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: -Blue Skies raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of Sara Brookes -Blue Skies Senegal end their season in style -We meet our Blue Skies […]
Author: Simon Derrick
Meet Gifty Odame Asare
Mrs. Gifty Odame Asare is one of the thirty five pioneers of Blue Skies Products Ghana when it started operations in 1998. Gifty joined Blue Skies in December 1998 as a production operative and worked in High Care for one year before being transferred to the print room due to […]
Blue Skies Senegal end season in style
As the Senegalese mango harvest comes to an end, the management team at the pack house organised social activities to crown the season. This year’s activities included a football match between the Blue Skies Senegal ‘Pelicans’ and Seidu’s Mango Warriors (from the neighbouring farm), and a get-together and appreciation of […]
Blue Skies Walk for Sara
On 27th September over thirty people met at the Blue Skies UK office to embark on a nine mile walk in memory of Sara Brookes. People from Blue Skies past and present and friends and family of Sara came from near and far to walk together around Pitsford Water and […]
Pineapple ‘Unwrapped’
In August, UK TV show ‘Food Unwrapped’ came to Ghana to reveal how pineapple grows and show how Blue Skies are able to keep it so fresh… Presenter Kate Quinton supported by her crew of Dan Gilbert, Olly Weaver and Jack visited Zulu Farm to speak to Ernest Abloh about […]
Super Spinach Smoothie
By Cath Maskell This smoothie is becoming a weekly feature in my house because it is packed full of goodness, so it feels super healthy, but it tastes like a treat (I think it tastes like ice cream). Spinach is rich in iron, which plays a central role in the function […]
August Pelican News is out
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: -Our third Queen’s Award delivered to Blue Skies HQ -UK TV show ‘Food Unwrapped’ visit Ghana -Yolisa wins at Female Entrepreneur Awards in South Africa Pelican […]
Yolisa wins at DAFF Female Entrepreneur Awards
Yolisa Mbie, Hygiene Manager at Blue Skies South Africa believed in herself and made Blue Skies proud by taking part in Female Entrepreneur Awards Programme being run by DAFF (Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) in Mpumalanga province. The major thrust of the programme is to underline the fact that […]
Five audits in a month!
Another month and another five audits successfully passed by Blue Skies Egypt! This time its ISO 22000 and OHSAS 18001, an unannounced ASDA ethical audit, a Fairtrade audit for the Pomegranate Association in Assuit and a Fairtrade audit for the factory! Congratulations and very well done to Blue Skies Egypt […]
Africa comes to Northampton to celebrate third Queens Award success
African representatives of a Northamptonshire based fruit company today attended a reception in Pitsford in celebration of the company’s third Queens Award for Enterprise in the Sustainable Development category. Blue Skies is one of only a few firms in the county to have won three Queen’s Awards. Blue Skies Holdings […]
