Chat Bout - The CB Group eZine - August 2017

August 2017 – #45

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IMAGINATION FARMS GOES PUBLIC

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Nutramix puts turkeys on the market

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PENINSULA CELEBRATES 1 YEAR ANNIVERARY

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welcome

introducing the pan pack

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imagination farms goes public

making the cut double downs in kingston

domino fever flames from the east

growers awards 2017

cb high school scholarship programme

peninsula - 1 year celebration party

Welcome F

ollowing closely on the launch of PAN 2017, was the launch of another new division within the CB Group – Imagination Farms, with the ‘Homegrown’ brand commencing with the production and supply of selected crops namely Scotch Bonnet peppers, Sweet Corn, and Onions. Our goals include sustainable production of these crops at required efficiency levels.

Our successful accomplishment would allow for import substitution and export opportunities, while improving supplies on the local market. We look forward to the growth and development of this division.

Another of our newer operations, Peninsula Farms, celebrated its first year of broiler production. We congratulate the staff at this location for the commitment displayed as they continue to perform desired level of efficiencies.

The Nutramix brand will again be featured in the upcoming Denbigh Agricultural Show with farmers showing the value of Nutramix – The Big Feed. Nutramix’s second staging of the all island domino competition is now in full swing with reported increase level of participation by customers and farmers.

Mr. A. Eaton Barrett welcome

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Introducing the

Fresh off the heels of PAN 2017’s launch, we proudly announce a PAN pack, now available in PriceSmart.

Pre-cut quarters that are conveniently packaged. And nope! This is not a limited time offering until PAN ends. The PAN PACK is here to stay.

Spread the word!

around the brand in 30 days — cb chicken

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Launched!

2017 marks 12 years of PAN. Twelve years of providing opportunities to Jamaica’s pan vendors, fostering entrepreneurship and celebrating authentic Jamaican street food.

PAN has become Jamaica’s largest free food festival. PAN 2017 kicked off at its 2016 Grand Final venue –

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around the brand in 30 days — pan

The Half Way Tree Transport Centre to welcome media, sponsors and partners. Last year’s Champion Terry Ann Davidson took to the stage to share her journey of opening her restaurant and catering service since her victory.

CB Chicken Brand Manager Alicia Bogues announced her official passing of the PAN baton over to Kemoi Burke, now dubbed “Mr PAN”.

There’s an exciting entertainment packaged lined up this year. Gospel singer Kevin Downswell returns to perform. Up for grabs are $40,000 in cash and gifts from sponsors for Regional Winners, and $20,000 among other prizes for Runners-Up, not to mention a ticket to compete at the Grand Final.

We look forward to our CBG family turning out for the foodie, family fun-days.

Save the dates Regional 1: Black River, St Elizabeth August 26 Regional 2: Folly Oval, Portland September 30 Grand Final: The Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre October 29

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goes public!

An important day in our history is July 18th, 2017. This day marked the introduction of Imagination Farms Ltd to the public as CB Group’s third Division, after Foods and Feeds, and our newest company dedicated to local produce.

Did you know that in 2016, 2 million kgs of peppers were imported? Or that every year, Jamaica imports the majority of our sweet corns? Or that Jamaica imports 85% of our onions?

It is for these reasons Imagination Farms will focus on crops that can be substitutes for the imports flooding our Jamaican markets and on crops that have substantial export potential like the Jamaican Scotch Bonnet Pepper that is in high demand from countries all over the world.

Sharing our story was CBG’s Matthew Lyn and supporting our mission was Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda.

The first brand under Imagination Farms was unveiled. Homegrown will include all freshly picked produce such as scotch bonnet peppers, sweet corn, onion and sorrel.

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around the brand in 30 days — imagination farms

Keep updated by following @HomegrownbyIF on Instagram and facebook, and @_byIF on twitter. around the brand in 30 days — imagination farms

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Double Downs in Kingston July 19 and 20 marked the return of #MTC, increasingly being known in the industry as the pork lovers’ seminar. US restaurateur and award-winning Chef Charlie McKenna returned to Jamaica to share his expertise in how to present, cut and cook the different cuts.

