Čakovečki mlinovi (lit. "Čakovec Mills") is a Croatian milling company based in

Čakovec Čakovec (; ; ; ) is a city in Northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital, and close to the borders with Slovenia and Hungary. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmo ...

. In addition to being the biggest producer of

wheat flour Wheat flour is a powder made from the grinding of common wheat used for human consumption. Wheat varieties are called "soft" or "weak" if gluten content is low, and are called "hard" or "strong" if they have high gluten content. Hard flour, or ...

in the country, it also produces

baked goods Baking is a method of preparing food that uses dry heat, typically in an oven, but it can also be done in hot ashes, or on hot Baking stone, stones. Bread is the most commonly baked item, but many other types of food can also be baked. Heat is ...

and

pumpkin seed oil Pumpkin seed oil is a culinary oil, used especially in eastern Europe. Culinary uses This oil is a culinary specialty from what used to be part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and is now southeastern Austria (Styria), eastern Slovenia (Styria a ...

. The company's shares are listed on the

Zagreb Stock Exchange The Zagreb Stock Exchange or ZSE ( ) is a stock exchange located in Zagreb, Croatia. It is Croatia's only stock exchange. The exchange trades shares of Croatian companies, as well as bonds and commercial bills. The ZSE was established in 1991 a ...

(ZSE) and is one of the 25 companies included in its official share index

CROBEX CROBEX is the official share index of the Zagreb Stock Exchange. As of March 2023, it includes stocks of 15 companies and is calculated continuously using the latest stock prices. It is measured using free float market capitalization, where the ...

as of September 2010. The company's main plants are located in Čakovec, Donji Kraljevec,

Oroslavje Oroslavje () is a town and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. Oroslavje is often referred to as The Gate of Croatian Zagorje (''Vrata Hrvatskog zagorja'') because of its geographical position and its proximity to Zagreb, The Cit ...

and

Konjščina Konjščina () is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County, northern Croatia. The town is about 30 km northeast of Zagreb. In the 2011 census, there were a total of 3,790 inhabitants in the area, in the following settlements: * Boč ...

, all located in the north of the country, and its main wheat suppliers are farmers from the

Međimurje County Međimurje County (; ; ) is a triangle-shaped Counties of Croatia, county in the northernmost part of Croatia, roughly corresponding to the historical and geographical region of Međimurje (region), Međimurje. It is the smallest Croatian count ...

region. The company mills some 50,000 tons of wheat annually, which makes it the biggest company of its kind in Croatia, while the company's bakeries produce some 10,000 tons of baked goods every year. In 1999 the company acquired Trgovina Krk, a small retail chain based on the island of

Krk Krk (; ; ; ; archaic German: ''Vegl'', ; ) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. Krk is tied with Cres as the largest Adriatic island, depending o ...

, and in 2003 the company established METSS, a subsidiary which operates some 90 food and retail stores in Međimurje. The company's CEO Stjepan Varga and his wife Ružica are the company's biggest shareholders, owning some 26 percent of shares combined. In 2009 the company posted a profit of HRK 24 million, which is expected to increase to 28 million in 2010.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cakovecki Mlinovi Food and drink companies of Croatia Food and drink companies established in 1893 Companies listed on the Zagreb Stock Exchange Companies in the CROBEX 1893 establishments in Croatia Cakovecki mlinovi