carne.md blog — news and advice on wholesale meat
Meat news and advice from the official Qualiko distributor in Moldova
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Certificates retail chains and EU buyers ask for, explained for producers
What BRCGS, Halal, GMP+ Feed Safety and GLOBAL S.L.P. actually cover, which of them apply to meat and which do not, and the documents to demand from a raw-material supplier for a retail file or an export dossier.
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Burgers, pizza, kebab: which catalogue item fits each dish
The menu decides the cut, not the other way round. Burgers, pizza, gyros, wings, skewers and karaage, each mapped to a real catalogue line and the pack format that suits it.
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Meat yield and cost per portion: how to calculate it properly
A price per kilo is not the cost of a portion. The full method: butchery and cooking yield, bone-in versus boneless, economical cuts for a canteen, and shelf margin — formulas, not invented figures.
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Ordering wholesale meat: minimum, invoice, payment, samples
What the minimum order is, where to send the request, how price and payment are confirmed, what to do instead of samples, and what to ask for your HACCP file.
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Wholesale meat delivery across Moldova: Chisinau, north, south, Gagauzia
We deliver outside Chisinau, across the whole country. What can honestly be said about frequency, what gets confirmed on the phone, and how to check your 70 kg if you are in the north, the south, or Gagauzia.
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Frozen done right: storage, thawing, refreezing and how much of the weight is ice
Holding temperatures, chiller thawing, why thawed raw meat is not refrozen, and what to do when 10 kg of frozen product weighs 8 kg after thawing — including how to check it yourself at goods-in.
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The documents a canteen should demand from its meat supplier
What to ask a meat supplier for if you run a school canteen, a kindergarten kitchen or a staff canteen in Moldova — and which certificate covers what, so you do not request the wrong document.
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Wholesale meat for a neighbourhood shop: from first order to shelf
A small shop can buy wholesale — the only published condition is a 70 kg minimum order. What follows: which lines to open a meat section with, what arrives shelf-ready, how to calculate margin correctly, and how to stop losing money on chilled stock.
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Starting sausage production: which raw material to buy, and from whom
What a meat processor in Moldova actually buys for sausage, dumplings, pastry filling and breaded portions, from lines that exist in the catalogue — plus a method for measuring deboning yield instead of borrowing someone else’s number.
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Meat supplier for a shawarma shop: which cuts, what volume, which certificates
Chicken thigh fillet or breast, how to size your volume without invented figures, what the Halal certificate actually covers, and what changes if your shop is outside Chisinau.
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Qualiko — Choice of the Year in Moldova 2024
Moldovan consumers have chosen: Qualiko is the Choice of the Year 2024.
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dinProvincie: our own brand of meat and ready-to-cook products from Moldova
The story of carne.md’s own brand — in-house production since 2008.
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Who brings Qualiko chicken to Moldova: the carne.md story, since 1995
30 years in the meat trade and official Qualiko distribution — the story behind carne.md.
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A guide for HoReCa: how to choose your wholesale meat supplier
Certifications, cold chain, price per kilogram — the criteria that matter when choosing a supplier.
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Hormones in supermarket chicken? The myth, debunked. Part 2/5 — Qualiko answers
Natural feed from own mills, no GMOs, daily veterinary checks — what is actually true about the hormone myth.
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Why correctly frozen meat loses nothing. Part 3/5 — Qualiko answers
Fast industrial freezing preserves texture and nutritional value — we explain how.
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What the Halal, BRCGS and GMP certifications mean. Part 4/5 — Qualiko answers
In plain language: what each certification on Qualiko packaging guarantees.
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From field to plate: vertical integration. Part 5/5 — Qualiko answers
How MHP guarantees quality at every step: the whole chain, from its own grain to distribution.
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Fresh vs. frozen. Qualiko answers
Many believe frozen products are inferior to fresh ones. We explain why fast freezing preserves nutritional value.
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Fresh-frozen meat, now online too! Qualiko
We have created an online shop for fresh-frozen meat — chicken, pork, beef and ready-to-cook products, delivered to your door.
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Meat delivery in Chișinău. Qualiko
Carne.md with meat delivery in Chișinău
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Home-raised or store-bought chicken — which is better? Qualiko answers
Home-raised or store-bought chicken — which is better? Part 1/5 Qualiko
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Do you know how to choose meat? Qualiko answers
Do you know how to choose meat? Qualiko answers!
Qualiko in the press
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stiri.md · 29 July 2026
Qualiko: How standards are changing on the Moldovan market (external article, new window)
The Moldovan market is gradually aligning with European food-industry standards: production control and traceability increasingly shape what reaches the shelves.
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stiri.md · 10 July 2026
Qualiko: Why exporting to the EU demands a different kind of control (external article, new window)
Products destined for the EU market undergo strict quality control at every stage of production — from raising the birds to logistics.
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stiri.md · 26 June 2026
Qualiko: How chicken travels from the field to the shelf (external article, new window)
More and more shoppers want to know not just what they pick off the shelf, but how the meat was produced — origin and production control are becoming decision criteria.