2022 January

Kabinda Lampung Pays a Visit to GGF9

Great Giant Foods (GGF) received a visit from the Head of the Regional National Intelligence Agency (Kabinda) Lampung Iwan Satriawan and staff in Terbanggi Besar, Central Lampung on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Kabinda Lampung was received directly by GGF Managing Director Wayan Ardana accompanied by Sn. Manager of Corporate Affairs Hendri Tanujaya at the Dining Room Training Center GGF.

Iwan Satriawan in his speech explained that his arrival at GGF wanted to see firsthand GGF managing the land it owns. According to Iwan, the management carried out by GGF is very good, it can absorb workers. The process carried out by GGF using an integrated concept where all components can be used for national security is very good for sustainability.

“Don’t let our workers go abroad, even though our land is still large enough to absorb workers. Through the food industry alone, it can become an exporter country and fulfill domestic needs. GGF is very good in contributing to national food security,” said Iwan.

According to Iwan, GGF can become a national food barn that meets the needs of the island of Java. President Joko Widodo said that the food estate is a long-term program by the Indonesian government aimed at maintaining domestic food security.

“GGF has done this, we really encourage GGF to expand not only in Lampung, but also in Indonesia. National food security which consists of 6 pillars, one of which is availability. There are lots of supplies, such as milk, meat, and fruits,” concluded Iwan

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GGF Receives a Visit from the Army YKEP

The Management of Great Giant Foods (GGF) Terbanggibesar, Central Lampung received a working visit from the Head of the Kartika Eka Paksi Foundation (YKEP) Lieutenant General TNI (Ret.) Tatang Sulaiman and his team regarding the plan to explore cooperation on Thursday, January 13, 2022.

During a working visit at GGF, Tatang Sulaiman brought along the YKEP management including Head of the Business & Investment Planning Section Widhayat, Head of Welfare Abdul Karim, Head of Business & Investment Syafi’ul, and YKEP’s Legal Staff for Perdatun Wawan Rusliawan.

“We from YKEP came to see and learn how the plantations and livestock managed by GGF are professionally managed with good business management because they are managed in an integrated manner. I think today we will get a good lesson from the visit at GGF,” said Tatang Sulaiman.

The guest group was accompanied by Managing Director – Sales & Marketing of PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP) Member of GGF Josep Lay, Director of External Affairs Welly Soegiono, and Senior Manager Corporate Affairs Hendri Tanujaya to see one by one the business units run by GGF. These are the canned pineapple production process, the pineapple harvesting process, the Cavendish banana plantation, the crystal guava packing process, cattle fattening and the fresh milk business of PT Great Giant Livestock (GGL).

YKEP sees that GGF has successfully managed its plantation business. YKEP which also owns cocoa, banana, and oil palm plantations hopes to run it with good management like GGF. “YKEP wants to establish cooperation, because I see GGF’s cooperation with the community is also good, especially cooperation between institutions. The partnership patterns built by GGF need to be applied,” said Tatang, a 1986 graduate of the Military Academy.

GGF welcomes and is pleased with the arrival of YKEP who intends to establish cooperation. Director of External Affairs GGF Welly Soegiono saw YKEP’s arrival to see it with their own eyes. GGF is considered a company that not only grows alone but also grows and develops with the community in rural areas with its grower contract program.

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GGF Gets RI Ministry of Health Award

Great Giant Foods (GGF) is one of the private companies that received an award from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemenkes RI) as a party that participated in providing emergency support in handling the Covid-19 pandemic. The award was given directly by the Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Dante Saksono at the Adhyatma Building of the Indonesian Ministry of Health, South Jakarta, on Wednesday, December 29, 2021.

There are 37 award recipients who have supported the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic emergency at the Pondok Gede Hajj Dormitory Hospital as well as medical device grants for several regions in Indonesia through the Health Determinant Analysis Center in collaboration with the Directorate of Health Service Facilities and the Health Crisis Center of the Ministry of Health.

