IBERSOL Sustainability Report 2017

SOCIAL PERFORMANCE The “Open Kitchen” The kitchens of the brands that make up the Ibersol Group continue to welcome visits on a regular basis fromgroups of children and adolescents, giving themthe opportunity to take a closer look at the teamdynamic and rigour involved in food preparationprocedures. Beloware someof thevisits conducted in2017 as part of the “Open Kitchen” initiative. The Burger King units in Ferreira Borges and Flamengawelcomed approximately 90 adolescents, showing them the inner workings of the unit and teaching them best hygiene and food safety practices. This initiativewas sowell received by the kids that theymade a thank-you poster for the teamthat showed themaround. As part of the “Learning Hut” initiative, the Pizza Hut brand opened the doors to some of its units, where each participant got the chance to make their own piz- za. Pizza Hut Maia Parque welcomed 25 children from the association “ Criança Diferente - Associação de Amigos ” and 20 from “Fórum da Maia”. Pizza Hut Foz welcomed 50 children from “Colégio Flori”, and Pizza Hut Setúbal Bocage wel- comed 35 children from the Bela Vista school grouping. It should be noted that this programme is open throughout the year at KidZania in the Dolce Vita Tejo Shopping Centre, in Lisbon. KFC held several initiatives during the year: the KFC team in Lordelo do Ouro, in Porto, welcomed thirty Year 10 students from the Vocational Catering Course (Cookery/Patisserie) to show them how both people and material are organised in a kitchen, help them understand the importance of maintaining a professional attitude, teach them how to move around the various work stations, show them the facilities and equipment, how they work and precautions and teaching them a set of key operations and priorities for preparing and cookingmeals. In addition to this initiative, the unit also welcomed forty children from schools in the KFC Lordelo do Ouro’s area of influence, on four different days, and offered the chil- dren brand merchandising (children’s masks) and “Pintarolas” (Portuguese sug- ar-coated chocolate, similar to Smarties). In Madeira, during the year, eleven kitchens opened their doors to field trips to Burger King, KFCandPizzaHut, with approximately fifteenpupils per visitmaking their ownmeals; a total of 165 participants. 78