NHS Thank You

COVID-19: FLORETTE

Florette says it with salad – and cash

THE UK;S LEADING SALAD BRAND, FLORETTE, HAS PAID TRIBUTE TO NHS FRONTLINE STAFF WITH A TWO METRE HIGH COLOURFUL SALAD RAINBOW DISPLAY AND A FINANCIAL DONATION FOR EVERY PACK SOLD

Florette, the UK’s leading salad brand, has paid tribute to NHS frontline staff with a striking two-metre-high colourful salad rainbow display. Hosted outside the NHS Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham, the creation was unveiled on Monday to mark NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers’ Day.

Florette commissioned food artist Prudence Staite to create the rainbow artwork made from their signature salad ingredients, with the final piece seeing Prudence hand place each of the 1,218 ingredients. The rainbow took 128 hours to create.

Florette also provided a healthy lunch to over 400 onsite NHS staff with goody bags and rainbow-themed cupcakes for every staff member. Additionally, 2p from every pack of the brand’s Rainbow Crunchy salad is donated to NHS Charities Together.

Speaking on Monday, Antony Greenwood, Florette’s Commercial and Marketing Director, said: “Just like our frontline workers have throughout the pandemic, we wanted to go above and beyond in saying thanks today on NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers’ Day. As a nation, we’ve relied on the NHS more than ever in the last 18 months. Our salad rainbow was created to showcase our appreciation and respect for the resilience and dedication of our key workers. It goes just a small way towards saying thank you.”

What’s In A Mural?

* Red – small cherry and baby plum tomatoes (800)

* Orange – sliced carrots (220)

* Yellow – yellow peppers (23)

* Green – spinach, rocket and frisee (40)

* Blue – a hand-painted ‘Thank You NHS’ message

* Indigo – red leaf lettuce, Lolla Rossa and RubyChard (40)

* Violet – candy-striped beetroot. (95)