Motibhai Group Newsletter - August, 2015

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News From Motibhai GroupNews From Motibhai Group /motibhai.group/motibhai.groupAugust, 2015

Prouds opens in PNGNew outlets offer great shopping experience at PNGs Jackson International Airport

FOLLOWING the opening of Prouds Duty Free stores at Jack-son International Airport in Port Moresby on Thursday, July 2, ex-citing time looms for Papua New Guineas retail sector.

A joint partnership between Fijis Motibhai Group and CPL Group of PNG, the Prouds out-let was offi cially opened by PNG Prime Minister Peter ONeill on the eve of 2015 Pacifi c Games which was hosted by Papua New Guinea.

The stores which are located within the Departure and Arrival areas of the airport is the result of many months of planning fol-lowing the major upgrade and refurbishment of facilities at the terminal area by National Airport Corporation (NAC) of PNG.

The new stores with their in-novative design and presentation and great shopping ambience offer a number of International brands some of which are Johnnie Walker, Chivas Regal, Jim Beam, Absolut, Nikon, Sony, Gucci, Guess, Seiko, Oakley, Rayban, Emporio Armani, Prada, Mars, Nestle, Cadbury, Givenchy, Ken-zo, Issey Miyake, Calvin Klein, Allure, Toscow, J Hunter, Pacifi c Pearls, Vera May and Fijis fa-mous Pure Fiji and Reniu.

Prouds Director Tejash Patel who was present at the offi cial opening says the expansion into Papua New Guinea adds a new dimension to the Groups expan-sion plans at a regional level.

He said the Group has exten-sive experience in airport duty

free and travel retail having laid the foundation of such concepts back in 70s.

In partnership with CPL Group, PROUDS foray in Papua New Guinea will provide a world class shopping experience to trav-ellers at the Port Moresby Jack-son International Airport, Mr Patel said.

Aligned with the latest Inter-national Duty Free Travel Retail trends, we will carry international and major brands of liquor, to-bacco, fragrances, confectionar-ies, watches and jewellery.

With the wide range of inter-national brands, travellers will be able to purchase with confi dence

and will get value for their mon-ey, he said.

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Peter ONeill offi cially opened the new Prouds outlets at Jackson International Air-port in Port Moresby on Thursday, July 2.

Staff members at the new Prouds outlet in Papua New Guinea.

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Prouds stores are pleased to introduce European brand Beko which is one of larg-est selling brands of whitegoods and cooking appliances.

The brand Beko was established in the ear-ly 90s with single objective in mind: provide intelligent solutions to improve the everyday lives of customers.

Since then Beko has gone on to become one of the top 10 whitegoods brand in the world. It is the 2nd largest brand in Western Europe and the UKs number one home ap-pliance brand.

The international success of Beko is at-tributed to its superior quality and affordable products that provide intelligent solutions for the consumers everyday life. Besides this the company also invests heavily in consumer re-search to develop products with smart tech-nology for its products to be user friendly and give its consumers greater fl exibility in their homes. This concept of Beko has moved them towards Green Business as there has been huge saving of time, energy and water.

Beko use intelligent solutions in their products whilst being at every contact point with their customers, from design to manufac-turing, from distribution to sales.

This philosophy made Beko today to pro-

Beko - UKs number one hits our shores

vide smart solutions to cater for the needs of more than 480 million consumers from differ-ent cultures and different ways of life in more than 100 countries. Their success is such that in every two seconds the Beko branded prod-uct is being sold somewhere in the world.

Prouds as part of their Brand Extension and in a desire to give its consumers a wide range of quality products to choose from are delighted to be in the market with European designed and built ranges which includes styl-

ish refrigerators and dishwashers; a cooking appliance range that includes ovens, range-hoods, freestanding cookers, cooktops and microwaves; and a laundry range that com-prises of dryers and washing machines.

The BEKO range is available at Prouds Suva Central & Downtown Nadi. We are con-fi dent that BEKO will become a fi rst choice of consumers for their homes.

For more information visit www.beko.com.au or call 6722477.

Burger King comes to FijiMotibhai Group is pleased to announce that they have entered into

a Master Franchise Agreement with BURGER KING Asia Pacifi c and have been awarded exclusive rights to develop BURGER KING Restaurants in Fiji.

Business Development Manager of Motibhai Group, Sanjay Kumar said that the BURGER KING Master Franchise was another feather in their cap - after going through an extensive International screen-ing process Motibhai Group was fi nally chosen by BURGER KING Asia Pacifi c to represent them in Fiji.

Founded in 1954, BURGER KING is the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the world. The original HOME OF THE WHOP-PER, the BURGER KING system operates in nearly 14,000 loca-tions in 100 countries worldwide, serving 2.3 Billion customers per year. With over 350,000 Team Members worldwide, the system gener-ates over US$16 Billion in annual sales.

