Accra Brewery Limited, Ghana?s premier brewing company, recently held its annual end of year employee awards ceremony at the Banquet Hall of the State House to recognise years of faithful and devoted service of its employees.
The occasion also served as a farewell dinner for the outgoing Managing Director, Gregory Metcalf, in appreciation of his sterling contributions to the fortunes of the company.
Thirty-six employees who have diligently served the company over a period of ten to forty-two years were presented with certificates and cash rewards for the important role they have played and continue to play in the progressive growth of the brewery.
Mr. Thomas Yirenkyi of the Packaging Department took home the ?longest serving employee? award.
At the ceremony, the outgoing Managing Director, Gregory Metcalf remarked, ?It has been a wonderful and challenging working experience with the Accra Brewery family and I?m surely leaving Ghana with fond memories of this chapter of my career.?
He also expressed gratitude to all the employees for making his 5 year tenure a success, indicating that the brewery is witnessing significant expansions because of their hard work. He stated that the brewery?s multi-million dollar expansion project will consequentially improve the conditions of service of employees as well as help reduce unemployment in the Ghanaian economy.
He advised employees to put in their best and assured them of better days ahead with the brewery.
On behalf of the awardees, Mr. Thomas Yirenkyi praised the company?s management team and other employees for creating a conducive working environment. He said one can only be loyal when his efforts are appreciated, his needs are recognised and catered for, and the atmosphere for working is favourable. He stated that management has always made efforts to do all these over the past years and he is sincerely grateful.
Mr. Yirenkyi congratulated his colleagues who received the awards and also encouraged all employees to be a united workforce striving to serve the company to the best of their ability in order to attain success.
Amidst excitement and jubilation, the employees were treated to good soothing music, a buffet meal and a variety of the company?s products.
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About Accra Brewery Limited (A subsidiary of SABMiller plc)
Accra Brewery Limited (ABL), originally known as Overseas Breweries Limited, was established in 1931, becoming the first brewery in the then Gold Coast. In 1975, the locally registered Accra Brewery Limited acquired Overseas Breweries assets.
Today, Accra Brewery Limited is a public company engaged in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of beer, sparkling soft drinks and non-alcoholic malt beverages. Its flagship brand is the iconic Club Premium Lager, which has been a part of every single milestone in Ghana?s history since 1931. ABL?s other brands are Castle Milk Stout, Stone Strong Lager, Chairman Malt Liquor, Club Shandy, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Chibuku Shake Shake, Castle Milk Malt, Club Cola, Club Muscatella, Club Orange, Club Soda and Club Quinine Tonic.
As a subsidiary of SABMiller Plc, ABL understands that its profitability depends on healthy communities, growing economies and the responsible use of scarce natural resources. These issues are therefore integrated into the business through SABMiller?s 10 sustainable development priorities.
ABL?s mission is to own and nurture local and international brands that are the first choice of consumers and customers in Ghana.
About SABMiller plc
SABMiller plc is one of the world?s leading brewers with more than 200 beer brands and some 70,000 employees in over 75 countries. The group?s portfolio includes global brands such as Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Genuine Draft and Grolsch; as well as leading local brands such as Club (Ghana), Aguila (Colombia), Castle (South Africa), Miller Lite (USA), Snow (China), Victoria Bitter (Australia) and Tyskie (Poland). SABMiller also has growing soft drinks businesses and is one of the world?s largest bottlers of Coca-Cola products.
In the year ended 31 March 2013 the group reported group lager volumes of 242m hectolitres, group revenue of US$34,487 million and group EBITA of US$6,421 million. SABMiller plc is listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges.
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