Still in the atmosphere of Eid al-Fitr 1444 Hijriah, all leaders and employees of Great Giant Foods (GGF) Terbanggi, Lampung and GGF management held the GOALL (GGF CEO Obtain Aspiration and Listen to Employee) 3 event which was held on Wednesday (10/5). This year, the event began with Townhall Meeting and continued with the Halal Bi Halal event held at the Flygi Besar Training Center, Lampung.

Townhall Meeting in Lampung was directly attended by more than 260 employees, and attended online by several employees in Sukabumi, Bali, and Tanggamus. The event was opened with the Sigeh Pengunten Dance performed by students from SD Xaverius Terbanggi Besar, Central Lampung. This dance is a typical dance from Lampung to welcome guests who attend an event.

Managing Director of Production & Sourcing GGF, Mr. Wayan Ardana, welcomed the Board of Commissioners, Board of Directors, and leaders in Lampung at the Town Hall Meeting 2023. As the host of Townhall and Halal Bi Halal activities. “I really appreciate the HRD team who are so extraordinary presenting this ceremony is very extraordinary. Hopefully what we have been running so far will give blessings to all, to families, companies, and the general public.” Mr. Wayan said.

Meanwhile, GGF Commissioner, Mr. Setiawan Achmad invited GGF employees to continue to maintain commitment and togetherness for what GGF has achieved. “This togetherness is what makes GGF successful. I’m not Super Man, just like my teammates, but because we came together we finally achieved GGF which became great. Why we can achieve this big is because this is the fruit of the togetherness we build together,” said Mr. Setiawan.

HRGA Director of Great Giant Foods, Mrs. Rina Faqih on the occasion also gave a presentation related to people update and explained that this year’s employee engagement achievement reached the highest value in GGF’s history. “The next tough task is how to retain and make workers, members, and ourselves more engaged to the company. All levels, ages, and years of service have all increased significantly. So it can be said that our engagement score is very good in 2022.”

President Director of GGF, Mr. Tommy Wattimena, also had the opportunity to answer questions submitted by participants. One of them is how to respond to the strength of business in the second engine in GGF. “So far, almost above 90% of business strength is in the canned pineapple process. So the second engine is fresh fruits that make us the king of fruit in Indonesia”,

“The first strategy is to maintain the quality of products entering the market. The second strategy is to maintain the supply chain, so that good quality goods in the garden reach consumers. Third, we must know the contract grower in areas close to the market. It is impossible for all goods to be imported from Lampung. The distance caused the goods to be damaged and the land also began to be limited, “concluded Tommy.

On another occasion, Managing Director of Gunung Sewu Group, Eddy Tamboto, also thanked the Town Hall participants for their contributions. In the future, he hopes that we will use what has been achieved so that GGF can continue to grow and become a better company. “I believe that with cooperation, GGF will truly become a leader in the world. Beyond that, I also hope that what has been planned by the management for expansion in fresh fruit can also be supported by friends. We see a lot of potential and huge opportunities so that we can multiply the business in fresh fruit,” he concluded. The Townhall event ended with a group photo and the participants who were present at the time continued their event with maghrib and Halal Bi Halal prayers.

After the Townhall Meeting, the event continued with Halal Bi Halal which was held at the GGF Dining Room Training Center, Terbanggi Besar, Lampung. This event was filled with live music, photobooth and dinner together. The event then continued with a joint prayer and remarks from GSK Commissioner Mr. Eddy Tamboto and Mr. Setiawan Achmad as the Board of Commissioners of Great Giant Foods.

On another occasion, Sandy Fantea as a representative of GGF employees, had the opportunity to share her inspiring story as a graduate of the LEAP program, who has now become a permanent employee at Great Giant Foods.

On this occasion, GGF Peduli donations were also handed over by GGF Management. Furthermore, participants who attended could enjoy a variety of food served directly by the Board of Directors, who at that time wore special chef clothes. The purpose of this activity is to reflect the values of Servant Leadership or leaders who have a passion to serve and put the needs of employees as one of the priorities in achieving common goals.