In the recent years, BURGER KING has also been the fastest growing burger chain in the world, offering consistent fast service, fresh ingredients, top notch quality and best tasting products to its cus-tomers.

Motibhai Group Chairman & CEO, Mr Kirit Patel said the arrival of an international brand and that too BURGER KING a highly rep-utable QSR chain means there are exciting times ahead not only for Motibhai Group but for Fiji as well.

This will allow us to give value and do more than expected for our customers, Mr Patel said.

BURGER KING will be a point of difference to its consumers in terms of quality, value and service. We are constantly looking for better ways to delight our people and BURGER KING will provide value proposition to its customers which is in line with our business

strategies.He added that the Bainimarama Governments Investment Policy

and Initiatives have been a great catalyst for the Motibhai Group in franchising with BURGER KING Asia Pacifi c and this no doubt au-gurs well for all other Investors in Fiji.

Mr Patel further added that the announcements in respect to open-ing of BURGER KING outlets will be made in due course.

Narsey to head Burger King franchise

MOTIBHAI Group of Compa-nies has announced the appoint-ment of Akash Narsey as general manager for its Burger King Fiji franchise.

Mr Narsey is a graduate of LaTrobe University in Mel-bourne, Australia and worked as marketing manager in a similar international franchise in Fiji for four years.

"I am very excited and ready to take up the challenge ahead especially when Burger King is a highly reputable quick service

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restaurant that offers consistent fast service, fresh ingredients, top notch quality and best tasting products to customers," said the experienced executive.

Motibhai Group chairman and CEO Kirit Patel said Mr Narsey's appointment bodes well for Burg-er King Fiji, adding the company looked forward to working with him to create long-term value for customers, stakeholders, staff members and their Fijian com-munity.

"People do business with hu-man beings, not companies and the people are the most valuable asset of a company," he said.

Burger King Fiji General Manager Akash Narsey.

Kavinesh, left, and Rajneel, fourth from left, of Burger King Fiji dur-ing a training stint with Burger King in Bangkok recently.

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The Motibhai Group is committed to be market leader in all its diversifi ed operations.

The Group's commercial activities are tempered by practicing strong corporate social responsibility. Passion, marketing and innovation are key guiding

elements in our Company's operations.The Group is dedicated to providing high level of effi ciency and delivery of courteous service that consistently exceeds expectations. We operate professionally and contribute positively to the

economic growth of Fiji, and provide exciting and worthwhile employment opportunities.

Mission Statement

- Motibhai Group CEO Kirit P. PatelThursday, June 4, 2015. MO-

TIBHAI Group of Companies kick-started the collection of funds from Private Donors for the remaining 372 schools by giving Read to Lead FIJI a donation cheque recently.

Read to Lead FIJI is a nation-wide reading program committed to delivering over 185,000 new childrens books to all of Fijis 732 primary schools.

Read to Lead FIJI received the cheque from Mr Jinesh Patel, Marketing Executive and Direc-tor, in the presence of Mr Abra-ham Gomes, Business Develop-ment Manager of the Motibhai Group of Companies at their of-fi ce in Walu Bay, Suva.

Motibhai Group welcomes Vision Fiji and the aim of their project in promoting literacy and providing the children a helping hand to make a better Fiji, said Mr Jinesh Patel.

He said the Group is glad to support Vision Fijis project to provide all primary schools with a box of books which then be-comes a small library in a box.

This will enable children to cultivate the habit of reading not just the text books but books of general knowledge, science, ge-ography, fi ction and more, signif-icantly improving literacy levels at large, Mr Patel added.

He said the Group fully sup-ports the Ministry of Education which has endorsed the Book Box Library as a solution to Fi-jis dire need for reading books in primary schools.

Motibhai Group Business De-velopment Manager Abraham Gomes said: This initiative will

Motibhai supports Vision Fiji for Read to Lead initiative

actively engage the teachers, par-ents, and community to grow and build a better Fiji collectively.

There isnt any better way to impart knowledge than by pro-viding books and creating interest and habit of reading at primary level to make each and every child a better citizen to become future leaders of Fiji, Mr Gomes added.

The FIJI Water Foundation, the Australian High Commis-sions Direct Aid Program (DAP) and Scholastic Inc, the worlds largest publisher and distributor of childrens books, supported the Pilot Phase and Phase Two of Read to Lead FIJI (an initiative of local NGO Vision Fiji) to reach 360 of its targeted 732 schools.

These contributions will see Read to Lead FIJI deliver Box Library sets of 250 books per school, to 330 primary schools in Phase 2, and more in Phase 3. These Library Book sets include teaching resources such as a CD-ROM, reading activity guides and lesson plans.

