Champasak, December 30th, 2021 – EFG Laos has secured new stores at Friendship Mall in Champask Province. Texas Chicken will be the first store to open, estimated to be on December 25th, 2021 on the 1st floor of Friendship Mall Pakse. While The Pizza Company and Dairy Queen are also expected to be open December 30th, 2021.
Phnom Penh, December 11th, 2021 – EFG Cambodia held the annual EFG Family Fun Day 2021. The fun filled day was packed with a number of activities, games, singing and dancing, and of course lots and lots of great food. Employees were encouraged to come join in with their families and enjoy the day.
The event took place at Monorom Garden, 30 minutes drive from Wat Phnom, set amidst spacious grounds with a kids play area, a pool area, and many Instagram worthy picture set ups.
180 employees and their family members joined the event – the first to be held again since 2019.
The EFG Family Fun Day treats employees to a fun day to enjoy some downtime with their families and colleagues. It is a way for EFG of saying thank you to all staff for their hard work all year round.
Yangon, December 7th, 2021 – EFG Myanmar celebrated Pizza Excellence Day for the year 2021. Seven stores from Yangon and two from Mandalay participated at The Pizza Company-Junction Square.
It was a team competition with each team having seven members each. Teams were assessed on the quality of services delivered to customers including communication, cleanliness, quickness and correctness of order taking (dine-in & take away), customer service, grooming, appetizer making,
pizza and pasta making. Total of 20 judges from EFG Management, HQ and social media influencers were on the judging panel.
The Pizza Company -Myanmar Plaza won the competition and the prestigious title of Pizza Excellence Award.
Here are the recipients of the other awards:
Best of Appetizer – The Pizza Company-Mandalay Centre
Best of Cashier – The Pizza Company-Mingalar Mandalay
Best of CSR – The Pizza Company-Myanmar Plaza
Best of Dough Master – The Pizza Company-Myanmar Plaza
Best of Pasta Chef – The Pizza Company-Dagon Centre
Best of Pizza Make – The Pizza Company-Mingalar Mandalay
Best of Shift Manager – The Pizza Company-Myanmar Plaza
Phnom Penh, November 18th, 2021 – EFG Cambodia’s second prize draw in the Eat, Win & Drive 2 Competition was held at AEON Mall, Phnom Penh.
The event was live broadcast across all EFG’s Facebook pages. The first prize of a brand new Ford EcoSport went to a lucky Dairy Queen customer. The runner up prizes went to customers from The Pizza Company, DQ and The Coffee Club branches in Phnom Penh, Poipet, and Battambang respectively. Runner up prizes include gold necklaces, iPads, and televisions.
Cambodians, (of course excluding all RMA staff and their families) get another chance to win great prizes as the Eat, Win & Drive 2 Competition enters its third phase. Another Ford EcoSport is up for grabs and the lucky draw takes place on January 7th.
Phnom Penh, November 16th, 2021 – EFG signed a lease agreement with Mean Property Management for opening three EFG brands at the soon to be built Green Community Mall. Dairy Queen, Krispy Kreme Cambodia, and The Pizza Company stores will soon be open at The Green Mall Community.
“EFG is looking forward to grow together with the Community Mall and we will design stores with a fresh layout to offer a different experience to our loyal customer base.” Shared Virak Tep, General Manager EFG-Cambodia.
“The important thing of this potential location is, we can operate with the Drive-through service which is the first ever in the Cambodia that no one has done yet and this is part of our commitment to keep our customers happy,” added Martin, Managing Director , EFG Holding.
Phnom Penh, November 12th, 2021 – EFG Holding & Palms Food international conducted a three day workshop for Q4 from November 10th – 12th. Team members received information and insights in an interactive session from the team
lead himself, Martin Darby. A great deal of time was spent sharing and reviewing activities in 2021 and discussing the way forward for 2022 across the five markets EFG-Cambodia, EFG Laos, EFG Myanmar, EFG Thailand, and Palms Food International in Singapore.
On the last day of the workshop, an “EFG Hall of Fame” was also organized to honor and recognize staff members along with a small in person reunion in each market shared via MS Teams.
The staff members recognized by the management for their outstanding contribution to EFG and Palms Food are:
EFG – Cambodia:
EFG – Lao:
Phnom Penh, November 7th, 2021 – HungryApp got into the Christmas spirit as Santa Claus descended on the on the Riverside promenade. Mr Claus got down to business engaging with kids of all walks of life and helping the HungryApp drivers distribute loads of delicious Krispy Kreme doughnuts to the delight of kids and families.
Phnom Penh’s best known Santa, an Australian national, gets into his Santa suit every year as he sets off to spread the Christmas spirit. This is a beautiful moment filled with joy and made possible again as Cambodia reopens and begins recovering from the Covid impact.
Phnom Penh, October 20th, 2021 – The EFG leadership team convened for the annual Senior Management Workshop held from October 20th to 22nd at the FCC Angkor by Avani, Siem Reap province from October 20th – 22nd. Thirteen managers based in Cambodia joined in person with six managers attending online through MS Teams.
The Annual Workshop centered around a critical evaluation of 2021 performance and 2022 planning with a commitment to achieve EFG’s long-term vision together. Topics covered in review were the smart phone audit at site, led by Martin Darby Managing Director of EFG Holding and Palms Food international Pte Ltd; a critical finance discussion led by Erwan Soubelet, CFO RMAC and an impressive review session of 2021 performance and implementation of store standards led by Ray Naputo, Quality Assurance Manager.
In concluding the workshop, participants drafted a joint resolution to drive performance for the coming year which states, “We are a team of people that exceeds the budget in a long term vision by collaboration to create an environment of trust, and to being open to new ideas with the winning mindset and always working in a fun, happy and friendly manner”.
Phnom Penh, October 15th, 2021 – EFG Cambodia’s food brands all joined Hungry App to commemorate World Food Day by delivering happiness and delicious meals to the medical practitioners stationed at Phnom Penh’s Olympia Stadium, a temporary Covid Care Facility.
Led by Dr. Soun Samith, Head of the Center, and his management team, the center has treated thousands of Covid patients during the pandemic.
Hungry App went to work promptly and in no time delivered a combination of food orders from The Pizza Company, Krispy Kreme, Swensen’s, Eat Together and The Coffee Club to Olympia Stadium.
Yangon, October 11th, 2021 – The second wave of COVID-19 impacted Myanmar adversely with little to no vaccines available in the country and a crippled health care system. As vaccines became available EFG immediately proceeded to vaccinate all staff and their family members in October.
As of October 11th, all EFG Myanmar employees and their families have been fully vaccinated. The EFG teams can now go back to what they do best – with added confidence and a smile.