PT Umas Jaya Agrotama (UJA), Terbanggibesar, Central Lampung, after almost 40 years of operation in Tapioca flour production, the oldest business unit under Great Giant Foods (GGF) now has a new office.

The inauguration of the new building that will be used as an administrative office and workspace for staff, section heads, to the manager level was marked by a ribbon cutting by Protein and Plant Based Business CEO Josep Lay, Tuesday (4/4).

The ribbon-cutting procession was also witnessed and accompanied by Plant Base Production Head Adas Widiasmoro, UJA Production Head Ammar Viko Wicaksono, QA Plant Base Plant Head Sadono, and all employees.

Josep Lay in his speech expressed his gratitude for the completion of this new building. Today is the happiest day. For too long UJA has not had office facilities like this. Let’s both make good use of it and take good care of this new building.

He added, this new building has workspace and meeting room facilities that are much better than the previous office which was no longer feasible. In addition to noisy engine noise and risky because it is located and becomes one with the production area.

“Optimize this building as best as possible so that our performance becomes better to achieve the production target to increase in the following year,” said Josep.

Residents of Kopkar Dwikarya Great Giant Foods (GGF) Housing, Lempuyang Bandar, Way Pengubuhan District, Central Lampung, held walimatussafar lil hajj in the context of releasing pilgrims prospective for Hajj on Sunday, May 21, 2023 at Jami Al Fatah Mosque.

In the 1444 Hijri Hajj season this year there were 49 GGF employees who received a portion to go to perform Hajj to the holy land of Makkah.
The release ceremony of prospective pilgrims was full of emotion, attended by the head of the GGF Muslim family foundation, religious leaders, community leaders, ustad, all pilgrims prospective for Hajj along with their families and housing residents.

The Trustee of the Jami Al-Fatah Mosque Community Welfare Foundation, Perum Kopkar Dwi Karya H. Mahfud Santoso, in his speech, advised pilgrims to always be enthusiastic in carrying out the Hajj.

“Hajj is a physical worship that in a series of activities requires a fit body, therefore with a fit physique, the stages in both compulsory and sunnah worship can be done properly,” he explained while praying that residents who leave for the Holy Land this year will become a mabrur Hajj.

Alhamdulilah and thank you to all attendees who have been willing to give prayers that our colleagues will be given health, and smoothness during their worship in the holy land and return home safely and become a mabrur Hajj, said Mahfud.

Ustad H. Didi Hariyadi as the Management of MUI Lampung Province in his tausiah invited Muslims at Perum Kopkar Dwikarya GGF to perform Hajj, because Hajj is the obligation of every Muslim for those who are able.

“The problem now is the length and length of the queue to go to Hajj for decades. However, for those who want to leave quickly, the solution is to take Hajj plus at a greater cost than regular Hajj,” he explained.

“The problem now is the length and length of the queue to go to Hajj for decades. However, for those who want to leave quickly, the solution is to take Hajj plus at a greater cost than regular Hajj,” he explained.

Great Giant Foods (GGF) Lampung, participated by providing fresh fruit assistance in the form of Bananas and Crystal Guava at the Pringsewu Heritage running 5K &; 10K activities. Fresh fruit assistance was distributed by GGF Corporate Relations Development through the Lampung Provincial Youth and Sports Office.

Pringsewu Heritage 10k and 5k Fun Run activities took place in Tapis Village Tourism Village, Pekon Lugusari, Pagelaran District, Pringsewu Regency. The event was opened and released by Lampung Governor Arinal Djunaidi, Sunday (21/5), followed by hundreds of participants.

In his speech, Arinal said, the event held in Pringsewu Regency was an effort to develop the potential of sports tourism in Lampung.

“This event has the theme of historical tourism, how exciting the fun run is in historical spots and passes through the tapis making center in Lampung, the Way Sekampung bridge, and several other historical tourism village spots,” said the governor.

Arinal requested that activities such as this event can become an annual agenda in Pringsewu Regency and in the future can also be carried out in other city districts in Lampung Province.

“This can be one of the potentials in attracting talented running athletes. No need every time there is an event or selection of matches, just look for athletes, just make something routine like this, “said Arinal.