This month Blue Skies Founder Anthony Pile celebrated his 70th birthday. In Ghana, people marked the occasion during the annual Founder’s Day celebrations with a host of events including fancy dress, sports and keep-fit activities and making donations for the local community. Anthony is pictured below with some of Ghana’s […]
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World Class Melon from Egypt
By Guy Murfitt. I recently visited Egypt to meet melon growers. Egypt produces excellent melon for us in the important transition period of May and June when southern hemisphere crop is winding down and Mediterranean crop is starting up. Blue Skies Egypt has helped pioneer orange melon production for our […]
Try this Frozen Smoothie Bowl Recipe
The perfect summer breakfast from Maiken Fortes Ingredients 200g Blue Skies fresh mango chunks 1 ½ cups of frozen diced coconut (Optional) ½ cup coconut cream/milk Method: 1) Place frozen coconut and fresh mango into your blender at medium speed until ingredients start to smoothen out. 2) For a creamier consistency […]
Mango Chia Pudding
A zesty, tropical and refreshing dessert from Maiken Fortes Ingredients 1 cup chia seeds (white or black) 1 cup milk/milk alternative/ plain greek yoghurt 2 x 200g Blue Skies fresh mango chunks 1 lime Method: 1) Whist your milk (using unsweetened almond milk), and chia seeds in a bowl. Let […]
Blue Skies awarded ‘Supermarket Supplier of the Year’
Blue Skies, a Northamptonshire based prepared fruit and juice producer with factories in Ghana, Egypt, South Africa, Brazil and the UK, has been awarded Supermarket Supplier of the Year at the Fresh Produce consortium’s ‘Fresh Awards’ during an awards dinner on the 8th of June hosted by British comedian, actor […]
Happy Birthday Blue Skies Egypt
Happy Birthday to Blue Skies Egypt who celebrated their 14th birthday on the 16th May. The photo shows progress on their new juice factory which is planned to be completed by August.
Foundation makes impact in South Africa
This month Denzil and Cath, from Blue Skies Pitsford, joined Waydu and Justice at Blue Skies South Africa, to visit and evaluate the impact of a number of Foundation projects and future applicants. The evaluations come ahead of the Foundation Board meeting, which will take place in Ghana next month. […]
Ghanaian Banku and Tilapia with Fresh Tropical Fruits
Ingredients 1 whole tilapia 2 medium size fresh tomatoes 4 pieces of scotch bonnets (kpakpo shito) 3 medium size onions Spices Corn dough Cassava dough Water Salt Chunked/sliced fresh tropical fruits (papaya, lime) Preparation Season and grill your whole tilapia. Blend the pepper (scotch bonnet), onions and tomatoes. Add salt […]
Blue Skies is now available on Amazon Fresh
Blue Skies have introduced its branded range of fresh from harvest prepared fruit products with Amazon Fresh in the UK. The range includes fresh-cut mango, smooth cayenne pineapple, coconut, pomegranate, a Berry Medley and melon. Amazon Fresh in the UK is currently only available to postcodes in and around the […]
A birds eye view of Blue Skies Ghana
Pictured here are the three Blue Skies factories in Nsawam, Ghana, taken using a drone in April 2017. Thanks to Jon Berni for the picture.