PURCHASE OF FOOD PRODUCTS FOR STATE CUSTOMERS WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF A REGIONAL WHOLESALE AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER
The article is devoted to the creation of a network of wholesale distribution centers (hereinafter -WDC) in the Russian Federation. The concept of the WDC is given, the concept of the WDC location, the current state and plans for the construction of the WDC up to 2024, and state support for the WDC are considered. The necessity of creating a regional wholesale and distribution center of the Samara region in order to form a unified regional food policy for providing state institutions with food products is substantiated. It is proposed to purchase food products for state customers with the participation of a regional wholesale and distribution center.
Keywords: food security, regional food policy, regional wholesale and distribution center, procurements, contract system, food products, agricultural producer.
Highlights:
♦ the basic scheme of the WDC placement is analyzed;
♦ shortcomings of the existing procedure for providing state customers with food products have been identified;
♦ a conceptual scheme for purchasing food products to provide state customers with the participation of WDC is proposed.
Natalia I. Katina, post-graduate student of the Department of Economics and Organization of Agroindustrial Production of the Samara State University of Economics.