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Top 10 Food Apps for iphones

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Top 10 Food Apps for iphones

 

Like it or not the iphones are slowly becoming the way we usually surf the internet. We’ve noticed many people using their phones to view our website and view our recipes on our blog or youtube. Here’s a nifty little collection of Apps for phones that may help you decide what and where to eat…..

Children With Cancer Benefit after James Davies’ Marathon Effort!

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Eurofoods’ employee James Davies has taken part and completed the London Marathon, raising a staggering £3000 for the charity Children With Cancer In The UK.

 

 Shelim Hussain MBE congratulates James Davies on his mammoth effort.

On the 21^st  of April 2012, James arrived in London for the 26 mile marathon in which another 37000 people competed. Setting off just after 9.45am on a dry but cloudy morning James looked positive about his day. The IT manager of Food Wholesaler Eurofoods usually spends his day in the office from the comfort of his chair, overseeing and planning the IT facility at the Newport Company’s head quarters. James has been preparing for the London Marathon for quite some time; playing rugby on the weekends for Cardiff CIAC’s and taking part in the Cardiff and Llanelli Half marathons, as well as a hideously torturous training run through the hills and mountains of the Llanbedr to Blaenafon race. With over 400 miles of training in the bank, surely the London Marathon was a piece of cake!

Of course the first few miles were on the easier side but inevitably as time goes by and the legs start to ache, James just had to keep on pounding those streets of Greenwich, reminding himself that all the pain was for the Children with cancer UK charity. Another charity that solely relies on donations, with no government funding, the charity determine the causes, find cures and provide care for children with cancer.

They fund life-saving research into the causes, prevention and treatment of childhood leukaemia and other childhood cancers, and work to protect young lives.

Raising over £3000 for charity is a great achievement and Eurofoods, Masala Bazaar and CaterersDepot.com were very keen to take up sponsorship of the running shirt pictured above. The pledges from the three companies totalled over £700 and will be a welcome gift to the charity.

The amount of Money Eurofoods Group staff donated totalled just over £500 making the groups donation over £1200. James would also like to thank his other co-sponsors of the shirt: T.J.Phillips Metal Fabricator, Horizon Digital Media, Bluestone Holiday Village, FDSystems

Having set an almost record pace at the beginning, from mile 18 James got to know all about the legendary London Marathon’s ‘Wall’. Not a brick wall but a wall of physical and mental pain, and for some people a wall that cannot be defeated. With major cramps setting in the pace slowed down towards the 35 kilometre mark, but with only a few more miles left James would not be defeated. Using the crowd and other runners as support, along with the charity cause in his mind, he made it to the finish in an admirable time of 4:44:03!

Eurofoods would like to congratulate James for all his effort and of course for the amount raised for the charity. James would also like to give special thanks to all the staff at Eurofoods who donated to the cause. Also special thanks go to his training partner Matt Kempson, friends and family and of course fiancé Mel and Mum for all the support!

Eurofoods would like to express their condolences to the family and friends of Claire Squires who sadly died participating in the London Marathon.

It’s not too late to donate, even though the marathon has finished you can still go to the specially set up webpage http://www.justgiving.com/james-davies-2012please.

Eurofoods & Masala Bazaar Get A Taster Of Their Sponsorship T-Shirt

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You may not have heard  IT Manager James Davies’s and Warehouse Manager Matt Kempson’s cries of agony from where you were on the weekend, but the hills and paths of Llanbedr to Blaenafon surely did! In his phenomenal attempt of cracking the London Marathon for the first time, James accompanied by Matt, thought a 15 mile run come stagger up an almost vertical hill was quite a way of preparing. James sportingly adopted the sponsored T-Shirt that he shall be parading during the London Marathon featuring the sponsorship by Eurofoods, Masala Bazaar and CaterersDepot.com.  After four hours of climbs, runs and walks, the pain and agony of such a ridiculous feat was realised, surely the London Marathon will be a lot easier than this!

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James Davies is running the London Marathon on April 22nd April, if you would like to sponsor or donate you can call in to the Newport Office or got to http://www.justgiving.com/james-davies-2012 to make a donation. All donations will be going to the Children With Cancer In The UK charity, a very worthy cause I’m sure you’ll agree. Good Luck James!

