December 2005

Advance Recruitments has been awarded Best Supplier - Food at the AAB Holdings Gala Awards Night. Advance Recruitments' Managing Director, Sascha Charlton, was in attendance at the dinner to accept the award, along with fellow directors Gary and Luba Charlton and most of the senior management team.

The award was presented by Mark Wilson, General Manager - Operations of AAB Holdings. "I have had a lot of dealings with various agencies throughout my career and had never experienced the excellence in service and team commitment shown by Advance," Mark said on presenting the award.

Advance Recruitments Director Luba Charlton said it was a very proud moment for all the staff in attendance and represented a fantastic effort by all concerned. "It was quite overwhelming to hear for the first time an official compliment and thank you," Luba said.

AAB Holdings subsidiary company, Nature's Selection Foods, works closely with Advance Recruitments to employ the right people for the demands of their growing business. Advance initially helped Nature's Selection staff a new amalgamated production facility at Greenacres and provided a risk assessment of the site to ensure it would comply with all necessary regulations. Advance Recruitments setup an OH&S induction program and implemented a Food Safety Systems Training initiative.

Advance Recruitments continues to work with Nature's Selection (read the full story) providing casual workers for the facility. A testament to the quality of workers provided by Advance Recruitments was confirmed recently when the first group employed with Nature's Selection were made permanent positions. The second and third groups of Advance Recruitments workers are anticipated to also make that transition in the near future.

Nature's Selection has provided the finest quality nuts, fruits, and legumes to the Australian market for the last 10 years. Originally part of the Woolworths Group, Nature's Selection was one of two original divisions of AAB Holdings that was divested in a management buyout in 2000. Nature's Selection is one of Australia's leaders in the health food category in supermarkets for branded and private label nuts, fruit and nut mixes, cereals, cooking ingredients, and soup mixes.