In his remarks, the Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Dante Saksono said that the culture of gotong royong is a social culture that must be maintained with one another. “This is a synergy between the government and the private sector on the basis of brotherhood. The award is given as a form of appreciation from the Indonesian Ministry of Health to all donors involved in handling the Covid-19 pandemic emergency in Indonesia,” said Dante Saksono.

On the other hand, the Inspectorate General of the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Murti Utami, explained that the results of the donations from donors reached Rp. 5.9 billion which had been calculated in the form of goods and donations. “All of our assistance was distributed especially to the Emergency Hospital at Pondok Gede Hajj Dormitory, East Jakarta, which at that time had to quickly deal with the increasing number of patients. In addition, we will distribute the rest to the Health Office and regional hospitals as needed,” said Murti Utami.

On this occasion the Head of Corporate Communication of GGF Indra Ardiyant was present to directly receive the RI Ministry of Health award plaque. He explained that GGF has a big commitment with the government in handling and preventing Covid-19.

“GGF has donated several aids related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of them are PPE assistance, isolation houses, PCR machines at the Central Lampung Hospital, fruit and milk donations, basic necessities, and assistance for spraying disinfectants,” concluded Indra.

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In 2021, GGF Implements 450 CSR Program Assistance

Throughout 2021 Great Giant Foods (GGF) carried out as many as 450 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program assistance, which is a form of social responsibility from company managers to stakeholders and other interested parties.

Through the CSR program, a harmonious relationship will be created with the environment and stakeholders around the company as well as providing benefits to the community in terms of development, empowerment and solving problems in the surrounding environment.

“The establishment of the company certainly involves many parties in the surrounding environment. One of the goals of CSR is to help solve environmental problems. The problems faced can come from various aspects, such as environmental, social, and economic,” said Head of Corporate Affairs GGF Hendri Tanujaya.

In carrying out the CSR program, the company certainly has several objectives, including opening up opportunities for cooperation with other parties, improving welfare in various aspects, becoming more aware of and maintaining the surrounding environment, and experiencing firsthand the benefits of empowerment and development programs provided by the company.
Some of the CSR programs that have been carried out by GGF, for example in the economic sector, are the development of MSMEs, the development of the Green Prosperous Farmer Producer Cooperative, poultry business capital, maggot cultivation, the mas banana cultivation partnership program and beef PIR.

The health sector includes blood donation programs, free Covid-19 vaccinations, free treatment and mass circumcision, the Great Indonesia program to reduce stunting and obesity rates, assistance for Covid-19 personal protective equipment, and PCR equipment provided to the Demang Se Island Raya Regional General Hospital. , Central Lampung Regency.

The environmental and community sectors include household and livestock waste management, reforestation, provision of fruit plant seeds, facilitating facilities and infrastructure for election activities. The education sector provides opportunities for students and students to carry out street vendors and internships in companies, skills training and seminars in the field of education, as well as providing scholarships.

The infrastructure sector includes the construction of houses of worship, public facilities, government offices, health agencies, bridge repairs, construction of irrigation canals, freshwater fish farming business ponds, and repair of village roads.

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Anticipating the Omicron Variant, GGF Conducts Vaccine Inspection

Great Giant Foods (GGF) started operational activities in 2022 by carrying out vaccine inspections on workers after the Christmas and New Year holidays carried out by the GGF Lampung Emergency Response Team (ERT). The activity was carried out on Monday, January 3, 2022 as an anticipatory measure for the entry of the Omicron variant in the company area.

Head of ERT GGF Lampung, Arief Fatullah, considered that the company needed to carry out vaccine inspections on workers to anticipate the spread of the Omicron variant in the work area. Arief said if the spread of this new variant was already massive, it could have a bad impact on the company’s operational processes.

“Each new variant of the Covid-19 outbreak still has risks to health that need to be anticipated because it will have an impact on work operations if the spread is massive. In relation to this, starting January 1, 2022, GGF requires all employees at all levels, casual daily workers, outsourcing, carpool and all other teams to be vaccinated twice,” said Arief.

