After 28 years in the custom cabinet business, owner’s Don Andres and Alan Andres reported they were passing along the “ownership torch” and Wood Products was purchased by long-time employees Ryan Aanes and Todd Pietila.
The company reported its short-term plans are to remain status quo, and they have positive long-term enhancements in the works. Wood Products makes custom cabinetry for kitchens, baths, offices, bars, garages and more by providing design services, onside space measuring and installation and free estimates.
“We don’t want to reinvent the wheel because we believe in the quality and service that’s been
honorably provided over the last 28 years,” stated Aanes, an employee of Wood Products since 2004, in a news release. “We will continue to build a high-quality, custom product and move forward with the projects we’ve got planned.”
Pietila has worked at Wood Products since 2000. “We’ve always been 100% custom,” Pietila stated. “Everything we do is all custom and by hand. We start every project from scratch. From the design to the cutting to assembly to the finishing, all the way to the installation. An actual experienced craftsman handles your cabinets every step of the way. We’re not going to change
that.”
Wood Products Unlimited has its roots in another local company. Wood Products noted it was started in 1992 in the back shop of Gary’s Painting.
Since its beginnings, the company reported it tripled its square footage of shop space, added a full team of cabinet designers, a handful of trucks and trailers and a state-of-the-art finishing shop for high quality finishing.
“We feel that true craftsmanship requires talented, patient people who really love working with their hands and appreciate the beauty of a solid, hand-made product,” Aanes stated. “We’ll continue to carry that motto now and many years into the future.”
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Minnesota tourism and industry survey. Probably not surprising for anyone but according to a recent Minnesota tourism and hospitality industry survey addressing late 2020 business impact, nearly two thirds of all respondents reported business to be significantly lower compared to 2019. More than three quarters of respondents noted overall negative financial health and stressed the urgent need for conditions to improve.
The survey was conducted in partnership by Explore Minnesota, Hospitality Minnesota and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and gained 681 responses from a cross-section of tourism and hospitality businesses across the state, including food and drink, attraction and entertainment and lodging (motels, resorts, bed and breakfast spots, campgrounds and vacation home rentals). The survey was conducted Dec. 8-15, addressing business impact between September and early December.
“Many Minnesota tourism and hospitality businesses stated that it's imperative for conditions to improve, with nearly one third of respondents signaling that they can remain solvent under current conditions for no more than 3 months and another quarter anticipating only 4-6 months of solvency,” the report stated.
"The pandemic has hit our industry harder than any other. This survey reaffirms the struggles we've been hearing from Minnesota tourism and hospitality businesses across the state," said John Edman, Explore Minnesota tourism director, in the news release. "With business travel, conventions and events canceled, along with bar and restaurant limitations, the decline in revenue will be difficult to replace."
As the report stated, the survey won’t surprise anyone by finding food and drink establishments were hit the hardest, with 93% of related businesses reporting negative financial health, including 66% declining.
Some areas in the state were hit harder than others. “Geographically, the Twin Cities metro area and southern Minnesota regions reported the worst business levels, followed by central Minnesota, then northeast and northwest Minnesota which reported similar levels. On a hopeful note, 6 in 10 respondents have already met pre-pandemic levels or expect business to return to pre-pandemic levels before the end of 2021.”
"This continues to be a devastating time for the hospitality industry that provides 1-in-10 jobs in Minnesota. It will be a very long recovery for many businesses so it's critical we do everything we can to support them or Minnesota's way of life will shift dramatically," said Liz Rammer, Hospitality Minnesota president and CEO.
The report quoted Tourism Economics as saying the pandemic-related travel downturn has cost Minnesota more than $7 billion in travel spending losses mid-March through December.
"This survey is further evidence that the economy is not out of the woods yet, particularly for sectors like hospitality and tourism that depend on events, crowds, and consumer foot traffic," said Ron Wirtz, Minneapolis Fed regional outreach director. "The start of COVID vaccinations is great news, but full rollout will take time, and many businesses are really struggling to get to the other side of this pandemic."
Renee Richardson, managing editor, may be reached at 218-855-5852 or renee.richardson@brainerddispatch.com. Follow on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/DispatchBizBuzz.
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