AIV NEWS

Thank You from Grantham Clinton and Sue Williams send a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to their fellow AIV franchisees in Brisbane, on behalf of the residents of Grantham. The township of Grantham is home to Clinton and his family and was severely damaged in the recent floods. Fortunately, Clinton and his family were away on holidays at the time of the floods, and his family home was also spared from serious damage. But a number of his friends and neighbours were not so lucky. So in the great Aussie spirit, Clinton, along with the support of Gary Elder, AIV Brisbane Manager, called out to his fellow Brisbane franchisees for help – and help he got! Within days, Clinton had received more than $2500 in donations and with this he was able to supply the local families with a range of cleaning products, toiletries, and frozen foods, which were very much needed. One of our frozen meal suppliers, Il Pasaio, donated 240kg of prepared meals to the community. John and Kim Hagan also kindly donated a trailer full of furniture which was much appreciated by the Grantham community. Congratulations to all those generously supported Clinton and the community of Grantham.

AIV 2010 Awards Night More than 70 franchisees, suppliers, and Bidvest staff  celebrated the AIV awards night at the Colmslie Function Centre in Brisbane. This was a night for us to look back and celebrate 2010 and to say ‘thank you’ to all who work hard, day in, day out, consistently delivering exceptional service to our customers. We also acknowledged the Brisbane Franchisee of the Year and the franchisees who achieved more than $1 million of purchases from Bidvest in the 2010 year. Eleven franchisees became members of the AIV Million Dollar Club for 2010: • Margaret & Terry Carr & family – Charters Towers • John & Chris Harris & family – Townsville/Ayr • Robert & Judy Brown & family – Bowen • Allan & Anne Tinney – Brisbane • Glenn & Tania Burrows – Brisbane • John & Leanne Gaudion – Brisbane • Clinton & Sue Williams – Brisbane • Ken & Cathy Campbell – Brisbane • John & Kim Hagan – Brisbane • Barry & Trisha Edwards – Muswellbrook • Rod & Bridie O’Bree – Geraldton The Brisbane Franchisee of the Year Award 2010, for the second year in a row, went to Col Bernhardt – Bernhardt Distributors. Congratulations to all of these franchisees on their sensational effort to achieve these awards and well done to all franchisees throughout Australia. I am more than certain that we will have a number of new members in our AIV Million Dollar Club in 2011. Roland West