{"id":2634,"date":"2023-12-04T15:28:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T13:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/ateria-ja-puhtauspalvelut\/?page_id=2634"},"modified":"2025-01-24T15:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:56:27","slug":"food-and-cleaning-services-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/ateria-ja-puhtauspalvelut\/en\/porvoo-food-and-cleaning-services\/food-and-cleaning-services-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Food and cleaning services news"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-page-hero mt-4 mx-auto mb-gutter md:pb-gutter md:mb-double-gutter overflow-y-hidden md:overflow-y-visible\">\n  <div class=\"2xl:container mx-auto md:px-gutter flex flex-wrap items-start relative overflow-hidden md:overflow-visible\">\n    <div class=\"w-full md:w-3\/5 py-gutter px-double-gutter mr-gutter md:mr-0 md:px-gutter md:p-16 lg:px-20 relative z-20 text-white bg-dark-blue\">\n      <div class=\"mb-half-gutter\">\n        <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?>\n\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"text-white\">\n        <h1 class=\"font-heading font-bold text-4xl md:text-5xl \">News<\/h1>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mt-half-gutter max-w-prose\">\n        \n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"w-full md:w-2\/5 relative z-10 md:mt-gutter flex\">\n      <div class=\"w-full text-dark-blue py-gutter px-double-gutter md:px-gutter md:p-16 lg:px-20\">\n        <div>\n                        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"absolute top-gutter w-full md:w-3\/6 h-full overflow-hidden left-gutter md:left-auto md:right-0 }}\">\n      <div class=\"absolute inset-0 bg-sky-blue opacity-20 md:right-gutter\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-heading mb-gutter mt-20 px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='font-heading font-bold prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vibes from Greek food theme week<\/h2>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-image my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto md:w-10\/12 lg:w-8\/12'>\n                    \n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikka-hedelmat-3-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"Fruit, vegetables, herbs and Greek flags\" class=\"wp-image-3102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikka-hedelmat-3-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikka-hedelmat-3-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikka-hedelmat-3-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikka-hedelmat-3.jpg 1374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>The Meal and Cleaning services organized a Greek food theme week in schools and kindergartens from January 20th to 24th 2025. The theme inspired the Haikobrinken preschool group at Ekl\u00f6fska Skola to an unprecedented travel fever. The group started preparing for the theme week by crafting their own plane tickets and luggage tags. On Monday, the little travelers &#8221;flew&#8221; to sunny Greece, dressed in sunglasses and sun hats, rolling their small suitcases along.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>During the week, they explored Greek culture from different perspectives every day. They learned Greek words, danced sirtaki, made mosaic art, got to know the archaeological area of the Acropolis, and engaged in sports in the spirit of the Olympics. At lunchtime, they tasted dishes such as Greek meatballs, moussaka and stifado.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-image my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto md:w-10\/12 lg:w-8\/12'>\n                    \n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikkalaiset-lihapullat-3.jpg\" alt=\"Plate on Greek meatballs, tzatziki, potatoes and salad.\" class=\"wp-image-3104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikkalaiset-lihapullat-3.jpg 882w, https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikkalaiset-lihapullat-3-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikkalaiset-lihapullat-3-768x808.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>On Friday, it was time to go home. On the return flight, Captain Englund was at the controls. Holmberg and \u00d6hberg acted as stewards, checking boarding passes, and Bratochkin received the luggage.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>A food theme that sparks customers&#8217; ingenuity and creativity has been a real success. <br>Thank you to our wonderful customers for the warm reception of the Greece theme week!<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-image my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto md:w-10\/12 lg:w-8\/12'>\n                    \n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikka-karrylla-ruoat-2-3-860x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Moussaka, Greek salad, herbs and a Greek flag on a trolley. \" class=\"wp-image-3106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikka-karrylla-ruoat-2-3-860x1024.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikka-karrylla-ruoat-2-3-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikka-karrylla-ruoat-2-3-768x915.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikka-karrylla-ruoat-2-3-1289x1536.jpg 1289w, https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikka-karrylla-ruoat-2-3-1719x2048.jpg 1719w, https:\/\/www.porvoo.fi\/app\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Kreikka-karrylla-ruoat-2-3.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-heading mb-gutter mt-20 px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='font-heading font-bold prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner of the Luomu SM (Organic Finnish Championship) competition<\/h2>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>Porvoo Food services is the food service provider with the most increased use of organic products in the public sector. Organic ingredients accounted for 16% of all foods used and the share rose by a staggering 15% compared to the previous year. Winners of the Luomu SM competition will be announced on the Organic Food Day on 8 October 2024.