Men and women of Harlech bring flower power to residents of Pwll care home

Residents and staff at a Llanelli care home were treated to a fun afternoon of Sixties and Seventies nostalgia by a leading Welsh food wholesaler.

Harlech Foodservice staff dropped in at Cilymaenllwyd Care Home, at Pwll, near Llanelli, bearing gifts of tasty treats and wearing Flower Power era hippie gear.

It was all a bit of fun and a thankyou to the care home who have been one of the first to sign up as customers for the fast-growing Gwynedd-based company which has recently opened South Wales distribution centres in Carmarthen and Merthyr.

Harlech Regional Sales Manager for South Wales Nick Sullivan and his team got into the spirit of the event and he said: “It’s been a lot of fun and I think the residents and staff at Cilymaenllwyd really enjoyed it.

“It was our way of saying thank you for their faith in us because we believe that in Wales customers like the idea of using a Welsh supplier who have a belief in using products from Wales whenever possible.

“That’s what Harlech believe in and why not because Wales is recognised for producing some of the finest food in the country.

“The tasty snacks we brought along for the residents certainly went down a treat and we all had a great day together.

“We were there for over three hours and had a lot of fun and afterwards one of the residents said, ‘It’s been the best day – when are you coming back’.”

Care Home Manager Vicky Richards said: “It was a fantastic afternoon. It was really good fun and the residents loved it.

“The staff from Harlech were great. They did karaoke and played Velcro-tennis and the interaction between them and the residents was very good and they served up mocktails and some tasty treats which everyone enjoyed.

“We switched suppliers to Harlech a few weeks ago and the service has been excellent and they’ve been very attentive and Nick has sorted out any issues very quickly.”

Harlech, whose headquarters are near Criccieth, in Gwynedd, have opened bases in Merthyr and Carmarthen in the last two years and now employ 19 staff in the area as well as stationing eight lorries there.

The company which also has depots in Chester and Telford in Shropshire and now employs 250 staff and runs a fleet of over 50 vehicles to deliver up to 5,000 product lines to cafés, restaurants, pubs, care homes and public sector customers across the whole of Wales, Shropshire, the Midlands and the North West.

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