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

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.

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

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.