Business Central February 2021

| 91 PRODUCTION Fix & Fogg “People want to know how the business operates— does the business practice sustainability and are the people working there happy? We started with these values from day one and as we’ve grown we’ve stayed committed to them.“ Flexibility and reliability Exploring the meaning behind the product Fix & Fogg won the American based Gold Sofi award—a real foodie award that recognised the taste and quality of Fix & Fogg’s nut-butters. Bulk and palletised general freight delivery services throughout the greater Wellington, Horowhenua, Manawatu and Wairarapa regions. Multiple same day services from Wellington to Palmerston North and Wellington to Masterton. Same day service from Palmerston North to Whanganui and Palmerston North to the Hawkes Bay. Multiple daily delivery cycles within the Wellington region – Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Porirua, Wellington City and Bays. Storage and warehousing available from Seaview depot. Hiab crane truck delivery available from Seaview depot. PROUD TO SUPPORT FIX & FOGG Wellington Depot 25 Toop Street, Seaview (04) 939 9226 juliet@jetstransport.co.nz Palmerston North Depot 64 Malden Street, Roslyn 021 515 936 daryl@jetstransport.co.nz Proudly family owned and operated for three generations, Wellington and Palm- erston North based Jets Transport is small enough to provide its customers with strong personalised local service, yet big enough to provide its loyal customer base with reliable connections for nationwide freight distribution service. Specialising in general freight delivery throughout the greater Wellington and Manawatu regions from its Seaview and Palmerston North depots, Jets Transport can take care of its customers’ local point-to-point delivery requirements and nationwide freight forwarding, warehous- ing and distribution needs and more. “Our eet of 30 company owned vehicles of various sizes and tonnage allow us to be exible with our customer delivery and pick up requirements,” says Company Director, Juliet Cleland. “We offer the bene t and exibility of multiple same day services throughout every area of Wellington, the Wairarapa and the Kapiti Coast and as far a eld as Wanganui from our Palmerston North depot. Market demand has also seen us recently expand a daily service into the Hawke’s Bay from Palmerston North.” With a proud local history stemming back to 1953, Jets Transport’s client base is ex- tremely diverse, with many client relation- ships enduring over decades based upon consistent delivery of service. “Our relationships with excellent local businesses like Fix & Fogg have helped us maintain our strong position in the local transport market which is saturated with all the big international players. We’ve scheduled morning and afternoon clear- ances from Fix & Fogg and make multiple deliveries to them throughout the day. We also offer them the exibility of on-de- mand services too.” To ensure ef cient operations that are fast and on time and to maintain the high standards its customers have come to expect, Jet Transport Ltd is support- ed by what it considers to be its major strength—its team. “Our employees pride themselves on doing their utmost to look after and foster our customer relationships. Our dispatch staff takes every freight inquiry personally with a major focus on custom- er service and communication at all stages of the operation ensuring an extremely high level of customer satisfaction. While our business has grown over the years, customers are always welcome to speak with one of our senior team members at any time.” If you are looking for reliable point-to- point service from a transport company that goes the extra mile, reach out to brother and sister duo, Nick and Juliet Cleland, and the team at Jets Transport who deliver on all levels and will not disappoint. Richard Loader W ith 13 delicious varieties of nut-but- ters to choose from there is just so much to love about multi-award winning nut-butter manufacturer Fix & Fogg - and taste is just the start. Becoming the first New Zealand owned food manufacturer to be awarded the very stringent B Corporation™ Certification is a major milestone that reflects the founders commitment to being a ‘force for good’ right from day one. Certified B Corporations meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. “There’s no area that’s not looked at,” says Lisa Pijper, Business Development Coordina- tor at Fix & Fogg. “It’s all about your suppliers, your practic- es, your ethics and your sustainability. We already had a lot of the systems in place - we pride ourselves on nailing all of those values and being a great place to work. But you do come across a few things that you could easily improve upon or implement.” Fig & Fogg’s amazing journey started in 2013, when its founders, husband and wife team Roman and Andrea Jewell, wanted a life beyond their careers as corporate lawyers. After experimenting with a number of crafts including beer and pottery, Roman discovered the art of crafting peanut butter. And so began an extraordinary journey that has seen an ever-increasing population of con- verts and production capacity, the evolution of unique shop window fronts selling gourmet buttered toast, multiple varieties of nut-but- ters and exciting new markets including the highly sought after US market. This year the team at Fix & Fogg were awarded Global Gold at Wellington’s Gold Awards; a significant achievement recognis- ing the company’s expansion into the United States. The company also won the American based Gold Sofi award - a real foodie award that rec- ognised the taste and quality of Fix & Fogg’s nut-butters. Reflecting upon the company’s extraordi- nary success, Lisa says while the team all think their nut-butters are the best tasting in the world, it’s also knowing the meaning behind the product. “People want to know how the business op- erates—does the business practice sustaina- bility and are the people working there happy? We started with these values from day one and as we’ve grown we’ve stayed committed to them. “I think people like and appreciate that. The passion for what we do really does tie into our B-Corp Certification. “From day one Roman wanted Fix & Fogg to be a force for good and I think that’s the under- lying passion within the business to this day.” The force for good Lisa refers to infuses every aspect of the business from the healthy quality of the product, the happy and fun team culture, paying the living wage, recyclable glass jars instead of plastic and a constant stream of charitable donations. “The passion behind the business is seeing how much good you can do with something as simple as a jar of nut butter,” says Lisa.