Apetit plans to close the frozen pizza factory.
Apetit’s pizza factory is located in Pudasjärvi. Riika Tauriainen
Apetit is considering alternative production locations and models for its frozen pizza production in Finland.
If the production were carried out with alternative arrangements, the operations of the Pudasjärvi frozen pizza factory would be terminated and the factory would be closed.
As a result, the company will initiate change negotiations regarding the personnel of the entire Pudasjärvi frozen pizza factory.
Apetit’s pizzas have not sold as expected. Riika Tauriainen
21 people work permanently at the Pudasjärvi frozen pizza factory. Decisions on the organization of production are made after the end of the change negotiations. Today, all of Apetit’s frozen pizzas are made at the factory.
Apetit made an investment of around 2 million euros for the frozen pizza factory, which will be completed in 2022, but the factory’s investment need for basic repairs and replacement investments for production equipment is still significant and clearly exceeds the amount of previous investments. The sales of Apetit’s frozen pizzas have not been in line with the goals after the investment and the relaunch of the pizzas.
This is what Apetit’s frozen kebab pizza looked like in 2011. INKA SOVERI