Eurofoods To Exhibit At European Seafood Expo Apr 2012

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Eurofoods To Exhibit At European Seafood Expo Apr 2012

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30 New Jobs Coming To Birmingham Through Masala Bazaar

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There is some joy on the horizon for the Birmingham employment market, where up to thirty new jobs are being made available by the ethnic food and beverage provider – Masala Bazaar. The brand new Cash and Carry wholesale stores are planned for the Smethwick and Ward End districts of Birmingham, providing some much-needed help on the job seeking front. Masala Bazaar continue to stride forward in the UK’s food service supply chain, making these the eighth and ninth stores to open in little over seven years. The company who are part of the Eurofoods Group are a leading provider to wholesalers, restaurants and the general public, whose main focus is aimed at the ethnic and Indian food sector. The stores will be requiring managers, assistant managers, butchers and customer assistants. The new premises are currently under construction and renovation and aim to be open around June 2012, making it a true Indian summer! Masala Bazaar stores carry both food and beverage products which include the likes of many foods that are not commonly seen in the large supermarkets. With their essence on meat, fish and seafood, visiting a Masala Bazaar store is of much of an interest to the passerby as the returning customer. With an amazing array of food from around the world that is not likely so see elsewhere and huge fish that are farmed from their own fresh water lakes in Bangladesh, many could be forgiven for thinking they’re involved  in a natural history programme on the BBC. Each store boasts its own in-house butcher that will be on hand to cut both fresh and frozen portions on demand. All Masala Bazaar meat is Halal slaughtered and where possible and practical most of the other food is inclined to be that way too. The store caters for all sectors of the food services industry, stocking other goods such as take away packaging, cleaning and hygiene products, kitchen-ware and other ordinary (European) food items. Venturing into Birmingham is a fantastic step for the company’s ambitions, who aim to have a Masala Bazaar in every major town and city over the next few years.  What makes Masala Bazaar different from many other cash and carry stores is the fact that the general public are allowed to buy discounted food goods from the store without being a business owner or needing to sign up before spending. With an ever-increasing demand for Asian and Indian foods and our growing ethnic communities, Masala Bazaar is not only serving a purpose for its customers, but with these jobs, a service to its community too. More details will become available closer to the time of opening but Masala Bazaar Group Manager, Shahab Ali, is looking to get the recruitment process underway immediately. Applications for the positions and further application details can be viewed on the www.masalabazaar.co.uk website’s Careers section.

Eurofoods Launch New Web Site

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Eurofoods Group Ltd is pleased to announce the launch of their new corporate website. The company who’s head office is in Newport, South Wales are one of the leading providers of Asian and ethnic foods in the UK. The website incorporates the three main aspects of the business; Food Service, Wholesale and the Masala Bazaar stores, each having their own designated section. The overhaul of the website is much awaited and is just the springboard for bigger plans of the group. Already having offices in Newport, Barking and Sunderland, the outlook looks very bright for Eurofoods. Providing food sources for the likes of Tesco and Brakes, amongst others, it is hoped the revamped site will attract even more industry giants. The new, fresh look website represents the company’s ambitious projects. Firstly and probably very importantly, the users of the website are now able to download application forms for the undoubted vacancies that will be arising, from the planned expansion of the group. The new sections of the website include a categorised directory for many of the wholesale food and beverage products that can be purchased from Eurofoods. The media centre has links to the Eurofoods YouTube channel, showcasing its products and televised screened adverts. Customers are now able to contact the company directly via the contact form which will filter messages through to the relevant department, making response times much quicker. A newsletter sign up facility is available to keep customers informed of the latest news and offers on a regular basis. The News and Events section acts as a mini blog, detailing the company’s latest intentions and activities; this is one section to keep an eye on, as things are moving fast! For food resellers, cash & carry stores and grocery stores across the country, they may want to bookmark the Latest Offers page, where each week Eurofoods will broadcast the company’s outstanding food and drink offers. With an ever-growing demand for shopping on-line, and the need for up to the minute information, Eurofoods is another step closer to providing their customers with a total shopping solution both online and off.  It’s all happening very quickly, first Masala Bazaar get a new look now Eurofoods. Whatever could be next? ……….We’ll let you know very soon !

