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The elegance of takeaway food

The way we understand gastronomy is changing and a fine example of that is the rise in takeaway deliveries. This service has become a new niche market and a business option for many restaurants not wanting to waste the change to bring their cooking style into every home in the city.

Recent studies on the takeaway delivery sector strongly suggest that this business is growing because its target audience is becoming increasingly more varied. Nonetheless, there is no doubt that the core target is made up by young, cosmopolitan people with an average disposable income whose orders in 2017 led to a contribution from the sector to the economy in Spain alone of 2.4 billion euros and an estimated more than 21 billion worldwide.

Parole is flooding the streets – Words that reach everybody

Like the fresh autumnal air, Parole is flooding the streets of our cities to become the best type of wrapping around. How better to protect our food than with a Parole-style dress?

Parole takes the shape of a fantastic branded suit, perfectly adaptable and ideal for food items. This disposable product has a vintage-style typographic design, builds an air of casual grace and recalls its Italian inspirations that carry you off to the country of dolce far niente. Its design plays with various graphical styles to add vibrancy to the packaging.

EXPANSION OF GARCÍA DE POU FACTORY IN ORDIS TAKING SHAPE

Work on expanding the installations at our factory in Ordis is moving along at a good pace. Two new warehouses have been built to streamline the depot and order picking area. This will double our storage capacity, provide easier access to a larger number of items and optimise the direct preparation of orders. Our final goal is to guarantee immediate supply to our customers regardless of the volume ordered and to reduce order preparation time to a minimum.

ICE CREAM PARLOUR TRENDS

The summer is here, and with it the snack par excellence for the season: ice cream. To spice up their menus, ice cream parlours revisit classic specialities, pay attention to consumption habits, take food intolerances into consideration, offer reduced fat and low sugar ice creams, and spruce up their presentation.

Flavour, colour, price, presentation and—increasingly so—the levels of fat and calories all influence a consumer’s decision when buying ice cream. We are starting to see ice creams that include organic stevia, protein A1-free ice creams, low glycaemic index ice creams and ice creams that avoid milk protein. There are also lines of vegan ice creams. Some are made from natural ingredients that customers select on the spot. These include kombucha, one of the drinks in fashion at the moment to which are attributed numerous health benefits. In short, traditional ice-creams are all the rage right now.

NEW FEATURES IN OUR CATALOGUE 2018/19 (III)

There are still a few more new items in our 2018/19 catalogue that we would like to highlight. This time, we would like to present our new doilies made from natural kraft paper, the information stickers with allergy-related information and more additions to the American Style range of baskets, among other things.

To our range of black and white, round and rectangular doilies, we have added some delicate natural kraft paper doilies with ornamental die-cut designs (pg. 207, 225.06 to 225.11, 224.49 and 224.51 to 224.54). These are perfect for presenting tarts, cupcakes and all kinds of baking and pastry products. This paper is greaseproof and—being processed to a lesser degree—keeps its natural brown colour, something that evokes nature and is highly appreciated by consumers.

NEW FEATURES IN OUR CATALOGUE 2018/19 (II)

We’re still talking about the new features and product range expansions in our catalogue. As part of the continuing replacement of plastic products with environmentally-friendly products, we now present new items made from PLA, wood, carton packaging and bamboo.

We would like to highlight the new line of products made from PLA, a material that besides being made from 100% natural resources such as corn starch, sugar cane or manioc, is the most mature bioplastic in the market. It is a strong and robust biodegradable and compostable material with an elegant appearance that is suitable for food products and freezing. PLA has become a perfect alternative to oil derivatives for disposable products given that it helps care for the environment (it can be treated as organic waste) and reduces our carbon footprint. In our new catalogue, you will find a range of PLA cups and cutlery (pg. 119).

NEWS CATALOGUE 2018/19

Our policy of respect for the environment gets stronger every year. We have been awarded environmental certifications that demonstrate our firm commitment to replacing plastic products with environmentally-friendly products. All this is clearly reflected in our new catalogue.

We have been awarded the prestigious ECOLABEL certificate for the majority of white tissue, single colour and recyclable napkins; the environmentally-friendly products we manufacture include rolled up towelettes, sachet wipes and Flush-Linen hand wipes, which are fully flushable, 100% biodegradable, 100% natural, contain no chemical binders, and are compostable and FSC/PEFC certified.

THE COVER OF THE NEW CATALOGUE IS BY…

As we have every year for over 30 years, we commissioned a famous artists to design the cover of the annual García de Pou catalogue. On this occasion, the painter and illustrator Leonard Beard did us the honour for the second time. We were so happy with his work for the cover of the catalogue in 2015 that we asked him to do it again. “Being commissioned to do this a second time was a big challenge for me and, perhaps more importantly, it highlights a stylistic and human connection conducive to good work”, says Leonard Beard.

360º Street View images to help raise business profiles more effectively

Staying at the cutting edge of technology is no easy task. The digital world moves at a dizzying pace. At García de Pou, we have adopted the latest trend of panoramic photos and 360º images on Street View in Google Maps and want to tell you about this positive experience for us as a company but also for any catering establishment wishing to raise its profile by using the most popular tools of the moment. By using this solution, our potential customers can get to know our companies, restaurants, bars, hotels, cafeterias, etc. before visiting them in person.

GARCIA DE POU COLLABORATE WITH BEEHAVE PROJECT FROM FUNDACIÓ MIRÓ

Our Barcelona store welcomes installation by artist Joan Bennàssar as part of Beehave project by Fundació Miró

Our most loyal customers will have seen that García de Pou often tries to bring art into our everyday lives. We are always looking for ways to ensure that the beauty of art is somehow manifested at our company through one or another of its various disciplines: design, painting, sculpture or, on this occasion, video art. The Fundació Miró and the artist Joan Bennàssar chose us as partners for the “Beehave” project.

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