On 26th February 1998 – exactly eighteen years ago – Blue Skies despatched its first ever consignment of fresh-cut Smooth Cayenne pineapple from Ghana to London on a British Airways Boeing 767 service that flew 3 times per week. It was just a few kilos of core-in cylinders but it was […]
Author: Simon Derrick
2016 Foundation Projects Started
The Blue Skies Foundation kicked off the first of its 2016 projects in Ghana this month at sod cutting ceremonies at Nuwale where the Foundation is constructing a clinic for this coconut growing community in the Western Region of Ghana, and Kyinto (pictured) where a three classroom school block is […]
Download your January edition of Pelican News
The latest edition of the Blue Skies Newsletter ‘Pelican News’ is out now. Click here to download it. Some highlights from this month’s newsletter: -Anthony Pile looks forward to an exciting year ahead -Meet Kwame Asante of Blue Skies Ghana -Departments compete in soccer tournament Pelican News is a monthly newsletter […]
Inter-departmental games take place in Ghana
The Blue Skies Ghana inter-departmental games took place in December 2015. This was organized by the manager of the Blue Skies Pelican Football team (Eben Asare) in a bid to recruit new players and to give people the opportunity to exercise and have some fun. The High Care Team won […]
Our journey has only just begun
Anthony Pile looks forward to an exciting year ahead Blue Skies was first incorporated in April 1997. Almost 19 years ago. Our first production, which was cut pineapple to Sainsbury’s, was in Ghana on 26th February 1998, almost 18 years ago! Our aim then, as it is now, was to […]
Meet Kwame Asante
Kwame Asante has been with the family of Blue Skies Ghana since 7th June 2003. He started working at the Intake Department where he was sorting, de-crowning and sanitizing fruits and later moved to the Dispatch Department to help with the packing and loading of products on to the containers. […]
Blue Skies Foundation announces 2015 School Farm of the Year winners
The Blue Skies Foundation has announced the winners of its inaugural School Farm of the Year Competition. The Blue Skies Foundation has announced the winners of its inaugural School Farm of the Year Competition at an Awards Ceremony held at the Blue Skies factory on the 3rd December, the day before […]
Meet Frank Agbese of Anoff Basic School, Ghana
Frank Agbese from Anoff Basic School was recently awarded Best male student at the Blue Skies 2015 School Farm of the year Awards in GhanaFrank Agbeshie is the ninth child of a family of ten and is the only one currently attending school. He lives with his parents in Anoff, […]
Remembering the Rasta-man
Blue Skies Ghana’s first General Manager David Arnold remembers a very special personIn January 1998 after being in Ghana for only two or three days and very much “wet behind the ears” I espied a wall of flame about ¾ of a mile away from the factory. I walked down […]
Safety first at Blue Skies Brazil
This month Blue Skies Brazil took part in the 4th SIPAT Occupational Accident Prevention Week. It was a whole week dedicated to instruct, train and alert all staff in order to reduce the number of internal accidents to zero. We had five days of lectures with ergonomists, physiotherapists, biologists, firefighters, safety […]
