Company news and events
31. 1. 2023
Today marks the changing of the guard in the marketing department at VAFO Praha in eight years. The post is being vacated by Martin Šámal. During his tenure, he has created a department that not only covers the company’s marketing needs in the Czech Republic but also in 14 other key markets, with particular focus on building the Brit and Carnilove brands.
20. 10. 2022
The last VAFO Group board meeting of 2022 was held in October. The main topics were an assessment of this year and a presentation of plans and anticipated trends for 2023. This was the first board meeting not to be organized at the company’s headquarters in Chrášťany; instead, it was held in Finland under the direction of Prima Pet Premium Oy, a VAFO Group company and leader of the Finnish market.
19. 10. 2022
The Tampere-based pet food producer Prima Pet Premium Oy and its Czech parent company, VAFO Group, are investing in Pirkanmaa by building a new pet food factory in Nokia. The investment will bring jobs and other economic benefits to the area.
15. 9. 2022
On Saturday, September 3, after a three-year break caused by the covid pandemic, we held our traditional and popular event called VAFO Family Day. Nearly 780 colleagues from our production plants in the Czech Republic and their families gathered at the VAFO headquarters in Chrášťany, Prague. The program catered to all age categories and encouraged the attendees to meet and enjoy a pleasant day together. There was even a live band and amazing refreshments, including unconventional insect-protein delicacies.
01. 6. 2022
In the third week of May, following a four-year break caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the German city of Nuremberg once again hosted the biannual Interzoo trade fair, the leading B2B platform in the pet food industry. And VAFO Group was there with a wide range of innovative goodies for our four-legged companions. At the centre of attention were the relaunched Brit Care line and the entirely new Planet Pet Society line. We were joined at the long-awaited event, the largest of its kind in the world, by the domestic German pet food producer Allco, which is part of VAFO Group and this year is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its popular Christopherus brand.
09. 5. 2022
Interpersonal relationships form an important part of VAFO’s activities, something that has been reaffirmed not only during the pandemic but particularly now with the events in Ukraine. The day after the Russian invasion began, we got together at our headquarters in Chrášťany and began making arrangements to bring family members of our Ukrainian colleagues to the Czech Republic as well as employees of our Ukrainian partner, Suziria.