BigCold Re-certified for Yum! Brands Tier 1 Standards
Nairobi, Kenya – March 29, 2021 – BigCold Logistics, Kenya’s leading cold storage and logistics company, announced today that it has been recertified for Yum! Brands Standards, the parent company of global food brands KFC and Pizza Hut. Yum! Brands has established the most robust food safety management system for storage and logistics activities. BigCold operates the only Yum! Brands certified food storage and logistics platform in Kenya.
“The Yum! Brands Tier 1 certification means that BigCold is offering storage, handling and distribution services that meet the highest food safety and food quality standards in the world,” said Newton Matope, President of BigCold. “Kenyan businesses and consumers can be assured that BigCold handles their products employing the highest food safety standards.”
Yum! Brands’ vision is for consumers to have “Trust in Every Bite”. To accomplish this, Yum! Brands upholds an industry-leading food safety program and stringent food safety standards that mitigate food safety risks for consumers. Yum! Brands’ Food Safety Standards cover areas where key risk factors exist, such as employee health and hygiene, product handling, product temperature management, cross-contamination and more. BigCold is committed to providing storage and logistics services that comply with Yum! Brands’ rigorous standards.
About BigCold Logistics
Leveraging best-in-class technologies, BigCold offers comprehensive, sophisticated, customized cold chain solutions across East Africa. BigCold is the only cold chain logistics provider in East Africa that meets FSSC 22000 and Yum! Brand’s – the company behind KFC and Pizza Hut – strict food safety standards. Their world-class facilities and systems ensure that clients’ products are safe and their supply chain is efficient. BigCold’s facilities provide reliable and efficient temperature-controlled storage facilities offering frozen, chilled, ambient-controlled and ambient storage equipped with real-time temperature monitoring systems and backup power generators. BigCold specializes in transport solutions for frozen, chilled and ambient goods offering dedicated door-to-door service, customized delivery runs and cargo consolidation to a variety of clients including quick service restaurants, retail outlets, restaurants and hotels. BigCold is a BlackIvy endeavor. Anchored in East and West Africa, BlackIvy is a values-driven company that builds and grows commercial enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa that unlock new sources of growth. BlackIvy has offices in Accra, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi and Washington, D.C. www.bigcold.com
About BlackIvy
BlackIvy is a U.S. company that builds, operates, and scales businesses that drive long-term growth and resilient value in essential sectors: food, housing, healthcare, warehousing and logistics in Sub-Saharan Africa. BlackIvy’s mission is to grow businesses while generating sustainable economic impact for the people and regions in which our businesses operate. BlackIvy aims to unlock significant value for stakeholders through quality food production and world-class, temperature-controlled storage and logistics across Africa. Over the next 12 months, BlackIvy anticipates launching additional operations that broaden its food and logistics capabilities.
