Dr. Oetker Canada’s London plant turns 10

Dr. Oetker Canada recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its pizza manufacturing facility in London, Ont. This location has acted as a production hub for the company’s North American pizza operations for the last decade, making an average of 400,000 pizzas per day.

“We’re proud to call London our Canadian home, a place where our culture of innovation, quality products and fresh thinking can thrive,” said Dino Koundoutsikos, executive vice president, North America. “We have been lucky to benefit from the talented workforce that London region provides, and it has been a pleasure to see many Londoners begin their agri-food careers working on the plant floor.”

The origins of the plant began in 2011, when the company decided to shift from importing products internationally to Canada and the U.S. and instead establish a North American pizza production hub in London.

Since opening in 2014, Dr. Oetker Canada has doubled in size and is one of the leading players in the pizza category in Canada.

Special guests at the anniversary event included Dr. von Twickel, who visited from Dr. Oetker’s headquarters in Germany, and Koundoutsikos, as well as Valery Henle, executive vice president – North America, and Tobias Bauer, senior executive manager, pizza production unit.