Winners of Supreme Flour vetkoek competition

"We are extremely pleased with how successful the promotion was over the past six weeks, and are very encouraged with the response from the community," says senior brand manager for Supreme Flour and Foodcorp Milling, Liezel van Bergen. "These promoters have become our brand ambassadors and have applied everything that they were taught at the beginning of the promotion."

In conjunction with the promotion, consumers were encouraged to enter a competition where either a trolley or cooking courses could be won. The five randomly selected winners of the trolleys were Fred Heydenrych, Jerry Manamela, Pantelis, Alfred Lenka Modise and Samson Nhlapo, while Tsakani Kamsenza, Pieter Van Der Merwe, Emmanuel Nkoana, Gilbert Mutavhatsinvi and Bianca Mariani drew Jabulani School of Cooking prizes.

Promoters were awarded certificates for successfully completing their training for six weeks, sometimes under difficult circumstances. When speaking to the nine promoters, the overriding sentiment was one of gratitude to a company that is willing to hand over the trolleys and enable them to become self-sufficient and to support their families adequately.

"All the promoters were unemployed for a period of time and have now earned the tools required to make a financial success of their future and to successfully enter the bake-for-profit industry. As many bigger customers will testify to, we take our commitment to our customers very seriously and ensure that their businesses run smoothly, and in this vein we will be supporting our newest entrepreneurs for a period of time," concludes van Bergen.