Statoil dropper famous Norwegian foods on the shelf – TU

In the middle of June popping Odfjell Drilling champagne when it became clear that the company won the highly-coveted contract to drill production wells in Norway’s next cash cow in the North Sea – Johan Sverdrup field.

The company received a three-year contract and an option based four-year contract which together have a value of nearly 4.7 billion at current dollar exchange rate.

The Company shall use its rig “Deepsea Atlantic” to the job , which will cost Statoil roughly NOK 2.5 million each day it is in operation ($ 300,000).

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Do people want Norwegian

The rig costs in other words twice as much per day as the oil company expects to save each year to replace a number of Norwegian dairy products with other products – including Swedish.

The rebel Per Steinar Stamnes, representative of Statoil and shelf leader of the trade union Industri Energi.

– I do not think anyone in the Norwegian homes have Swedish dairy products in their fridge. Mostly, I think we all buy from Norwegian dairies, he says to TU.

– One of the principles of the activity on the Norwegian shelf is that what you do will benefit the entire country for good, ie that one also uses Norwegian companies. It Tine supply and manufacture is very good, so it’s strange that we choose to do so, he said.

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Out with Jarlsberg and Norvegia

Union representative Per Steinar Stamnes in Statoil believes that employees are going to react negatively to changes. Photo: Industry Energy

An internal memo TU has gained access to show that 12 products will be replaced with similar products from the Swedish company Svensk Cater AB.

The changes apply to the entire Norwegian shelf.

Total runs seven dairy products from the dairy out of range. It deals with such matters as:

• Grated Jarlsberg replaced with a torn gauda- and cheddarblanding
• Sliced ​​Norvegia replaced with sliced ​​Gouda cheese
• Grated Norvegia replaced with grated Gouda cheese
• forest fruit and strawberry yogurt replaced with corresponding yogurts from other manufacturers

TU has been in contact with Swedish Cater to hear the producers who take over, but are told to contact Statoil to answer.

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Here are the items to be swapped in and out of range. Photo: Kjersti Magnussen

Some new, some old

Spokesperson Morten Eek in Statoil says you still going to have many Norwegian products in the range.

– We do not swap out known signal products. When it comes to yogurt, we retain the Norwegian yogurt in question. We take in addition a Swedish yoghurt, which means that we now have both the French, Swedish and Norwegian yogurt, he said.

– The flavors that are popular, we do not take away. I can refute that the famous brands disappear. One will still see that the products are served at cafeterias, but you will see that one can see that taking other cheeses into catering, for use in pizzas and the like, he said.

– But even if the employees do not see the goods, it is not important if we’re to use Norwegian suppliers?

– Yes, that’s it, and that we continue. The goods we take in, comes from very many different wholesalers. It may be the same products, but then one has in some cases set set another wholesaler delivers the same quality at a better price. Many signal products within toppings, such as mackerel in tomato sauce – will continue just as they have been previously, says Eek.

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Belief in negative reaction

Stamnes do not think the employees are going to like the changes.

– Jarlsberg, Norvegia and Tine-yogurt is well-known brands that people like, so I think the staff is going to react negatively to this. This is the not so expensive compared to other products, he said.

In the internal memo makes it clear that the company overall expects to save 1.1 million a year on the exchanges .

The changes are planned to take effect in week 40, ie last week of September.

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Can get the same quality at a reduced rate

Spokesman Morten Eek Statoil said the company should have a good mix of Norwegian and foreign dairy products to their employees ahead. Photo: Photo: Ãyvind Hagen / Statoil

Eek says the company is trying to adapt discontinued after the employees want.

– The number you may well be right, but this is not of such a size that it is savings that is the motivation. When we make changes in the flavor varieties, it is based on quality requirements and feedback from employees on the shelf, set against price. Man looks at whether the goods are something employees like or not, the flavors are so we have satisfactorily or consumption shows that there is demand, he comments.

– We try to adapt the assortment so that people like what we offer. You can often get better or the same quality at a reduced price if switching wholesaler or supplier, so then we will of course try to get it, he said.

Eek says that there is a fagteam in shelf union makes changes in product range, and that there are five chefs who tastes them carefully until the committee considering.

– These are professionals who in no way settles with that cheese is cheese on the Norwegian shelf, he said.

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Large saving

Savings are also a part of the group’s two major savings program, where one goes on organizational efficiency and the other on everything from the operation, maintenance and modification, standardization to simplify systems.

The last is the most famous, and is better known as Step program (Statoil technical efficiency program).

The overall goal of both programs is to cut costs by $ 1.7 billion a year – or around 13 billion Norwegian kroner from 2016.

Brands savings

Union representative Stamnes says often noticeable savings in all parts of the organization.

– Statoil’s only price and not quality that matters. It is like that in all departments of Statoil. Man uses the principle that all small streams make a big to, he said.

– If we can show managers that can help in the grand scheme, you get a star in the book. But this is a kind of example that shows that you choose to go offshore. Here in Norway we are concerned with local food and excellent Norwegian ingredients. One need not look outside Norway of commodities we are good at, he said.

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Totally disagree

Eek denies that the company is not concerned about quality.

– Since we here inside matsjangeren , I would say that here must not sause together allegations. It becomes a farce if one does not relate to the facts. It is by no means true that we are not concerned with quality. We will continue to treat you with the beloved products offshore personnel have been accustomed to for many years, he said.

– The important thing is that we get good quality and that the goods we have hold a standard that is the best that exists in the market. So it is gratifying to see that we manage, even when in some cases we achieve better prices on individual products, says Eek.

Have a long and good history with Statoil

Pressevakt Hege Rognlien in Tine think it is a pity that Statoil replace a part of the company’s products. Photo: Tine

Tine vote on his side it is a shame that many of their goods will be phased out.

– We it seems a pity if a Norwegian company Statoil do not see the value in providing Norwegian products in their food services to their employees, says pressevakt Hege Rognlien.

– All our customers are important, and we has a long and good history as a supplier to Statoil, mainly through subcontractors. But so far we have not caught up signals from our suppliers or from Statoil change in buying patterns or a desire for dialogue on price, she says.

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More and more dairy products from abroad

– Besides standing course wholesalers free to import dairy products from Sweden and sell this in Norway without Tine involved in it, says Rognlien.

She believes the change from Statoil is helping to make it harder for Norwegian dairy farmers.

– That this happens legitimizes enough Norwegian milk producers’ view that foreign products have solid competitiveness in Norway although some argue that import protection prevents this. In 2012 we imported a total of 5,000 tons, while in six months in 2015 has imported 4,400 tons of yoghurt. On cheese, there has been a tripling of imports over the past 14 years, she says.

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