ERT, HRBP, Task Force and Security conduct simultaneous vaccine inspections on January 3, 2022. If it is found that workers have not implemented the vaccine or have not completed it, they will not be allowed to work. “Please all task forces to ensure a list of all workers who are on leave above that date. If a positive case is found, tracing and quarantine will be carried out as before,” said Arief.

From the data received by ERT, that for the vaccines for the two employees, outsourcing and carpooling workers have reached 100 percent. While the first HL vaccine workers have only implemented about 97 percent, and the second vaccine has only reached 65 percent.

“Hopefully the rest is not because they haven’t been vaccinated, but they haven’t been reported. This is a commitment from management and ERT. We have socialized it for all areas, all leaders have an agreement, otherwise the vaccine is not allowed to work,” said Arief.

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GGF Supports Acceleration of National Vaccination through Second Vaccine in PG4

Great Giant Foods (GGF) collaborated with the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) of East Lampung Regency and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) of Lampung to hold a second vaccination for workers and the public in the operational environment of Plantation Group 4 (PG4) Labuhan Ratu on Wednesday, December 18, 2021.

The chairman of Apindo East Lampung, Afria Syahdi, said that for vaccinators, his party cooperated with the Bandar Lampung Health Police. He also appreciated the East Lampung Health Office and the Bandar Lampung Poltekes for supporting the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. “We provide a second vaccine of 1,500 doses for the PG 4 environment. Hopefully in the future the economy can recover and the community, especially in East Lampung, can immediately carry out their activities as before,” said Afria Syahdi.

GGF ERT Team Leader Arief Fathullah said the vaccine was carried out in an effort to accelerate vaccination for employees and the community around the company to form herd immunity or communal immunity so as to assist the government’s program in efforts to accelerate the national Covid-19 vaccination. “Hopefully this collaboration can be a joint effort to overcome the pandemic to return to normal life,” concluded Arief

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PT GGP Releases Exports at the End of 2021

PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP) participated in the export release activity at the end of 2021 which was released simultaneously by the Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia Muhammad Lutfi. The release was carried out in a hybrid manner from 17 points in 26 provinces with the main locus at PT. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia, Karawang International Industrial City, West Java on Thursday, December 23, 2021.

The export release ceremony was attended by 278 exporters in 62 districts, consisting of 54 SMEs and 224 non-SMEs. The export destination countries are 87 percent of traditional markets and 13 percent of non-traditional markets such as Tonga, Colombia, Pakistan, and Cambodia. The ceremonial release of exports at the end of 2021 from Lampung province was centered at PT GGP which was attended by the Expert Staff of the Ministry of Trade for International Trade, Arlinda.

Arlinda explained that Lampung is an agricultural area that plays an important role in contributing to national production for several superior commodities such as rice, corn, cassava, sugar, robusta coffee, canned pineapple, and bananas. “Total exports for the January-November 2021 period from Lampung have contributed USD 4.4 billion or 2.1 percent of total national exports. One of the biggest contributors to Lampung’s export share is PT GGP, which is the largest pineapple exporter in the world,” said Arlinda.

Arlinda thanked the leadership and all levels of PT GGP management for being willing to be one of the locus points for export release at the end of 2021. According to him, one of the goals of this activity is to inspire and motivate business actors to continue to develop their exports while still encouraging innovation and product competitiveness.

Meanwhile, regarding exports to Lampung Province, Assistant II for the Economy and Development of Lampung Province, Kusnardi explained, the pandemic era recorded the highest value for 10 years (since 2012). In the January-October 2021 period, exports have reached a value of 4.02 billion US dollars.

Several superior products from Lampung Province, such as robusta coffee, tapioca, coconut milk, pineapple, and bananas, have a great opportunity to increase their exports. Moreover, the global market is a very potential area to improve the standard of living of the people of Lampung.

“There is a need for synergy between various parties in this regard, local governments, agricultural quarantine, customs, and Pelindo to increase the added value of agricultural products, and maintain supply continuity so that our farmers’ products can penetrate the global market,” concluded Kusnardi.

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