Dr T Dean Pringle - Animal & Dairy Science Professor at the University of Georgia, made his first trip to Jamaica to share his expertise with our guests - supermarket and wholesale owners, butchers, restaurant owners, chefs and porklovers.

Topics included meat safety, chemical composition, cross contamination, storage as well as how to process pork - the right way.

Each day, Dr Pringle demonstrated how to cut a pig carcass for optimum value, and for different cuts.

Check out the highlights!

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around the brand in 30 days — copperwood

#knowyourpork

KYP CHALLENGE KYP Challenge heats up in stores And the heat turns up with Copperwood’s Summer Promo!

KYP Challenge gets participating customers vying for weekly prizes and a shot at the grand prize come August 31.

Progressive

Congrats to the weekly winners! Each team member received JPS vouchers!

Week 1: Progressive Supermarket in Ocho Rios: 86% over target Week 2: General Foods Liguanea: 132% over target

General

Foods

Week 3: Sovereign Supermarket: 100% over target Remember to support your favourite supermarket and help them to win the grand prize by purchasing your favourite cuts of pork.

Follow the competition on @CopperwoodPork on FB and IG.

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A Big Baby Shower

It was a family filled fun day at the 7th annual staging of A Big Baby Shower held at ATL’s Oxford Road property on July 1. The event, coined

by B3 Parenting’s CEO (and Indulge editor) Michelle Gordon, provides a single destination where new, expectant and experienced parents can receive product and service information and practical resources when it comes to parenting.

CB Foods returned this year to provide wholesome foods to families and exhibitors alike. With our village-like setup at previous Expos, the CB Foods food court also had a photo booth and a Live Better vox pop section where fellow Jamaicans shared just what living better means to them.

Check out the highlights and follow @LiveBetterWithCBFoods on social media to check out the vox pop videos!

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around the brand in 30 days — cb foods

puts turkeys on the market Earlier this summer, turkey poults were sold to our local farmers through Newport Mills. Specially made turkey feed is processed in our mills just for them.

All the Nutramix poults were vaccinated upon arrival to Jamaica and our experts at Nutramix provide our customers advice on proper housing, brooding, feed and water management, spacing as well as medication and preventing diseases.

Check out some of the turkeys at about 6 weeks old.

Be prepared for turkeys on the market this Christmas thanks to Nutramix!

Did you know? • Turkey breast meat contains less calories and fat than most other cuts of meat. • Turkey contains vitamins B-6 and B-12, niacin, choline, zinc and selenium - important for many bodily processes, including cognitive function, a healthy immune system, and fertility.

Spread the word and follow @FarmNutramix to stay posted.

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Domino fever flames from the East With the buzz of the competition intensifying among farmers island-wide, persons are traveling from near and far to compete for a chance to move on to the Grand Final on September 16.

July 1 saw 46 teams turn out at Melbourne Cricket Club, Kingston, and the following week, a full 64 teams in last year’s most flocked venue - Rudolph Elder Park, St Thomas. Then the competition then rolled over west to St Elizabethon the 18th then to Mandeville Park on the 22nd where a heated last round between finalists - a local Mandeville pair and last year’s St Thomas Champion team led to a default declaring of the regional winner.

Host Dufton Duffy Sheperd knows just how to keep the crowds excited with games, giveaways and mini-competitions and our PAN men are always serving up delicious pan chicken each week!

Big congrats to our Regional winners so far!

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Team

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St. Andrew

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St. Elizabeth

Trace

St. Thomas

Scamma

Manchester

Shootas

Regional winners walked away with the $50,000 cash prize as well as trophies and other prizes.

Guess what… it’s Kingston players that won in St Thomas, and St Thomas players than won in Mandeville. You can just imagine the competitive and territorial spirits ablaze!

A big thank you to our volunteers who spend their Saturday evenings with Nutramix and our farmers!