Vision Fiji Secretary Gazala Akbar called for further sup-port from Private Donors to en-able Read to Lead FIJI to reach the remaining schools across the country.

We are working with the Ministry of Education to im-prove Literacy in our children at Primary Level, Ms Akbar said. There is an urgent need to secure further funding for the remaining

schools. Today we call on the pri-vate sector and the public to assist us in achieving our goal.

Read to Lead FIJI was devel-oped with the Ministry of Educa-tion and Library Services of Fiji to sustainably benefi t primary school children through integra-tion into Fijis education system.

Vision Fiji Secretary Gazala Akbar receives the donation cheque from Motibhai Group Director Jinesh Patel while Marica Tabualevu, left, and Motibhai Group Business Development Manager Abraham Gomes look on. Photo: SUPPLIED.

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Motibhai Group Announces Distributorship of Friends Fiji

Style ProductsFoundation for Rural In-tegrated Enterprises and Development (FRIEND)

- a development Non-Govern-mental Organization producing and promoting local goods for sustainable livelihoods has en-tered into a distributor agreement with Motibhai Group of Compa-nies.

FRIEND is very thankful to the Motibhai Group of Compa-nies for this agreement of distrib-utorship as they understand the gourmet nature of our products and its target markets with its strong and long history of dealing with quality gourmet products, FRIEND Founder and Director Sashi Kiran said.

Its a proud moment for all our local farmers and rural wom-en producers of the Friends Fiji Style range of delicacies made from traditional recipes as they now sit with other prestigious brands associated with the Motib-hai Group, Ms Kiran added.

The new agreement does not come as a surprise as the Motib-hai Group has been a longtime supporter of FRIEND.

Ten-years-ago when I was struggling to introduce the prod-ucts into the market, an appoint-ment with the then CEO Mr Mahendra Motibhai Patel proved positive as he saw the quality of the products and the attempts at improving livelihoods. Mr Patel at the time did not think twice in giving his commitment and sup-port to FRIENDs work, Ms Ki-ran recalled.

She said the meeting resulted in Prouds being the fi rst duty free and travel retail store to sell Friends Fiji Style range of prod-ucts.

Since then the company has been carrying the range on its shelves. The ten-year-old part-nership has now been further strengthened with a distribution agreement.

According to Ms Kiran, more and more health conscious customers are reaching out to Friends Fiji Style range of prod-ucts that are free from artifi cial preservatives and colours and Motibhai Group having a strong customer reach blends in well with their aim of taking such healthy products closer to con-sumers.

She says the partnership will allow FRIEND to work in com-munities as Motibhai Groups strong distribution network will

help expand markets for local gourmet products and a strong market presence will mean local farmers have a steady market for sustained income.

This will also free the orga-nizational time and resources for more focus on new products and development of enterprises in the communities as part of their on-going poverty alleviation initia-tive, Ms Kiran said.

Motibhai Group Marketing and Business Development Man-ager Abraham Gomes said they are delighted to be appointed as the distributor of Friends Fiji Style range of products which will now become part of their well established distribution net-work.

Our group with this new ar-rangement with FRIEND is now committed to further strengthen the mutual business relationship, Mr Gomes said.

He said the group has been as-sociated with Friends Fiji Style range of products from their hum-ble beginnings and recognizes the good work they have been doing amongst the less fortunate.

Friends Fiji Style range of products will now form an inte-gral part of our business and we expect the range of products to become a household name in time to come, Mr Gomes said.

Friends Fiji Style range in-cludes a wide range of products which are 100% locally made assisting in livelihood improve-ments and income generation of hundreds of local farmers and producers. Handmade cards made by youths including people with disabilities are creative art pieces on recycled paper made from res-idue of yaqona (kava paper).

Their range of herbal teas include famous kava tea, tradi-tional home remedies including

layalaya, cinnamon, lemon grass, rosella and basil (Tulsi).

Local home tasting jams fea-ture mango, guava and much loved marmalade. Pickles and chutneys utilize various fruits in season to offer customers tangy delicious mango, lime, chilli pickles, ambrella kuchla, chilli and famous tamarind chutney cooked in pure virgin coconut oil. Abundance of papaya and ba-nanas are now available as dried fruits for snacks and the baking range includes traditional seven grains - satwa, range of gluten free fl ours as well as local des-iccated coconut, cassava fl our, grated cassava and honey. All the products have emerged from FRIENDs economic empower-ment programs in communities that include planning, fi nancial literacy, utilizing local skills and resources to develop quality local goods for the market.

Dr. Jone Vuli Hawea of FRIEND Fiji gifting a handmade card as token of appreciation to Motibhai Group Director Mr Rajesh Patel.