front page About the company Iron-strength professionals The work is looking for an author Do you need an employee Contact information Vinegar Oy PRESS RELEASE September 22, 2014: Opteam acquired the business of the personnel service company Vinegar Oy and strengthens its retail service offering The personnel service company Opteam has acquired the business of the personnel service company Vinegar Oy. The family business of Vinegar Oy, which has been operating since 1989, has been engaged in food retail, staffing, service counter special expertise, consulting and store service. The company's operations are mainly concentrated in the Greater Helsinki economic area. According to Optinna's CEO Minna Vanhala-Harmanen, the business acquisition will strengthen and diversify Opteam's retail service offering. - Vinegar Oy has well-motivated and committed personnel and it is great to have them part of the Opteam chain's team of experts. We want to provide our customer companies with skilled retail workers who understand, among other things, the critical importance of customer service as part of the consumer shopping experience. The retail industry needs experienced players like us who have to offer innovative personnel solutions, Vanhala-Harmanen says. According to Jarmo Salonen, CEO of Vinegar Oy, it was important that the successor to the business of a traditional family business was a company with a strong desire to invest in developing the industry's service offering, and to offer employees diverse employment opportunities. - We would like to thank all our customers and partners for their successful cooperation over the years, and give special thanks to our skilled staff. We also wish Opteam excellent success in the future, Salonen concludes. Vinegar Oy's business will be transferred to Opteam's ownership as of October 1, 2014, after which Opteam will be responsible for Vinegar's subscription connections. Vinegar's personnel, including Sanna-Maaria Piippo, Senior Vice President, Operations, will be transferred to Opteam as former employees as a result of the business acquisition. Further information: Minna Vanhala-Harmanen, President and CEO, Opteam, tel. +358 400 511 786, menn.vanhala-harmanen@opteam.fi Jarmo Salonen, President and CEO, Vinegar Oy, tel. + 0500 627 524, jarmo.salonen@vinegar.fi Contact information for Opteam's retail division: Sanna-Maaria Piippo, +358 500643146 sanna-maaria.piippo@opteam.fi The service number of the retail division +358 10 8500 910 Opteam is one of Finland's largest personnel services companies. Our strengths are responsibility, strong industry expertise and an innovative way of operating. We combine the benefits of a national concept and local knowledge with more than 30 offices from Helsinki to Sodankylä. In addition to Finland, we have a strong foothold in Poland, Slovakia and the Philippines. The Opteam chain's net sales are estimated to grow during 2014 from EUR 65 million to approximately EUR 75 million. www.opteam.fi Founded in 1989, Vinegar is a staffing and family-owned company with solid experience in the grocery sector for over forty years. The company's resources are a group of thirty professionals. Vinegar Oy's net sales were MEUR 0.45. € in 2013. www.vinegar.fi