Unfortunately, due to snow-induced traffic chaos and staff members living miles away, we've had to close the Swindon warehouse and office this afternoon so that everyone can get home safely.
Our sales guy Mike will be available this afternoon on his mobile (call our normal office number and listen to the message for details), and any messages or emails sent this afternoon will be replied to on Monday.
As proof of our plight (and just in case you've never seen some snow in a car park before...), here are a couple of piccies taken outside our warehouse this morning.
As you may already know, we entered into a partnership with the Children's Food Trust last year and agreed to make a donation to them for every item we sell. Well, we've sold loads of items over the past few months, so we are very excited to announce that we've just handed over our first cheque to them... for £8000!!
The Children’s Food Trust
is a national charity which exists to protect every child’s right to
eat better and, so, to do better. Their work includes developing healthy
school menus and cooking skills with children. Our parent company PKL has worked with the
Children’s Food Trust on a number of projects recently, so here at Mid West, we couldn't wait to get involved too!
With our lovely ex-hire equipment selling so well, Lee Vines, our sales and marketing director, was
able to present a cheque for £8000 to the Children’s Food
Trust at their offices in Sheffield. “We are
very happy to support the Children’s Food Trust with this donation,”
said Lee. “Their work, in
encouraging more children, schools and parents around the country to
have a positive experience with food is very important. We also hope
that many schools benefited by being able to buy this ex-hire equipment
at heavily discounted prices. School catering managers can now provide
more for their students that they wouldn’t have been able to do
otherwise.”
Children's Food Trust Chief Executive, Judy Hargadon, said, "This donation will help us reach
even more children - whether through our research programme, our work to
improve food in early years settings and in schools, or our work to
help even more children learn to cook."
If you've bought any equipment from us over the past few months, then a hearty (but not too violent) slap on the back to you for playing your part! Our agreement with the Children's Food Trust is still in place, so if you buy any equipment from us now, money will go into the pot towards the next cheque..!
Happy New Year! If your new year's resolution is to add to your existing kitchen equipment or to replace your broken old equipment, then you might just be in luck...
Here at Mid West, our new year's resolution has been to lower our prices, and we've done just that! Over the past few weeks, we've been through all our stock and have slashed the price of almost every item. The website has now been updated with the new prices, so if you haven't visited for a while, now's the time to head back over for some second-hand catering equipment bargains.
We have so many items for sale that sadly there just aren't enough hours in the day to get them all up online. If you don't see what you're looking for on the website, just give us a ring and we can double check that the item of your dreams isn't lurking somewhere in our warehouse!
Please remember that this commercial catering equipment won't be restocked once it's sold, so act fast to make sure you don't miss out.
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