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CAR BUYING SCHEME IS BACKING BRITAIN |
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2006-05-30 09:52:53
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A Midlands frozen food wholesaler is backing Britain with a company car purchasing policy which encourages its staff to buy cars which have been assembled in the UK.
MKG Foods, which has bases in Aldridge (Walsall) and Nottingham, provides a delivery service to caterers throughout the West and East Midlands.
The company offers staff a ten per cent premium on their car budgets if they buy British built.
When the scheme was introduced, only ten per cent of the company fleet was made in Britain. That figure has grown to thirty per cent and is set to rise further as older cars are replaced.
“As a country we aren’t sufficiently patriotic when it comes to spending money,” said commercial manager, Andrew Jefferson.
“There is a financial payback for our company by making sure our money remains in the UK economy. We can gain no benefit from buying cars assembled in Germany or Japan.
Neither does the Government as little UK tax income is derived from imported goods. Buying foreign means we are paying tax to foreign Governments.
“A lot of our clients’ customers earn a living from the car industry and this is our way of backing Britain and saying thank you to them for their business,” he added.
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MKG LIFTS SCHOOL MEALS SALES BY 20% |
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2006-04-19 08:27:21
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With post Jamie Oliver school meals said to be down ten per cent, one frozen food wholesaler has bucked the trend and is reporting a year over year increase of nearly twenty per cent in business with educational establishments.
MKG Foods has long been a well respected supplier in the sector, with major local authority contracts in the Midlands over many years.
It has grown that business in the last twelve months by focusing on schools which have opted out of central controls to manage their own kitchens.
“We understand that a school is a business and its catering needs to be attractive to its customers, follow nutritional guidelines and meet very strict budgetary requirements,” said MKG sales & marketing manager, Philip Mayling.
The MKG service includes menu development, to provide nutritional choice to the customers with meals that can be cooked on the equipment available and taking account of staffing levels, plus providing specialised and regular services to the schools.
Acknowledging the importance of the sector, MKG has introduced a Food For Thought promotion under the strapline “Healthy eating leads to healthy minds”. Through this innovation schools get back one per cent of their total food spend for the purchase of educational books.
MKG is now planning a series of workshops for school caterers at which they can be introduced to new ideas, taste new products and exchange information.
“This is an important part of our drive to raise the standards of school meals and make their service more attractive to their customers,” said Mr. Mayling.
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TENDER PORK LOINS ARE A JOINT SUCCESS |
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2005-12-22 14:27:28
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When it comes to ringing the menu changes the sales team from MKG Foods is telling porkies! New to their portfolio of exciting ideas are two pork-based products which are selling like hot cakes.
The big success story is rind-on Tender Loin Pork Joint. Weighing 2.5 kgs., the joints are pre-scored into 14 for precise portion control and roasting turns the rind beautifully crispy.
The joints will stay moist and tender for up to seven hours when held under lights, making them ideal for carveries as well as for banqueting.
List price to caterers is £16.15 a joint.
Also new are 100g. Tender Pork Butterfly Steaks which, like the joints, are defrost and roast products.
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