Long service luncheon for Jenkins Bakery staff


Staff at one of the best known family firms in South Wales have received recognition for their long service.
The Jenkins Bakery rewards staff with more than 10 years service with an annual lunch at Llanelli's Stradey Park Hotel.
This year's lunch saw more than 30 staff (some with more than 20 years' service with the business) attend the lunch, which was hosted by Jenkins Bakery Operations Director Russell Jenkins and Commercial Director David Jenkins.
David Jenkins said: “We are a third-generation family business and we care passionately about what we do and the people who work in the business. We hold the Investors in People award and we take care in nurturing and developing staff to their full potential. We recognise staff loyalty and long service in a number of ways, including the annual lunch.
“Our company history dates back to 1921, but we don’t plan on resting on our laurels. We have a proud tradition and reputation as a company, but we always have one eye on the future. In fact, this year, will see us open three new shops in South West Wales."

Jenkins Bakery
The Jenkins bakery employs 280 people, full and part-time, across 27 different stores in South Wales.
The company has the Gold Standard Welsh Food Hygiene Award and the Investors in People award.
The business employs 70 people at its Trostre HQ, while the Jenkins shop network stretches from Carmarthen to Bridgend. There are 13 shops in Carmarthenshire and even one as far afield as Powys. 
Weblinks –
http://jenkinsbakery.co.uk/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jenkinsbakery
Twitter - @JenkinsBakeryLong-service staff members -

Staff members are pictured above at the Stradey Park Hotel with David and Russell Jenkins. Not all the long-serving members of staff could make the dinner.
The full 'roll-call' of long-serving staff members is as follows - 

10-15 years
Helen Allen
Sian Morgan
Anthea Davies
Sheran Davies
Linda Jones
Barbara Brabant
Samantha Smith
Delyth Davies
Biagio Borrelli
Christine John
Rhian Crisp
Cheryl Phillips
Ann Jones
Gerald Morgan
Susan Williams
Carole Podger
Jason Morris
Iora Bailey
Stewart Hickman
Loraine Charles
Angela Crowton
Janette Carlsen
Christine Evans
Lynette Savory
Sonia Aghazarian
Glenda Jones
Tracy Rogers
Lorraine Davies

15-20 years
Ingrid Howells
Christine O'Brien
Christine Thomas
Johanna Twigg
Janet Jones
Jackie Howells
Gino Disalvo
Sandra Jones
Filippo Difede
Gaynor Lewis
Bethan Howell
Sharon Cox
Susan Jenkins

20 years and more
Rose Dodson
Ann Herbert
Lucy Roderick
Georgina James
Moira Crahart
Vicky Griffin
Fiona Snook
Stuart Treharne

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