Keyword: «food industry»

The article is devoted to the contribution of Anastas Mikoyan in the formation and development of Soviet food industry. Special attention is given to the priority of introduction of the latest foreign achievements and models of equipment performed by people`s commissar.

The article presents the results of the Russian agricultural industrial complex development research in the time period 2014-2016 using the dynamic norm method. The author suggests a system of indicators and their dynamic norm reflecting the strategic direction of the agricultural industrial complex development towards import substitution and food export expansion. Based on the calculated rank correlation coefficients and the development index, a conclusion was made that the complex functioning results during analyzed period are close to the normative model.

In the current social-economic situation, the demand for specialists in the food industry is increasing. An important role in shaping the competitiveness of future labour market participants is played by professionally-oriented foreign language learning. The purpose of the article is to describe the experience of organized professionally–oriented interaction with the use of a foreign language to form the competitiveness of future specialists in food industry at a technological university. Based on the content of the concept of "competitiveness", it becomes obvious that it is necessary to organize interaction in order to form it. The authors highlight the importance of professionally-oriented foreign language training for specialists in the food industry in relation to the performance of labour functions and their competitiveness in the labor market. The integration of language training with the content of the disciplines of the professional cycle is presented, i.e. the topics of the worked out manual correlate with the cycles of professional disciplines. Auxiliary tasks and expected results of the lesson are defined in the worked out first lesson on the discipline "Foreign language" for future specialists of the food industry. It describes professionally-oriented interaction with the use of a foreign language in the first three semesters, in which the discipline "Foreign language" is studied. In addition to the introduction of a professionally-oriented manual into the training course of future specialists in the food industry, the training methods, which are used, are also indicated. The described experience of organized professionally-oriented interaction using a foreign language can be useful for organizing professionally-oriented interaction in other areas of training.

In the modern economy, there is a complex system of interaction of many elements. For the effective development of this system, it is necessary to carry out economic transformations that will take into account the interests of various consumers. Economic changes based on innovative approaches to doing business. The main task of the innovative strategy of enterprises, including catering, is to ensure stable growth in the quality of products and services provided. The experience of other countries shows that in order to successfully adapt to the new economic model, it is necessary to develop new mechanisms and concepts that contribute to improving the quality of products and services, and can lead to greater accessibility for consumers. The relevance of the research is due to the increased interest of entrepreneurs in non-standard business formats that allow them to present products in a unique way and attract new customers. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the prospects for the development of the concept of «Pop-up» restaurants. The objectives of the study include: to present an analysis of the existing formats of public catering enterprises; to characterize the concept of «Pop-up» restaurants; to propose options for the technical equipment of «Pop-up» restaurants.