A NEW YOU FOR 202U
A New You For 202U
Avonmore Slimline has launched a new six week Health & Wellness campaign
It’s fair to say the last couple of years have been challenging in many ways. With that in mind, the team at Avonmore Slimline milk wants to help you and our customers to take a more holistic view of your health this year, so that you can be the best version of yourself! They’re calling it 202U.
To help you on your way, Avonmore Slimline milk has just launched a new campaign built around a 6-week Health & Wellness series. The campaign is aimed at helping you focus on improving your wellness, positivity and vitality so that you can create the you that you want to be in 202U.
To motivate and inspire you, they’ve enlisted the help of three inspirational women who embody the three core themes of the campaign – Nathalie Lennon (Vitality), Jen Carroll (Positivity) and Dr Clodagh Campbell (Wellness). Throughout the 6-week Health & Wellness series, they will be providing useful advice and tips in the areas of fitness, recipes and mindfulness.
To celebrate the series, Avonmore Slimline milk has also launched three special limited edition cartons featuring a QR code which will direct consumers to follow the campaign.
So why not take this opportunity to make some small positive changes in your own life. To get involved, just follow the 202U Health & Wellness series on Avonmore Milk’s Instagram and Facebook pages.
GI IS ‘FRESH PRODUCE SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR’
GI is ‘Fresh Produce Supplier of the Year’
Glanbia Ireland recently picked up the accolade of ‘Fresh Produce Supplier of the Year’ at the inaugural National Grocery Retail Awards
Presented by Checkout Magazine, the new awards are an amalgamation of Ireland’s premier awards for fresh food retailing – the Checkout Best in Fresh awards and the leading awards for suppliers to the industry – the Checkout National Retail Supplier Awards.
At an online ceremony held just before Christmas, Glanbia Ireland was awarded the ‘Fresh Produce Supplier of the Year’ accolade, with the judges remarking that “a thriving fresh produce operation is only as good as the suppliers that service that operation”.
Eoin Doyle, Glanbia Ireland’s Head of Consumer Marketing and Product Management said: “The award is a strong reflection of the quality of our fresh produce from farm to table. Everyone at every stage of our supply chain works to deliver only the best to our customers and special mention should go to the Sales Development team and the Supply Chain teams who manage our retail relationships. Our award-winning brands such as the Avonmore range, Kilmeaden, Wexford and Premier are firm favourites amongst consumers.”
The National Grocery Retail Awards also included a number of new categories, including the award for Ireland’s Retailer of the Year, Best Sustainability Initiative and Best Community Initiative.
Maev Martin, Editor, Checkout magazine said: “The new National Grocery Retail Awards highlight best in class retailing and honour the companies and suppliers that help Ireland’s pioneering stores and retail chains to achieve levels of service and product excellence that set them apart from their competitors.”
You can see the full list of award winners here
PLAYING OUR PART IN RURAL IRELAND
Pictured at the launch of the services were sisters, Mabel Harper (5) and Scarlett Harper (3) along with Paul Byrne, PostPoint National Sales Manager, Brendan Hayes, Glanbia Ireland Vice Chairman and Senan Foley, Head of Retail at Glanbia Ireland. Photo Patrick Browne
Playing Our Part In Rural Ireland
Glanbia Ireland partners with PostPoint to provide a range of convenient services across 11 counties
Glanbia Ireland is collaborating with An Post subsidiary PostPoint to bring a range of convenient services to Glanbia Ireland branches and the rural communities they serve.
Officially launched just before Christmas, the service allows customers to pick up and return their parcels through 18 Glanbia Ireland branches nationwide. Using the long-established PostPoint service, shoppers will be able to collect and return purchases in Glanbia Ireland branches from more than 180 online retailers.
In addition to the parcel collection and return services, all 32 Glanbia Ireland branches will also offer PostPoint services including bill payment, gift cards, stamps, mobile top-up and National Lottery Quickpick and scratch cards.
Paul Byrne, PostPoint National Sales Manager said: “With parcel collections and returns booming in recent years and many more people shopping from home, we’re delighted to partner with Glanbia Ireland to provide a convenient local facility for Irish online shoppers.”
Glanbia Ireland’s local branches are often the heartbeat of many rural communities and offering these services is ‘Living Proof’ of the part we’re playing in helping to secure the long-term sustainability of rural Ireland.
Senan Foley, Head of Retail at Glanbia Ireland said: “Our branches and all our dedicated people have been servicing the needs of farmers and rural communities for decades. This collaboration with PostPoint is the latest expansion of our offering and acts as an important part of our commitment to offer a broad range of services to the communities we operate in. We look forward to continuing to build on this long into the future.”
H&S – IT’S NO ACCIDENT!
H&S – It’s no accident!
Health and Safety remains at the forefront of GI, with the launch of the 2021 Health & Safety report
Glanbia Ireland’s Health and Safety team works on the principle that ‘nothing we do is worth getting hurt for and every accident could and should be prevented’. So it’s with great pride that the team that helps keep us all safe at work released its 2021 Health & Safety report last week.
In the midst of ongoing Covid-19 challenges, key H&S metrics improved in 2021, building on already strong performance in 2020. For only the second time ever, there were zero lost time accidents across the whole of GI during the busy month of December. That means all our people returned home safe, well and free from any injury that would stop them from being able to complete their work the following day. Added to this, there were zero critical incidents throughout all of 2021.
For the year, GI’s Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR) and Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) targets were achieved with a 35% reduction in LTIR and 45% in TRIR. “These metrics are globally recognised and used to report on the likelihood of an accident occurring in the workplace, explains Glanbia Ireland’s Head of Health and Safety, Ed Elder. “We are very pleased to report our annual LTIR and TRIR rates are both nearing what would be seen as ‘world class’ with our most recent improvements. This marks an overall improvement of 77% for our LTIR and 70% for our TRIR since launching our GI Health & Safety Strategy in January 2019.”
Glanbia Ireland’s Health and Safety strategy is delivering against all its objectives thanks to a collective effort across the business, with leadership and guidance from the H&S Network team led by Michael O’Connor, GI’s Chief Quality & Compliance Officer, Ed Elder and Tom Crosbie, Health and Safety Manager. With health and safety part of everyone’s roles, keeping our workplaces safe is also down to all employees who keep safe work practices front of mind and look out for each other each and every day.
Thanking everyone for their efforts, Ed said: “Our Health and Safety performance is a fine example of what we can achieve through collaboration, working cross functionally and having clear goals and objectives. The stats in our latest H&S report are testament to the value our people put on ensuring we operate in safe environments and the huge effort made to make this happen.”
CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY RAISES OVER €3,000 FOR FOCUS IRELAND
Christmas Jumper Day raises over €3,000 for Focus Ireland
GI employees’ ‘Spirit of Giving’ has helped to raise €3,050 for homeless charity Focus Ireland as part of our Winter Well programme
Colleagues got in the festive spirit during Christmas Jumper Day on December 17th, with over 120 people posting pictures on Yammer or emailing them in, with plenty more woolly delights on show across all GI locations!
Along with a €2 donation being made for every jumper picture submitted, a fantastic €1,310 was generously donated by employees to help people without a home across Ireland. Glanbia Ireland will now top up this amount to make a €3,050 donation.
Thanks to everyone who got in the spirit and donated so generously!