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around the brand in 30 days — nutramix

around the brand in 30 days — nutramix

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BIRTHDAYS

August – September Marlon Mitchell

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Veron Miller-Burton

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Howard Daley

Carla Noble-Tomlinson

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Ann Marie Senior

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Jevaughn Newman

Cassive Brown

Anthony Moulton

Johan Muller

Cleveland Thorpe

Davin Murray

Nadine Dawson

Jason Nesbeth

Edwin Francis

Ruthlyn Reid

Lenworth Rutherford

Franklyn Campbell

Chad Atterbury

Calder Fowlin

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Egbert Francis

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Garfield Chambers

Denton Stewart

Kayann Daley

Kirk Hurgos

Elsie Scott

Rohan Kennedy

Steve Johnson

Suzan Roberts-Dixon

Rohan Lewis

Alexander Marsh

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Stacey Ann Francis

Jermaine Cameron

Khalice Mitchell-Delahaye

Youwan Hurd

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Jonas Mclean

Marcia Brown

Jermaine Whyte

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Joseph Small

Murline Burrell- Rowe

Rohan Thorpe

Marvin Messam

Shamar Reid

Nigel Alexander

Winfield Llewellyn

Dervin Thompson

Jennifer Alexander

Winston Thomas

Dwen Gordon

Sheryl Pike

Troy Farquharson

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Kewon Fearon

Cameal Bailey-Smith

Alexander Wright

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Taneisha Cummings

Stacyann Brown-Bailey Delroy Grant

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Clifton Graham

Angella Thompson

Alanzo Mckenzie

Colin Johnson

Gregory Campbell

Fabian Grierson

Keron Lawrence

Terrica Thompson

Jermaine Hylton

Marcia Afflick

Tyrone Bowen

Kevin Lewis

Sasha-Lee Lewis

Yanique Simpson

Nola Lee Bartley

Sharmika Lloyd

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Yvonnette Brown

Paul Harrison

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Christina Baker

Gerald Boreland

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Dulain McLeod

Donovan Peters

Kimani Ferguson

Mark Stephenson

Marlon Liscombe

Richard Jackson

Oral Wright

Doreen Houston-White

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Mayon McCatty 10

Gerald Grant Robert Kidd

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Sharon Anderson Venice Henry Vincent Burton

Arnold Road Ramone Duncan Scale Monitor

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Peter Bogle Robert Hunt Shawn Robb Alex Robotham

Ricardo Robotham 26

Newton Brown Nicolier Thomas

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Lagon Hanson

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Henry Johnson Louis Walker

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Farewells

Leroy Samuels

Vinlital Lee Anthony Campbell

Damion Grant

Dwayne Thomas 24

Carl McDonald Andre Reid

Group Office Andrew Stafford Network Coordinator

Sheven Morgan 23

Anna-Marie Henney- Linton

Jason Tracey Camela Reid

Althia Morrison

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Appointments &Promotions

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Carolyn Taylor

Sidney Beckford Charmin Anderson

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David Shaw

Carvin Green

Glenroy Smith

Charmaine Flemming-Mckoy

Mario Walters

Judy Hunter

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Ricardo Bailey

Jelany Jarrett

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Terisha Thorpe

cb big ups — birthdays + staff announcements

cb big ups — birthdays + staff announcements

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Creating Bonds

in Our Communities

Growers Awards 2017 As we are committed to supporting local farmers, the annual CB Group Growers Awards is one of our ways to simply say, thank you to those farmers who continue support us.

On July 7th at The Pegasus Hotel, we celebrated the success of our poultry farmers.

Congratulations to all awardees and the 2017 winners: ✔✔ Champion Grower Desmond Duval ✔✔ 2nd Place Best Mortality Desmond Duval ✔✔ 3rd Place Grower Ralston Ramsahai ✔✔ Most Improved Farm Adassa Hemans our community — growers award

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CB Group Scholarship Workshop 18

The CB Group Scholarship Workshop was hosted on Saturday July 15 at the Group Office.

Focusing on the theme Anything is Possible, Guest Speakers were Terri-Karelle Reid and Princess Shakes, the 2017 National Business Model Competition Winner and a Northern Caribbean University Student.

Twenty-four scholarship awardees enjoyed the day, and they even tried out their artistic skills in a painting class hosted by the Island Strokes team.

our community — cb group scholarship workshop

our community — cb group scholarship workshop

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H A PPY A N N I V E RSA RY

PENINSULA!

