While layoffs have already hit grill makers Weber and Traeger, now Napoleon is laying off 80 workers. The reasoning for the layoffs isn’t due to the swing in grill sales from the pandemic according to Napoleon CEO Mike Tzimas.
In an interview with Orillia Matters, Tzimas said that their business model is to perform layoffs after the grilling season ends. While the production highs from the pandemic were cited, there are some differences though, as he laid out.