Your Thumbs Up Round Up 06/03
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Published 6 Mar 2022 in Colleagues
Get Involved! We want our Colleagues to share all the incredible and fantastic Thumbs Up and Good News stories from across the Society. 👍
It's easy to take part, all you have to do is send through your entries to thumbsup@midcounties.coop with a sentence outlining why you’ve given yourself, your team or a team member a ‘thumbs up’ today and we will feature it on Colleagues Connect.
Fairtrade on the curriculum! Bicton Heath Food visited by children from Bicton School
Over Fairtrade Fortnight, Bicton Heath Food had a visit from the children at Bicton School. Learning all about Fairtrade, the store hosted their own classroom lesson for the children to get involved in and see what difference Fairtrade makes to our producers. 👍👏
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A Member 'WOW' for Maria from Wem. Well done Maria 😊👍👏
"I come in every morning to get my paper, usually at the same time there is an elderly gentleman who comes in for his paper too. A couple of times a week Maria saves him a freshly baked apple pie. Recently he never came in for a few days which worried her.So, she made a few enquiries and found that he’d had a fall and was in hospital. She then put together a care package of toiletries, puzzle books and his favourite apple pie and dropped it off at the hospital 20 miles away! If this isn’t going above and beyond for your customers,I don’t know what is. Maria is a credit to your store."
Community goodwill at Radbrook Green - Here is the store manager/ staff at the care home donating flowers. Very well received and the care home were very happy. Well done! 👏👍😊
A wonderful gesture from a member who travels 9 miles just to shop with us at Radbrook Green Food. 👍😊👏
A customer we have been delivering to for the past 2 years - Kinver Food. 👏😊👍
"For the last two years or so you, and the staff of Kinver Co op, have supported Yvonne and myself through the difficult times not only of the pandemic but also Yvonne's illness, we couldn't have managed without you, but now I think it is time for us to stand on our own two feet again. Thanks to the vaccine jabs, and now Yvonne has had four, we feel confident enough to venture out and get our shopping ourselves rather than ask you to go out of your way and deliver it to us.
We cannot thank you all enough and please convey that message to all the staff at Kinver Co op."
Thame Food raised almost £150 today by doing a Fairtrade bake sale. Colleagues were telling customers about fairtrade while they were choosing their cakes, and all the cakes were made with as much fairtrade ingredients as possible. 😊👍👏
A big thumbs up for our colleague of the month here at Eynsham Food - Olivia Gemperle, who received this lovely customer comment:
"Olivia served me and as always her customer service is outstanding. She is an asset to your society and I believe she deserves recognition for this and promotion. She asks every customer the question do they have a coop card and even if not with you she advises what u can do to claim your points she is excellent"
Well done Olivia 👏👍😊
Members of the finance team completed a litter pick around the Warwick office this week. Well done! 👏😊👍
Broadway Cotswolds delivering a Fairtrade talk to the local Broadway First School. Well done Matt and Sue! 👍😊👏
Welcome to Midcounties Montague Park! The photo shows Agata Amir, the store manager for new store launched on Thursday this week at Montague Park, Wokingham. Agata is supported by her new colleagues, Gavin Pledge, District Manager and Ranveer and Dave from the Store Development Team. 👏😊👍
Community team members, Lou Brown and Barbara Dunne hosted an event in Chipping Norton Food as part of Fairtrade Fortnight.
Engaging with over 50 members, they raised over £108 for their local Charity Partner; Thrive NorthOx by getting members to guess the weight of a Fairtrade Hamper. Well done Lou and Barbara! 👏😊👍
Here are the Walsall Young Carers taking part in a litter pick. Well done and thank you to everyone who helped organise the event. 😊👍👏
Dawley Brook Primary School in Kingswinford promoting Fairtrade Fortnight in the playground at lunchtime. The children have enjoyed learning about forest friendly farming in class and have been busy finishing their posters to promote fairtrade. 👏👍😊
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