Orkla – always in your shopping cart Text: Anna Sand • Picture: Linda Svarfvar and press images from Orkla
Orkla? Have you never heard of them? You should have. Every time you go shopping in a grocery store you probably buy some of their products and it is also very likely that they have been delivered by a Scandic Trans vehicle.
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he Norwegian owned food corporation is one of the biggest companies in the Nordic countries when it comes to daily consumer goods, with around 18 000 employees and over 100 factories in 20 countries. The product portfolio is wide and in Finland Orkla operates within five different business areas. Orkla Suomi consists of Orkla Foods Finland and Orkla Confectionery & Snacks Finland – the two leading food businesses in the country. Additionally the company Orkla Care Finland develops products for personal well-being as well as cleaning and household products, while Condite is the country’s number one
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importer and wholesaler when it comes to raw material for the bakery and food industry. Finally, the company Pierre Robert focuses on underwear, also sold within the retail trade. This spring the corporate group expanded on the Finnish market by acquiring the domestic company Fort Deli, which provides frozen products, sauces and condiments. The purpose is to create two parallel units – one that focuses on the sale of daily consumer goods and one focusing on the HoReCa-sector. Orkla’s latest acquisition in Finland before that was made in 2019 when they took over Kotipizza Group – this was also a part of the same strategy. Kotipizza was founded by the Vaasa resident Rabbe Grönblom in 1987 and over the years it became the biggest pizza chain in the Nordic countries.
