PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP), Terbanggi Besar, Central Lampung, again received an award certificate from the Lampung Province Central Statistics Agency (BPS) for 2022 as an agricultural company that is active as a respondent in agricultural statistical survey activities.The award was given directly by the Head of Lampung Province BPS Endang Retno Sri Subiyandani accompanied by the Head of the Lampung Province Food Security, Food Crops and Horticulture Office Kusnardi, and handed over to PT GGP represented by GGP Legal Consultant Suharto, at the Radinson Hotel, Bandar Lampung, Tuesday (16/12 ).

The award was given in conjunction with an agricultural seminar with the theme ‘The Future of Food Sovereignty and Lampung Farmers’ Welfare’, which was organized by the Food Security, Food Crops and Horticulture Office of Lampung Province.

Obtaining this award is of course the best cooperation and support from all PT GGP employees who have helped provide data and reports to fill out surveys from BPS.

“This survey aims to obtain reliable and timely statistical data for information development planning around the manufacturing industry sector,” said Retno.

“PT GGP is of course grateful because BPS has appreciated what it has done regarding data presentation,” Suharto said.
Suharto said, preparing data was not a simple matter, having to coordinate with departments regarding the requested data, if the moment was not right, miscommunication could occur, especially with regard to important data.

“Of course thanks also to friends in the relevant departments because they can understand what statistical data needs to be presented. And so far the department has been smooth in providing support for these data, “he said.

PT GGP often gets awards every year from BPS, both from the district, province and national levels. PT GGP is a responsive company, if there is a request for data from BPS the response is good then it is timely in providing survey data, concludes Suharto

PT Sewu Segar Nusantara (SSN) as the owner of the Sunpride brand, which is a trusted brand of fresh fruits chosen by the Indonesian people, has had its 27th birthday on December 7, 2022.

The celebration of SSN’s 27th Anniversary (HUT) was not only felt internally, during the pre-event, Sunpride also invited Sunpride’s retail partners and end-consumers to participate through the TikTok competition for Sunpride partners in General Trade and Creating Share Value (CSV) program intended for consumers at Modern Trade, so they can contribute to Indonesian farmers.

More than 50 Sunpride retail partners took part in the Tiktok competition, and Aman Tummanggor (Balikpapan) partners were selected as winners who were entitled to get the main prize (Laptop) from Sunpride. While CSV for Indonesian farmers, will be held in 15 stores (consisting of AEON, Hypermart and Diamond accounts) on 21 Nov – 9 Des 2022 in the Jabodetabek area, with a ceremonial giving of rewards to farmers which will be held on 22 December 2022. The peak of the SSN Anniversary celebration 27th anniversary for employees, held at the SSN office-Tangerang on 9 December 2022.

Before the peak of the SSN Anniversary which was held on December 9, it was started with preliminary events such as: Know Your Surroundings, “SSN Transformation” Video Competition, and 27×27 Sport challenge.

The event began with a birthday celebration ceremony, then the awarding of long service awards to employees (Long Service Award), continued with Zumba together, entertainment programs and closed with a door prize draw worth millions of Rupiah. On this happy day, participants were treated to a variety of favorite market snacks for SSN Tangerang employees.

Cindyanto Kristian, as CEO of Fresh Fruit and GTM GGF expressed his gratitude and happiness at Sunpride’s 27th Birthday, “We are very grateful, at the age of 27 we have gone through the pandemic well. We have joined hands, worked hard to ensure that SSN continues to survive and grow even higher.”

On this occasion, Mr. Cindy also reminded SSN employees to always uphold the culture of Fresh, Fast, and Focus in the midst of ongoing business transformation efforts at SSN, “Let’s focus on our core business, focus on what we do, focus on keep growing. We also want to stay fast, move even faster. To achieve even better growth. And of course all the quality that we deliver must be fresh, and still be the best.” Shut up Cindy.

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Lecturers together with the Chancellor of Jenderal Soedirman University (Unsoed) made an industrial visit to Great Giant Foods (GGF) Lampung, Friday (2/12). The industrial visit of Unsoed Chancellor Akhmad Sodiq and the lecturers aims to find out directly from practitioners and explore new knowledge from the industrial world.

