1984
This is where it started
In the Finnish army's greys, young Petri began to ponder what he would become when he grew up. After the army, he would have to manage on his own.
There were savings of 2000 marks from jobs done before the army. After leaving the army, Pete bought a "well-driven" Toyota HiAce for a thousand marks, and with the other thousand, he filled the car with candy from the local quick shop. Pete got to work, and off he went with the car full of candy to the markets!
The business grew rapidly, and wholesale operations were also started. Now the old Hiace was no longer sufficient, so it was replaced with a truck. In order for Petri to make it to the next market event the following day, he drove the truck at night. The days were quite long, as during the first ten years as a merchant, he drove an average of 140,000 km per year. The distance driven corresponded to 3.5 rounds around the world.
1991-1995
Activity expands internationally
The sales volume was already at a level where larger deals were considered. There was also work for others. Pete hired the first employees, and they are still with Finnsweet today. Pete noted that the world was full of candies that were still missing from Finland. This is how the candy import business began.
It was time to establish the first real candy shop in Finland. The candy shop was named Karkkitori. Candy shops have been useful for testing new products. There are already several Karkkitori -candy shops in the capital region.
2013
Finnish Avainlippu Products
2016
Finlandia Candy
Finnsweet acquired a confectionery factory specializing in chocolate, pastilles, and marmalade sweets from Suomussalmi in 2016. We have also made a Suomi 100 commitment, in which we promise to keep our production in Finland in the future.
