Rhodes Food Group believe that the retail pie market is big enough to enjoy a slice and have extended their pie production capacity at their Aeroton factory to not only produce the premium range of pies for Woolworths but now also to supply a quality range of traditional, home style pies under the Magpie brand onto the retail market.

The current range of your good ol’ everyday favourites are made with the finest ingredients matched with traditional herbs and spices baked together in a short crust pastry base and puff pastry top. Utterly delicious… it’s all about the ingredients!

A 120ml cup has been launched in a clear plastic cup with an ‘easy peel’ lid for cooking convenience. The added advantage of the paste in plastic is the purpose that it serves when refrigerating – no more concerns of refrigerating a tin with left over paste when your convenient cup can be stored straight in the fridge for further use.

Rhodes Food Group has purchased the Louis Trichardt based Venda operations of Giants Canning. This will now form part of the Group's RFF Foods Division and will be known as RFF Foods (Limpopo).

Positioned in the best tomato and vegetable producing region in the country, RFF Foods (Limpopo) will become the Group's major canned vegetable producing plant.

Wonderland Foods received major recognition from Woolworths at the annual supplier conference held at Spier in September 2007.

Wonderland was awarded the following prizes:-

• Most Innovative Supplier of the Year

• Best Supply Chain Supplier of the Year

• Best Prepared Foods Supplier of the Year

The following Cheeses where awarded at the 2007 SA Cheese Championships in April 2007:

1st Place:
Woolworths Duetto – Melon & Ginger

2nd Place:
Woolworths Duetto Dulce [Fig & Pecan Nuts]
Portobello Brie
Portobello Camembert
Woolworths Fior Di Latte
Portobello Franschhoek Angelot

3rd Place:
Woolworths Ricotta
Portobello Franschhoek White

Ten primary schools in the Drakenstein valley benefitted from an Under 11 cricket development project supported by Rhodes Food Group and staged by the Groot Drakenstein Games Club.
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The Rhodes Ayrshire Stud farm enjoyed another year of great award successes.

At the Riversdal Show in February RFG walked away with the prizes for the Best Young Cow (under 4 years); the Best Mature Cow & the Cow with the Best Udder. This cow also holds the title of the Grand Champion.(See photo)

At the Bloemfontein Show on the 1st May RFG again walked away with the prizes for the Best Young Cow; the Best Mature Cow & the Cow with the Best Udder as well as the Best Interbred Young Cow.

The Megaweek in September saw RFG being awarded with the Best Heifer Championship.

The following awards were received in October 2007 from the Ayrshire Cattle Breeders' Society of SA:-

•RFF Annabella 34th won the award for the Highest Producing Cow over an average of 3 milking periods for 2005/2006

•5 Rhodes Food Group cows (being RFF 0244; RFF 0345; RFF 0336; RFF Cynthia 12th & RFF Annabella 34th) were in the Top 10 Producing Cows for 2005/2006.

The result from all the above is that the Rhodes Ayrshire Stud was awarded the Highest Show points for the year.

As a final pip, Barti Volschenk, the Farm Manager for RFG has been elected to the Ayrshire Society's Board of Directors. Well Done Barti!