Our CEO, Mr. Jaime Chico, went to be interviewed, as a guest, at the Cadena Ser Radio Aranda radio station, and he talked about how ACH has dealt with the Covid-19 crisis, the solidary initiatives in which we have participated and the great staff that we can luckily count on.
During the pandemic, we have worked in 3 stages with different intensities:
1. In the first stage we were focused on protecting our people. Their safety was the most important factor.
2. Whilst the rest of the sector had come to a halt, we went on working. It was a very difficult stage, with a great uncertainty.
3. We are still carrying on our work a little in a waiting mode. We were seeing how the situation was solving itself. We have regained normality.
We have a great team
During this period, we have adapted to a new situation, we have had a lot of work and we have slept little. And “all this has had the chance to move forward thanks to a workforce that I am very proud of”.
ACH is going to respond to the commitment received from its workers. We want to thank them because we have gone through very hard moments, and one realises that your company is your people, and your people is your family.
Thanks to you all, because you have been the basic piece so everything can go on, so we can look forward to the future and keep on with our solidary activities. You have really exceeded our expectations.
We are backed by the best team.
Solidary initiatives
The companies are made up of people. At ACH there are many of us that feel the need to be solidary, because when life treats you well, you must give that back. “Being solidary is in our workforce’s DNA”.
Jaime shared with the listeners all the solidary activities carried out during the pandemic, such as the La Granja de Chico campaign, “The solidary cured ham”, thanks to whose revenues we were able to donate PPEs to the Red Cross and meat products to the Cáritas charity.
Bars and restaurants have been one of the greatly affected sectors by this crisis, and we wanted to help them to be full of customers. To this end we started the “With cured ham problems are lighter” campaign. The idea was to support our clients with La Granja de Chico Duroc cured hams so they could offer their clients free cured ham tapas with each drink.
We like to carry out local actions and to support sport and young people: those are our generic courses of action, but this year there have been all kinds of changes, and we have directed the way and amount of our help towards solidary projects related to the Covid-19 crisis.
The future of the Ribera del Duero county
The health crisis will result in an economic crisis. We must face the future with a positive outlook and be optimistic. All the crises are periods of changes that generate opportunities.
We live in a region in which seeds of creativity lay in the people. We must encourage them to undertake projects. The most important thing is to have fresh ideas, and in the Ribera del Duero county there is lots of creativity.
The future is not set in stone.
Have you not listened the complete interview yet? You can do it here.
