The Slovenian company Pivka perutninarstvo stands for reliability and care for customers. Company business is built by 500 employees and contractors. We continuously develop new culinary solutions on the basis of a clear vision dating back to 1959 so that all generation would be able to eat something good every day. To achieve that goal, we have focused on offering chicken meat and products of high quality yet available to all consumers.
Kal 1, SI-6257 Pivka
T: (05) 70 31 000
F: (05) 70 31 001, (05) 70 31 031
Tax No. SI59309083
Co. Reg. 5151406
Management Board
Janez Rebec, CEO and Management Board President
Aleksander Debevec, Management Board Member
Supervisory Board
Stojan Hergouth, Supervisory Board Chair
Marjan Golavšek, Supervisory Board Deputy Chair
Alenka Kop, Jasna Perc and Valter Brezovnik, Supervisory Board Members
IBAN: SI56 1010 0000 0008 240 Banka Intesa Sanpaolo d.d., swift (bic): BAKOSI2X
IBAN: SI56 0223 6001 7050 416 NLB, swift (bic): LJBASI2X
IBAN: SI56 0317 9100 0237 822 SKB, swift (bic): SKBASI2X
IBAN: SI56 3300 0000 6833 350 Addiko bank d.d., swift (bic): HAABSI22
IBAN: SI56 2900 0005 0666 740 Unicredit banka d.d., swift (bic): BACXSI22
The company is registered in the Companies Register kept by the Koper District Court.
Entry No. 10026600
Share capital: €4,533,463.00
Contact Us
Bosanska 22, 22304 Novi Banovci, Srbija
Office Manager e-mail: nikic.milutin@pivka-s.rs
Phone: +381 22 341 159
Fax: +381 22 341 064
Drežnička ulica 13, 10000 Zagreb, Hrvaška
Office Manager e-mail: alen.zoric@delamaris.eu
Phone: +385 (1) 4100844
Fax: +385 (1) 4111736
The Main Objective of the Company’s Policy on Quality Assurance, Food Safety and Environmental Protection
The main objective of our policy on quality assurance, food safety and environmental protection is to perform activities and render services of high quality and to the satisfaction of our customers since happy customers are our never-ending goal. Quality assurance is pursed in all segments and is a permanent task of all employees. Personal qualities, care for the environment and knowledge are utilised to create value and build a constantly growing competitive company. The development of new products follows modern dietary trends with priority being given to healthy and safe food products. We are aware of the responsibility for product safety and have therefore introduced systematic approaches towards ensuring that our products are safe and healthy. Special attention is paid to the raising of environmental awareness of our employees and the development of a comprehensive environmental culture as an integral part of the company’s business culture. The company follows and complies with all requirements of environmental and other laws applicable to our processes and products. Our fundamental approach to environmental protection is to prevent or reduce to a minimum any type of pollution.
Satisfaction of customers and end buyers reflected in the market share preservation or increase on the domestic and foreign markets and a reduction in complaints. Constant investments in research, development and technology through permanently introducing good quality, environmental friendliness and safety of products, obtaining the protective food label and providing suitable work conditions. Constant improvements in environmental aspects of business, pollution prevention, streamlining energy and water consumption, reducing waste production and separating waste. Ongoing investments in development and training of employees enabling constant and continuous development and improvements in business, with consideration given to ethical conduct. Ensuring shareholder satisfaction by constantly growing profit and strengthening the company’s competitive position. Constant increases in management system efficiency.
The focus will be on the development of products with higher value added for the consumer and the provision of convenience and perfection in products and the accompanying services. The execution of a modern marketing strategy will enable expansion to new markets and visual positioning at points of sale of our partners. The education of younger generations about healthy eating will raise the value of our brands and make the company’s products the consumer’s first choice.
We work together with nature to produce healthy and innovative food products of top quality. Active consumers are offered culinary enjoyment coupled with daily time saved. The foundation for that is proactive expert employees who understand the consumer and the trends, first-class suppliers and efficient process management meeting the highest production and business standards.
Corporate Social Responsibility
As a major employer in the region, it is our responsibility to create a favourable environment for the development of our employees, farmers and partners. Our production of safe food products meets the highest standards and builds a positive attitude of consumers towards locally produced food. Our daily efforts aimed at achieving sustainability contribute to the preservation of nature.
