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[QLD, VIC, NSW] Free Boxes of Fresh Produce Delivered for Jobless @ Simon George & Sons (Existing Customers)

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[QLD, VIC, NSW] Free Boxes of Fresh Produce Delivered for Jobless @ Simon George & Sons (Existing Customers)
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tightarse on 12/04/2020 - 21:00 facebook.com (1591 clicks)
Last edited 12/04/2020 - 22:36 by 1 other user

And another great news story. Happy Easter, and stay safe :)

Fruit and vegetable heavyweight Simon George & Sons is giving away boxes of fresh produce to the newly unemployed. The Brisbane family-run wholesaling business, itself hard hit by coronavirus because it supplies the hospitality and tourism sectors, is delivering the free care packages to help “get through these crazy times together”. The boxes contain enough for a family of four and include bananas, potatoes, apples, carrots, tomatoes and lettuce, as well as eggs and orange juice. More than 100 have been delivered within 24 hours of launching the initiative, and Mr George said customers who didn’t need help themselves were passing boxes on to others.

“One big hotel just had to let go 30 kitchen staff, and they will all be getting care packages.” He said the initiative was a win win. “We’ve been almost wiped out ourselves, but it’s important for us to stay in touch with the people who’ve supported us over the years and to say thank you. “We have the time and the vehicles to deliver in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Noosa, Cairns, Townsville, Sydney and Melbourne, and when we come out the other side, we want people to remember we are still here.”

via Courier Mail

From Facebook: "Our Care Packages are still available to our clients, past and present. Call your favourite SGS rep to organise yours, delivered safely to your door at no cost." (thanks JordanM)

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    • AustriaBargain on 13/04/2020 - 12:44

      If you're on JobSeeker then you owe it to yourself to save on food any legal way you can.

  • ashdays on 12/04/2020 - 21:10
    +6

    Well done Simon George & Sons

  • peterpeterpumpkin on 12/04/2020 - 21:28
    -1

    "Oh Hallelujah, our problems are solved. We have banana bread."

  • dantione on 12/04/2020 - 21:32
    +9

    Great intentions and cause. There are no actual details on how to claim… Am I missing something?

    • Heaps for Cheaps on 12/04/2020 - 21:39
      +1

      It's just an article about a company doing good. The people chosen are from their database of customers, who they are contacting and asking if they need assistance.

    • INFIDEL on 12/04/2020 - 21:46
      +6

      Am I missing something?
      Maybe being a client of this company!

      • dantione on 12/04/2020 - 21:51
        +16

        Yep. Thus it's not a deal.

        • brendanm on 12/04/2020 - 21:54

          Hmmmm, I was wondering what the "targeted" meant in the title.

  • JordanM on 12/04/2020 - 21:38
    +3

    From their Facebook

    "Our Care Packages are still available to our clients, past and present. Call your favourite SGS rep to organise yours, delivered safely to your door at no cost."

    • cheaponos on 12/04/2020 - 21:40

      CONTACT
      Brisbane: (07) 3717 1400
      Cairns: (07) 4041 9100
      Darwin: (08) 8984 2300
      Melbourne: (03) 8412 0700
      Sydney: (02) 9551 2700
      Townsville: (07) 4421 4421

      • INFIDEL on 12/04/2020 - 21:44
        +10

        *Only if you are or were a client of Simon George & Sons. And now unemployed.
        Otherwise you're just wasting your & their time.

  • voteoften on 12/04/2020 - 21:44

    💞🇦🇺

  • dantione on 12/04/2020 - 21:45
    +12

    Sort of falls under "Deals available only to staff or employees."

  • gottacatchemall on 12/04/2020 - 21:50
    +1

    How does one access this deal?

    • INFIDEL on 12/04/2020 - 21:52
      +10

      Very targeted!
      Go back in time, become a business client of this company, lose your job, & they'll probably contact you. Easy😉

      But a Police officer just told me time travel was not an Essential reason for not being at home & gave me a fine😷

  • jelko on 12/04/2020 - 21:50
    +8

    Good news stories aren't deals

  • antigrate on 12/04/2020 - 21:56
    +12

    I don't think this is really for the general public.

  • mckayver on 12/04/2020 - 21:56

    this is cool.

    • mckayver on 12/04/2020 - 21:58
      +7

      oh just read "Deals available only to staff or employees." not cool.

  • Hansi on 12/04/2020 - 22:25
    +10

    Not a public deal. You would assume that people working for them are being made aware of the offer.

  • ihavecentsnotsense on 12/04/2020 - 22:55
    +21

    Seems like tightarse is trawling news articles and social media about COVID-19 for so called “deals” he can post for internet points

    • donga100 on 13/04/2020 - 10:54
      +1

      I agree. From the amount of awesome deals he posts he must be putting in full-time hours trawling news, social media, reddit, 4chan, dark web, etc. and all he receives in return is internet points! Yes, sometimes he misses the mark (like this deal) but most of the time they are front page worthy. #notallheroeswearcapes

    • Clear on 13/04/2020 - 12:44
      -2

      The only ones who really care about the internet points are the ones negging/upvoting the deals and comments. If they didn't care they wouldn't vote like the vast majority of OzBargainers.

      Hard logic to understand I know.

    • 777 on 13/04/2020 - 15:37
      -4

      Username checks out, someone works hard to help out not "internet points"

  • TheAccountant on 12/04/2020 - 23:01
    +8

    Not available to general public.

  • ahly92 on 13/04/2020 - 03:35
    +13

    Seriously, Ozbargain Mods need to vet any COVID-19 Free deals before posting so it's not abused by the public…some of these 'deals' are better left where they are intended to be!!!!!!!!!!

  • cozmo on 13/04/2020 - 07:19
    +3

    This is a forum post yeah?

  • mapax on 13/04/2020 - 09:01
    +4

    This seems more appropriate for OzNewsStory not OzBargain.

  • CocaKoala on 13/04/2020 - 13:27

    A good news is a deal?

    • nocure on 13/04/2020 - 14:10
      -1

      "Free food" is the deal, "good news" is the hope that we all survive this…

  • 2023 on 13/04/2020 - 15:15
    +1

    Need to already be a customer, then become unemployed, then hope they contact you?

    An offer laid upon a target upon targeted.
    Nice sentiment from SGS, but it's very limited in its audience.

  • stringbean402 on 13/04/2020 - 21:30

    So many kitchen hands and chefs over here on sponsored work visas now out of the job with zero financial support as they are not eligible for job keeper / job seeker. Obviously most restaurants and hotels no longer trading.

    This is targeted to assist their clients employees who now find themselves out of work struggling to literally put food on the table.

    Obviously not a deal for the general public though…

  • Well Wasted on 13/04/2020 - 21:38

    stop tooting your own horn and just get it done…

  • shoppe on 15/04/2020 - 22:29
    +1

    I don't see a problem with this deal. Only avaliable to past and present clients. Order a box and you will become a present client. How hard is that?

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