Friday July 28th, everyone at Peninsula Farms in Linstead got together for an after work lyme to celebrate their first year in operation! It was an evening filled with music, dominoes and ludu board games, dancing and of course‌lots of food and nyamming, in true CB Group fashion.

Great job Peninsula, looking forward to many great years ahead.

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our community — peninsula - 1 year celebration party

our community — peninsula - 1 year celebration party

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and tid-bits

Bonafide Burgers Britt’s Homemade Burgers Ingredients: • 8 Bonafide Burger Patties • 4 heaped tbsp Ricotta cheese • 4 heaped tbsp mayonaisse • 4 fried Chippenham or Smart Eggs • Iceberg lettuce • 12 strips Caribbean Passion bacon • 8 slices sharp cheddar • 8 burger buns • 1 sliced red onion • Flat leaf parsley • Olive oil Seasoned Cast Iron Skillet (optional – grill or frying pan can be substituted)

Directions: 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Place bacon strips on a lined tray and cook 20 minutes, turning once or until bacon is crispy 2. Heat oil in small frying pan on medium heat, add onions, sauté until soft and slightly browned. Remove from flame & set aside 3. Heat Cast Iron Skillet (or other pan) on medium high heat until oil is thoroughly heated; add burgers 2 at a time and cook according to package directions (until juices run clear) 4. While burgers are cooking, toast the buns & fry the 4 eggs individually. Sprinkle with salt and freshly ground black pepper Keep warm 5. In the last 2 minutes of cooking, add slices of cheese to the patties and let melt Assembly: 1. Spread each half of the bun with mayonnaise and ricotta 2. Layer lettuce, two patties and onions, 3 bacon slices and top with a fried egg 3. Garnish with parsley leaves & enjoy recipe corner — britt's homemade burgers

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CB Chicken PAN Chicken with Herbs and Lime Ingredients: • 2 whole CB Chicken, cut in parts • ½ tsp each onion, pimento, ginger powder • 1tbsp fresh thyme • Juice of 2 limes +2 limes for grilling • 1 scotch bonnet, minced • 3 stalks escallion, chopped • ¼ cup olive oil

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recipe corner — pan chicken with herbs and lime

Directions: 1. In a bowl combine all ingredients, less chicken. Reserve half of the mixture for basting and rub the chicken thoroughly with the other half. Marinate for 2–24 hours.

2. Bring the marinated chicken to room temperature.

3. Oil the grill and heat. Place the chicken on the hot grill and sear each piece, skin side down, on the hot side of the grill for 8 minutes, turning until you have a good sear on each side.

4. Move each seared piece to the cooler side of the grill. Keep basting with the remaining marinade and grilled lime juice at intervals, and continue grilling for another 20–30 minutes until juices run clear or the internal temperature of the chicken registers 160°F. 5. Serve with your favourite vegetables or with Hardo Bread.

Dealerships to all offer specials CBG staff

Hey CBG fam!

Kingston Industrial Garage and Stewarts Automotive have created programmes that are available to all CBG staff members.

Kingston Industrial Garage Ford Ranger Pickup • Flat discount of 15% for service and parts that fall outside approved package parameters • Loaner vehicle during service on warranty items • Courtesy Transfer when vehicle is brought in for servicing • Option for a Ford Premium Plan • Service plan extension of additional 100,000km • Fleet pricing and service/parts discounts to any CBG staff wishing to make personal purchase of any vehicle model carried by KIG

Stewarts Auto Sales Mitsubishi Motors Discounted prices on: • ASX 2WD Comfort • ASX 4WD Executive • Outlander 2.0L Premium • Pajero 3.0 V6 Premium • Pajero 3.0 V6 Executive • Pajero 3.2 Di-D Executive • L200 4x4 Double Cab Manual Pickup • Sportero 4x4 Di-D Automatic Pickup • Sportero 4x4 Di-D High Power Pickup Contact: Maria Phillpotts 928-5041 ext 3404 mphillpotts@stewartsautosales.com

Contact: 923-6572 sales@kigjamaica.com

dealerships offer specials for all cbg staff

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