"Strzelecka Spoldzielnia Producentow Mleka" (Poland)

Strzelecka Spoldzielnia Producentow Mleka is a Polish dairy producers cooperative based in Strzelce Krajenskie. The cooperative operates in the wholesale of raw milk and other dairy products, focusing on purchase, aggregation and trade in non-processed milk supplied by its farmer-members. It organizes and manages milk collection logistics using its own transport fleet, collecting milk from a network of several hundred member farms concentrated mainly in the Lubuskie, Wielkopolskie and Zachodniopomorskie regions. The core business segment is raw milk purchasing and wholesale distribution to dairy processing plants in Poland and abroad, supported by transport and related services for suppliers. Geographically, the cooperative serves milk producers in western and north-western Poland and sells a significant part of its output to counterparties in the European Union, generating a notable share of revenues in euro. Key assets include long-term contractual relationships with member-farmers, a stable supplier base of more than 290 milk producers, and an established logistics platform covering milk collection and delivery. Strategically, the cooperative positions itself as a producer-owned marketing and purchasing organisation, aiming to secure fair, stable prices and timely payments for member-suppliers, mitigate price volatility on the dairy market, and continuously expand the volume and quality of milk collected to strengthen its bargaining power with large dairies.