www.eurofoods.co.uk

Masala Bazaar Launch New Web Site

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In the ever changing and evolving world of Masala Bazaar, they are pleased to announce the launch of their new website. Where the old website was nothing more than a splash page of information, the new site offers a whole bundle of new material and interesting insights. The Ethnic and Asian food specialists, with stores dotted around the country, also hope that this is just a first step to a planned full-scale shopping on-line facility. Users who have struggled before to find news of the company will be delighted to find a News and Events section dedicated to just that. The newsletter subscription is also a new feature with monthly newsletters planned for the forthcoming months. As food prices vary from week to week, customers can be informed of the very latest produce and packaging offers from the store. The site is very user-friendly and although primarily based at the business to business food service industry, the general public can view the range of products which are available for them to purchase in store. This is what Masala Bazaar stores offer that is different to usual wholesalers. Members of the public are fully welcomed into the stores, as most are strategically placed for maximum visitor capture. You may see one, just off your local high street or in an industrial shopping complex. A neat download section gives access to catalogues, offers and employment documents. On that note the site also keeps users informed of current vacancies. With the planned expansion of the Masala Bazaar store, they are expecting the vacancy pages to be one of the biggest hit pages of the entire site. In an age of economic downturn and food prices soaring, Masala Bazaar tries to keep a competitive edge on their rivals. Much of the produce is sourced from their very own brands such as Crown Farms, Cha Cha Chef and Al Rohim but they also hold many more names such as Pataks, Fairy and Elephant. Part of the Euro Foods Group, the chain store are currently going from strength to strength, seeing more and more visitors to their stores month on month. The rise in demand for Indian and Asian cooking ingredients has never been higher and hopefully the website will direct restaurant owners, hoteliers and wholesale business owners to find the right products at the right price at the right place. A neat map on the Contact Us page will pinpoint visitors to the exact location of the stores, also showing opening hours and contact details. As Masala Bazaar expands so to will this new website, so keep watching!

www.masalabazaar.co.uk

Sunderland Gets A Taste Of India

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A brand new and exciting world of taste has finally come to Sunderland. Eurofoods announce the opening of their seventh Masala Bazaar store in the UK, situated in Sunderland. Opening on Thursday 29^th of September the North East will get a little taste of India. The store, located in the Castletown area of Sunderland is ideally situated just off the A19.  The magnificent seventh Masala Bazaar shares the same premises as the Eurofoods’ Sunderland distribution outlet. Eurofoods have their headquarters in Newport, South Wales and a southern distribution centre in Barking. The new Asian themed food store will also double as a cash and carry for retailers. There will be free tasting of the foods on the 29^th and 30^th of September as, special offers on many of the products and even a chance to win a brand new TV.

As with all Masala Bazaar stores customers will be spoilt for choice with a diverse range of   mouth-watering products that aren’t usually found in the well-known high street stores. The new site is placed with access and convenience in mind – a great location with its own free parking area.

When entering the store you are greeted with amazing scents and wonderful colours that will have your taste buds expecting a treat. Masala Bazaar has a phenomenal range of Asian and ethnic foods that you may not have seen the like of before, or for that matter, even heard of before. The shopping chain pride themselves on providing incredible foods from all around the world, opening up a whole new experience for retailers, take away owners, restaurateurs and public alike. The food senses are in for a real learning experience! Everyday supplies are also available such as milk, cheese, yoghurt, fresh fruit and vegetables, but this isn’t the main course. Masala Bazaar stores really open up the eyes and are adapting to the changing attitudes of people, who want new and exciting ingredients to cook with. With well over two thousand different product lines in-store, it’s almost impossible to walk out of the place without purchasing something new to try. The shop features its own in-house butchers with regular meats such as beef, duck, chicken and lamb which are beautifully displayed in their hygienic, squeaky clean counters. The shelves are stacked with an array of spices, herbs, ready meals, rice, sauces, pickles, chutney and basically everything else you could wish for to concoct your perfect meal.

If you like your menu to include fish then Masala Bazaar will exceed all your expectations of what alternatives can be put on your plate. You will never find any thing ordinary at these stores, and the fish section is no different. Super sized and super priced, fish such as boal ,rohu and ayre will amaze you (and your dinner guests) with its value for money, based on shear size and weight. Some of the fish weigh in over 10Kg – complete with head and tail – now that’s a real meal deal!  Shrimps, prawns, a freshwater seafood fiesta make Masala Bazaar not only a food store, but a high quality fish mongers too. Some of the fish measure in over three foot – a really good catch, and something you’re not likely to find anywhere else in the vicinity. If you’ve a passion for new flavours, then you should try the extensive range of fresh water fish, direct from Bangladesh!

The stocking of Eurofoods’ own brand named goods such as Cha Cha Chef, Crown Farms, Zoy and Rohim creates a truly wonderful array of complimentary meals to go with all the other offerings. The staff are always happy to help and can provide you with expert knowledge on any of the products in the store; and you’ll find them a very friendly bunch.

As well as being an Asian food specialist, the local community will be pleased to know that they can just pop in for a pint of milk – it’s a corner shop, supermarket and cash and carry, all rolled into one!

If you’re looking for new ideas for a fruit salad or a Sunday lunch, you will need to check out the amazing selection of ethnic orientated fruit and veg that greets you on the way in to the store. With unusual fruits such as green coconut, kakrol and Lubee Uree – Sunday meal times will never be the same again.