Knowledge and learning
Responsibility
Enthusiasm
Persistence
Target oriented
Innovation
Team work
Janez Rebec
Aleksander Debevec
Tjaša Lah
T: (05) 70 31 111
Petra Skok
Phone: (05) 70 31 140
E-mail: petra.skok@pivkap.si
Špela Žitko
Mobile: +386 5 703 1050
E-mail: spela.zitko@pivkap.si
Boris Čuk
T: +386 41 740 512
Sandra Gladović
Phone: (05) 70 31 019
E-mail: sandra.gladovic@pivkap.si
Sanja Nošaj
M: (+386) 31 714 594
ORDERS
Phone: (05) 70 31 029
Phone: (05) 70 31 030
Phone: (05) 70 31 038
Fax: (05) 70 31 031
Bojana Arko
T: (05) 70 31 125
GSM: +386 031 309 082
F: (05) 70 31 031
Business Development Manager
Asja Jugovec
Marina Žitko
Phone: (05) 7031 021
E-mail: marina.zitko@pivkap.si
Phone: (05) 7031 021
Fax: (05) 7031 031
Phone: (05) 70 31 142
Phone: (05) 70 31 143
Fax: (05) 70 31 001
E-mail: finance@pivkap.si
Raw Material and Packaging
Phone: (05) 70 31 126
Other
Phone: (05) 7031 155
Mateja Perkovič Hudovernik
Phone: (05) 70 31 018
E-mail: mateja.perkovic@delamaris.eu
JOBS
Cvetka Rebec
Phone: (05) 70 31 130
E-mail: zaposlitev@pivkap.si
Klavdija Zver
Phone: (05) 70 31 039
E-mail: klavdija.zver@delamaris.eu
Phone: (05) 70 31 111
Phone: (05) 70 31 134
Reception Office
Phone: (05) 70 31 172
Fax: (05) 70 31 171
Franko Kaluža
E-mail: franko.kaluza@pivkap.si
Pivka perutninarstvo focuses on the development of innovative and handy products of top-notch quality. The foundation for that is proactive expert employees who understand the consumer and the trends and manage processes efficiently. Responsibility, enthusiasm and team work are the main drivers of the company, which is why priority is given to potential employees who are open to new ideas, independent, ambitious and ready to advance their knowledge. You can submit a job application even when no job advertisement is posted if you would like to advance your career by working with us. If you would like to become a part of the Pivka team, please send a job application enclosed with a CV to one of the addresses listed below. Please indicate in your application what sort of work you are looking for. We will respond to job applications in accordance with our hiring needs.
Current job advertisements are posted on the website of the Zavoda za zaposlovanje and the Mojedelo.com.
E-mail: zaposlitev@pivkap.si
Physical address: Pivka d.d, Kadrovska služba (Personnel Department), Kal 1, 6257 Pivka
Secondary school and university students are also offered opportunities to gather experience at our company.
Exquisite Quality is a national scheme promoting good quality of farm products and foodstuffs with specific characteristics. They may concern composition, green farming, quality of raw material, animal well being, specific animal health care, feeding method, transport routes length, processing, speed of processing of raw material or minimum treatment during storage and transport. The Exquisite Slovenian Quality label may be used on products produced and processed in Slovenia and subject to additional strict controls. The local origin label is a clearer and primarily a standardised concept.
The Exquisite Slovenian Quality label indicates production and processing in Slovenia and a good product quality considering the short transport routes, short transport times, high-quality feed, compliance with specific requirements regarding animal health care and product processing and regular control at facilities of farmers and food companies by independent certification bodies.
The specifications are very specific about the process of food producing and processing and animal rearing. A brief summary of key characteristics is provided for milk, dairy products, beef and chicken in “Special Features of Products” and for fruit and fruit products in the “Our Super Fruits” feature.
Traceability The right to use the Exquisite Slovenian Quality label is available to all groups: farmers, food companies – thus covering both primary production and processing – and merchants (for example retailers) meeting the specification criteria for the particular industry. Food companies labelling their products with the Exquisite Slovenian Quality label may only purchase raw material from certified farmers.
The initial control of the meeting of all requirements prescribed by specifications is performed by farmers and food companies themselves. Additional controls are performed by independent certification bodies, which will issue the certificate if the food company meets the requirements. Official inspections are performed by the Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Food Safety, Veterinary Sector and Plant Protection.
List of Certified Food Companies under the Exquisite Quality Scheme
The Exquisite Slovenian Quality label can be used on products of those farmers and food companies that have met all requirements under a specification and received the Exquisite Quality certificate.
The specifications provide detailed criteria, additional conditions, requirements and control system set up that must be followed by all stakeholders in the supply chain: feed producers, animal farmers, food companies and, in certain sectors, retail stores.
Source: Our Super Food
Seven Advantages of the Exquisite Quality Pivka Chicken:
1. Locally reared chickens
2. Chicken meat processed in Slovenia
3. Feed contains no animal proteins and artificial additives
4. The distance between the farm and the slaughterhouse does not exceed 200 km or 5 hours
5. Traceability is ensured in all production stages
6. The name of the farmer is listed on the product label
7. All processes are subject to additional controls
We have managed to change the composition of fatty acids in meat by carefully devised chicken feeding.
The natural charm to achieve long life had been best known to Eskimos. Their diet primarily consisted of wild salmon and other fish. Fish are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, marked with the Greek letter Ω. They were familiar to our grandmothers who used fish oil to help our mothers grow. While fish make too few appearances on our plates they are not the only source of Omega 3.
