Fazer Amica: pursues strong international growth

Helsinki / FI. (fg) Fazer Amica, which is part of the Finnish Fazer Group and the leading restaurant services company in Nordic countries and the Baltic region, is to reorganise its business by pursuing strong international growth. Fazer Amica´s cafe and restaurant operations in different countries will be merged as of 01 January 2008 to become a new business unit. Growth will be pursued in all countries in which Fazer Amica operates by developing new forms of operating, mergers and acquisitions and by expanding current operations.

Managing Director Teija Andersen will be responsible for developing the new unit. She will also continue as Managing Director of the Fazer Amica division. All Fazer Amica´s operations in Finland and internationally belong to the division. Teija Andersen will also continue as a member of Fazer Group´s Management team.

At the same time, the Managing Director of Fazer Amica Ltd. will change in Finland. Jaana Korhola (47), eMBA and home economics teacher, has been appointed as the new Managing Director as of 01 January 2008. She will transfer to her new appointment from being Business Unit Director of Fazer Amica Finland´s Public sector, which she has been responsible for since 2001.

«Fazer Amica wants to serve consumers in a more diverse way in the future. We want to continue to be a pioneer in the restaurant sector by renewing our business and by following international catering trends. We are now taking a new step forward by growing and developing our cafe and restaurant operations internationally. Fazer Amica Oy is in excellent shape and I am handing over main responsibility of the Finnish company to the best possible person. Jaana Korhola has known Fazer Amica´s core business, people and customers for over 20 years», says Teija Andersen, Fazer Amica´s Managing Director.

«Fazer Amica will continue as market leader in Finland with its successful and customer oriented operations in line with the current strategy. For my part, I would like to ensure that Fazer´s high quality is realised in our restaurants every day and in the future», says Jaana Korhola, Business Unit Director, Fazer Amica.

About: Fazer Amica is the leading restaurant services company in the Nordic countries and Baltic region, which offers good food and customised service solutions. It operates staff and student restaurants in conference and congress centres as well as cafeterias and restaurants in different public facilities. The area of operation also covers meals for hospitals and sheltered homes, party services as well as restaurant services at major events. The part of Finnish Fazer Group has more than 1.400 restaurants in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Russia, and it has approximately 7.600 employees. Fazer Amica division´s turnover in 2006 was 513 million Euro.