On a wider business note, the outlet is also looking to provide a first class food service to Sunderland and the North East’s expanding take-away, fast food and restaurants’ markets. The Masala Bazaar prices will be hard to beat, based on the quality and variety that is offered. They are not just grocery stores; they’re an everyday helpful store with other departments such as cookware, utensils, health and beauty, toiletries, cleaning products, Asian garments, tobacco and confectionary. With regular monthly offers covering a huge range of products this is one store that can’t be left off your shopping list!

Sunderland deserves a store like this and hopefully the community in Sunderland and supporting area will soon get addicted to the store once the word (and more importantly, the taste) gets around.

The appointed manager of the store is Foysol Ahmed and can be contacted on 01915115477 for general, wholesale and food service enquiries. Their opening times are Monday to Saturday 10am-7pm and Sundays 10am-6pm.

Masala Bazaar Sunderland’s address is: Unit 3, Sunrise Enterprise Park, Ferryboat  Lane, Sunderland, SR5 3RX

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10 Questions Every Restaurant Should Ask About Food Sevice

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A commonly asked question – What is Food Service?  Well, we more than anyone appreciate that most restaurants are very busy places, that’s why Eurofoods’ UK Food Service aims to lessen your stress levels, free up some time and provide you with first class food products and service. With one thing less to worry about you’ll have one more job you can get on with. Incorporating excellent delivery, scheduling, order fulfillment, and a whole fleet of vehicles you can be sure Eurofoods aim to deliver on time, every time. The ‘food service’ phrase is exactly what it says on the tin, as we serve you as our customer, helping you in turn to serve yours. With a product range that is forever increasing and evolving, we try to give you the widest choice of ethnic, Indian and Bangladeshi foods that you are likely to find in the UK. We don’t stop there however as the company also offers its own cooking utensils, condiments, drinks, toiletries and cleaning solutions. Download or request a catalogue and find everything you’re looking for. We can cover for restaurants; take aways, market stalls, catering companies and local stores as well as the major supermarkets. Our logistical delivery service offers you fresh produce in your area at least once a week – and London up to four times a week! You’ll never be short on your catering supplies as we can probably take your order one day and deliver it to you the next. By expanding our networks of Cash and Carry and distribution outlets across the county, we are able to supply you whether you’re in the north, east, south or west of the country! We pride our selves on our excellent customer service and attention to getting your order right first time. With monthly and weekly discounted wholesale food and drink offers we’ll keep you informed on latest trends, latest offers and latest news from our supply stores. If you’re happy – were happy. Eurofoods’ Asian and traditional food supply ranges from everyday eggs, to something a little more exquisite. Remember Eurofoods were first to introduce the frozen skinless chicken fillet, making life a little easier for the chef. In the future we’ll be delivering and focusing on more exciting, innovative food items, so stay one step ahead with us. It’s often said that a clean restaurant is a happy restaurant and we can bring you all you cleaning supplies along with your food order. Our packing department make sure that all items are well packaged – ruling out the risk of damage along the way. All your food and cleaning essentials are individually packaged so there’s no risk of any of the food products being harmed by the cleaning products. Our fleet of refrigerated vans and trucks bring your fresh produce to you as if they’ve just been taken from your own cold store. In addition we have on site vehicle maintenance garage – so you won’t hear the old excuse that one of our trucks has broken down! We can cater for any sized business and that’s why we have had the privilege of supplying companies like Tesco, Iceland and Asda. We treat every customer the same, no matter how large or how small their business size, so you can always be assured of a first class service – with a smile. Our food service includes our regular brands as well as our very own brands such as Rohim, Cha Cha Chef, Crown Farms and more. Our stores are always well stocked and our stock system can keep you informed of what we have, what we haven’t, when we can get it and when it will get to you. If you have any special requirements or products you would like us to source, we’d love to hear from you. We all realize that the food service industry can be very testing at times, meals can become a disaster in seconds, stocks can run low, accidents can happen – so we’re here to make it a bit smoother, knowing we’ll be rushing around making your delivery perfect on quality, perfect on time, and perfect on price.

In short when considering a company to provide a food service, maybe these questions will help:

1) Can they supply a restaurant with everything they need?

2) Have they a good network of vehicles?

3) Do they have quality foods?

4) Have they a wide choice of food and drink?

5) Are they able to deliver next day?

6) Are their vehicles refrigerated?

7) Do they have various payment options

8)  Will they create new and exciting products?

9) Is ordering easy and uncomplicated?

10) Are they competitive in their pricing?

If the answer to all these is yes – then you’re probably using Eurofoods.  If you’re not then contact us and see how we can provide and help you too.