Omega 3 is also present in linseeds added to the cereal mix fed to the Pivka chicken flock. Pivka Chicken with Omega 3 has obtained the high quality certificate on account of the favourable ratio between Omega 6 and Omega 3 fatty acids (4.5:1). The usual ratio in chicken meat is 10:1. Pivka Chicken with Omega 3 has an increased content of essential fatty acids achieved exclusively through the use of natural feed. The receipt of the certificate proves that Pivka Chicken with Omega 3 is an outlier in Slovenia with outstanding quality distinguishing it from standard food products. The development of chicken with Omega 3 fatty acids was a significant contribution to the provision of modern and good quality food products in Slovenia, which is why the information campaign was initially supported by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union.
The project for developing Pivka Chicken with Omega 3 was initiated at the end of 2007. The Pivka Chicken with Omega 3 product group, which includes chicken meat and chicken products, has been granted the High Quality label by the certification body Bureau Veritas. Pivka Chicken with Omega 3 proves that we can offer high standard products aligned with the contemporary eating guidelines.
Pivka is the first and only food company in Slovenia offering chicken with increased content of Omega 3 fatty acids. The changed composition of fatty acids in meat has been achieved through completely natural means – chicken feed developed in cooperation with the Ljubljana Food Development Centre. The chicken feed is based on a mix of cereals with an addition of specially prepared linseeds, a rich source of Omega 3 unsaturated fatty acids.
All farms rearing Pivka Chicken with Omega 3 are located in the countryside, far away from industrial centres that could pollute the soil and water near the farms. Animal concentration is low, which is an advantage for animal health, with the benefits of good climate in the region of Notranjska, Kras and Primorska added for good measure. Omega 3 content is twice the amount found in other chicken meat with the proper ratio between Omega 6 and Omega 3 also being important. In general, our diet contains too many Omega 6 and too few Omega 3 fatty acids. Although our body needs Omega 6 fatty acids, a too large an amount can be harmful for the body, in particular when disproportionate to the intake of Omega 3. Pivka Chicken with Omega 3 is outstanding in this regard as well since it has the proper ratio between Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids, which is in line with the recommendations of the World Health Organisation.
According to Andreja Širca Čampa, a nutrition consultant, “Omega 3 fatty acids are essential fatty acids which our body cannot do without but has no ability to produce. It is therefore necessary to get them through food rich in Omega 3 fatty acids.” Essential fatty acids play an important role in the development and growth of the brain, the nervous system and retina and in the synthesis of tissue hormones. It has been shown that a sufficient intake of Omega 3 fatty acids reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, balances the ratio between the LDL and HDL cholesterol, controls blood pressure and reduces inflammations. She went on to say: “Since chicken has a relatively low content of saturated fat, chicken feed with added Omega 3+6 can achieve a better composition of fatty acids with a proper ratio between the respective Omega fatty acid types. Having such food in one’s diet helps to reduce the risk of chronic cardiovascular disease and has a positive effect on metabolism and regeneration of the organism. Pivka Chicken with Omega 3 is a healthy, natural and tasty part of one’s diet.
Chicken products labelled as a source of selenium stand out from ordinary chicken products in Slovenia.
Selenium found in chicken products has been obtained from an approved organic source and through animal feed. The quality assurance scheme “chicken products labelled as a source of selenium” has been recognised at the national level. Compliance with the specifications is additionally monitored and controlled, which is guaranteed by an independent certification body. The development of meat products with higher value added represents an important step towards a modern and good quality offer of food in Slovenia, which is why it received support from the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union through activities of promotion and advertising financed by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe invests in rural areas, and by food companies.
Something about Selenium
Scientists found roughly 60 years ago that selenium is important for human and animal health since it plays a role in the working of the immune system and the thyroid. The primary source of selenium for humans is food. The biggest source of selenium is protein-rich food such as meat, fish and eggs whereas dairy and dairy products contain much less of the anti-oxidant. Global recommendations put the recommended daily intake of selenium at 55 microgrammes for adults. The average amount in 100 grammes of chicken with selenium is 15 microgrammes or 27% of the recommended daily intake.
“All our chicken products labelled as a source of selenium contain selenium obtained from an approved organic source, namely through selected animal feed. Chicken is obtained from farmers who are under constant supervision and are given advice by our experts, which ensures traceability from feed supply to store shelves,” said Janez Rebec, CEO and Management Board President of Pivka perutninarstvo.
Products with selenium are managed separately.
Production processes for products with selenium are listed in special specifications, which are strictly controlled. Thorough inspections of production, traceability, safety and farm production of such products are regularly performed by an independent certification body. Bureau Veritas, an independent agency, performs such services for Pivka. The High Quality certificate was first granted to Pivka for such meat back in 2012. The Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment of the Republic of Slovenia included the chicken labelled as a source of selenium in the High Quality scheme after examining the specifications and the certificate. Bureau Veritas checks annually all procedures and traceability and analyses both the meat and the products. It provides an annual verification of compliance with the High Quality specifications.
