Nestle Company Empowers Caterers, Hotel Owners In Enugu State
By: Chukwumerije Aja, Enugu
A food and beverage company, Nestle Professionals, an Out-of-Home arm of Nestle Nigeria Plc, have trained over 300 caterers, food vendors, hotel owners in Enugu, on food business skills to boost their knowledge in the business.
The event which took place at the Handball Pitch of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Stadium, titled “Enugu Edition” had as its theme, “The Business of Food.”
The Nestle Nigeria Food Manager, Nestle Professional, Mr Oladipupo Jibril, while addressing newsmen, said the company created Nestle Professionals to connect with key opinion leaders in the food industry.
He explained that the idea was to bring all stakeholders in the industry together to showcase their products.
“We teach them more about the products, the usage to enhance their cooking”. Jibril said.
He however said that Nestle Professionals provides convenient and affordable solutions to people in food businesses with an introduction of “powder maggi” a food spice that can easily give their food best taste and quality.
“The essence is to celebrate the long journey of being together since the introduction of the Nestlé Professional maggi powder into the Nigeria market.
“Participants have been buying our products and we identify with them, even as they buy in open market in condiments section.They are our success in the food space when it comes to out-of-home business.
“So, we see it as a good opportunity to bring them closer to know more about the products as a lot of them did not know there is a solution called maggi powder in the market,” he said.
Jibril stressed that similar programmes had been conducted in places like Kano, Port Harcourt, Jos, Abuja and Ilorin, explaining that Enugu was 7th in the series.
“We had massive turnout and very interesting results in Enugu,” he added.
The highlight of the event included cooking and dancing competitions as well as the empowerment of some outstanding participants with catering equipments.
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