The agenda for the first visit began with introductions to Unsoed alumni who have worked at GGF as well as presentations from GGF management representatives represented by GOFF Director Supriono Loekito who is also an Unsoed alumni.

In short, Supriono Loekito introduced GGF in the company’s journey, the product process until it is ready for export.

“Our arrival at GGF wanted to add to our knowledge, the real conditions in the field, especially for the industrial world, especially pineapple processing. And it is hoped that it will bring the Jenderal Soedirman University closer to the company,” said Ahkmad Sodiq.

Another goal is the desire to learn and see the integration of zero waste with the concept of Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture (LISA). Sustainable agriculture from an agriculture perspective also turns out to be promising until it can be exported, continued the Chancellor.

Knowledge like this is ideal for students to know. So the hope is that this will update students with conditions in the field. “Hopefully with this visit there will be collaboration such as students can do internships at GGF or the fastest is friends who already have experience and knowledge related to the pineapple industry can visit campus to impart knowledge to students,” explained Ahkmad.

In addition to material presentations, the lecturers were also invited to tour the garden area and business units at GGF, including the Banana Packing location, and the pineapple harvesting process.

We are aware that in the campus world the hope is that there are two mandates, namely the mandate to prepare superior human resources and the second is the development of science and technology.

“We came to learn more from this international company. Sometimes the instructors feel that they have enough knowledge, but in fact they learn a lot when they arrive at GGF. The campus also hopes that there will be teaching practitioners from GGF on the Unsoed campus,” said Akhmad.

The Coordinating Ministry for the Economy of the Republic of Indonesia chose Bondowoso to be one of the demonstration plots or demonstration plots for planting export-quality Cavendish bananas in Indonesia. In this case, PT Great Giant Pineapple is the off-taker or guarantor of the demonstration plot farming commodities.

The Cavendish banana product from the Bondowoso demonstration plot won praise from the Indonesian Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Mendes PDTT), Abdul Halim Iskandar.

Minister Halim’s praise came out during the first harvest of Cavendish bananas at the Agriculture and Food Security Agency’s nursery demonstration plot, Maskuning Kulon Village, Pujer District, Bondowoso, Saturday, November 26 2022.

“Cavendish bananas from the Bondowoso demonstration plot are the best among the other demonstration plots in East Java,” he said.

Minister Halim asked Bondowoso Regent Salwa Arifin to immediately expand the area for planting export-oriented bananas, which in Indonesia are known as Ambon Putih bananas. Because, the government supports the expansion of the Cavendish banana land in Bondowoso.

“The Ministry of Health also fully supports Cavendish bananas from Bondowoso to continue to exist in the future. One of them is through BUMDes so that it is easy to coordinate in developing Cavendish bananas,” he said.

In line with Minister Halim, Deputy Governor (Wagub) of East Java, Emil Elistianto Dardak also said that the quality of Cavendish bananas from the first harvest of the Bondowoso demonstration plot was the best compared to other demonstration plots in East Java. For this reason, the Bondowoso Regency Government needs to expand the Cavendish banana land, because the export market is open and the potential for a large turnover.

With the quality of the Cavendish bananas produced, Bondowoso can become a center for producing Cavendish bananas in East Java, and even Indonesia. “So Bondowoso will not only be known for his tapes and coffee. But, get ready to become Bondowoso Banana Republic,” he said.

Minister Halim and Deputy Governor Emil Dardak first harvested Cavendish bananas at the Maskuning Kulon Village Dispertapang Garden demonstration plot, Pujer District, accompanied by Bondowoso Regent Salwa Arifin, Regional Secretary Bambang Soekwanto, as well as a number of officials from the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Village PDTT. Also present were the Regents of Jember, Banyuwangi, Ponorogo, and Bener Meriah, Aceh.

The first harvest of Cavendish bananas from the Bondowoso demonstration plot was the result of planting on January 29, 2022. At that time, the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs and Regent Salwa Arifin first planted 2,425 Cavendish banana seedlings in a 1.6 hectare demonstration plot.

“After 10 months since planting, the result is now that Cavendish bananas from the Bondowoso demonstration plot are being harvested,” said the Head of Bondowoso Dispertapang, Hendri Widotono, Saturday, November 26, 2022.