term focus is clear—quality, diversification of sales channels and solutions that keep it close to Russia’s most demanding consumer market.
Having travelled the road from dozens of hectares to a national benchmark, Dmitrovskie Ovoschi continues to innovate, proving that a family enterprise can shape the future of Russia’s potato and vegetable industry.