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>Luomu SM is a competition for all professional kitchens using organic foods. The competition is intended for both public and private food service providers and restaurants to find the operator which has best succeeded in increasing the use of organic foods compared to the previous reference period. The competition has three series for both the private and public sectors. Which series a restaurant or a food service operator competes in depends on the number of meals it serves over the course of the year. The Luomu SM competition for professional kitchens has been organised annually since 2014. Porvoo Food services has two stars in the Steps to Organic programme and we are on the step 4. The Steps to Organic is a programme aiming to help professional kitchens to increase their use of organic products as a part of sustainable development actions. The programme includes six steps and at best one may have three stars. There are more than 2,200 different public and private food service providers and restaurants participating in the programme.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>One of the goals of the Porvoo City Strategy is to be a city of climate actions. Organic food is one part of it. We regularly use organic milk and organic flake, to some extent organic yogurt, and organic cultured buttermilk, as well as some individual ingredients like tofu. We are about to replace the peas in our pea soup with organic peas. In some years we have bought organic apples and organic meat from local producers. The acquisition of organic products is affected by availability, security of supply, quality, and price.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>The EU aid to Member States for school milk is a part of a school distribution scheme aimed at promoting healthy eating habits. In Finland, schools and day care centres may be allocated the aid for school milk to support milk and cultured butter milk consumption. The amount of the aid for organic milk is higher than for conventional milk. The aid for organic milk is 0.32 euros\/litre.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luomuravintola.fi\/ammattilaisille\">Luomua ravintola |&nbsp;Ammattilaisille &#8211; Luomuravintola.fi<\/a><\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruokavirasto.fi\/tuet\/elintarvikkeet\/koulujakelutuet\/\">Koulujakelutuet &#8211; Ruokavirasto<\/a><\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-heading mb-gutter mt-20 px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='font-heading font-bold prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The award Cleaning Industry Organization of 2024 awarded to Porvoo<\/h2>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>Porvoo Food and Cleaning Services were selected as the winners of the award Cleaning Industry Organization of 2024.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>Puhtaustieto, puhtaus.fi, selects an exemplary company or an entity representing the cleaning industry each year, which though its operations continuously<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>increases the know-how of their entire staff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>works with professionalism and puts the people first<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>consistently develops the organization\u2019s activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>Puhtaustieto organizes trainings, seminars and Taito days and publishes specialty magazines in the fields of cleanliness and caretaking. The prize was awarded at the two-day development forum for the Cleaning and Caretaking sector in Helsinki. Each year, the Development Forum provides up-to-date research information, visions of the future and key information presented by various experts. This year\u2019s topics included circular economy, various digital solutions and robotics, and well-being at work.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>The grounds for awarding the price:<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>&nbsp;Porvoo Food and Cleaning Services have identified that the quality of the cleaning services are a result of constant development and professional competence.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>\u201cPorvoo Food and Cleaning Services have actively invested in the long-term development of their own operations and personnel\u2019s expertise and well-being, which has directly affected customer satisfaction\u201d<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>At the beginning of the year, employees at the Food and Cleaning Services in schools and kindergartens were granted a meal benefit which, in return for a nominal fee, ensures a warm meal during the working day and an important break.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>The Food and Cleaning Services employ 180 people, of which 99 people work in cleaning services: 4 team managers, 3 service advisers, 6 industrial cleaners, 75 custodians, 14 service managers, 10 of whom are in combination work and 4 of whom rotate.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was a pleasure bringing the trophy to Porvoo, says Service Manager Marianne Sepp\u00e4nen and Development Manager Christina Komu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-heading mb-gutter mt-20 px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='font-heading font-bold prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mets\u00e4t\u00e4hti unit of Porvoo Food and Cleaning Services has been recognized as Workplace of the Year 2023.<\/h2>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\n\n                <div class='wp-block-paragraph my-gutter px-gutter mx-auto'>\n                    <div class='prose md:prose-md mx-auto'>\n                        \n<p>The award for Workplace of the Year 2023 was presented during the main event of the Workplace Well-being Week, 26.10.2023. The Food and Cleaning Services unit at Mets\u00e4t\u00e4hti has genuinely recognized the possibilities of diversity, which in turn is reflected in the high quality of the operative work. The cooperation in the workplace is easy and smooth, and the working environment is encouraging.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vibes from Greek food theme week The Meal and Cleaning services organized a Greek food theme week in schools and kindergartens from January 20th to 24th 2025. The theme inspired the Haikobrinken preschool group at Ekl\u00f6fska Skola to an unprecedented travel fever. 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