Food/Cooking
Tito's Teams Up With Local Restaurants For Food 4 Friends
April 16, 2021
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has meant difficult times for scores of Bahamian workers and families - many of whom have lost their incomes due to widespread safety restrictions. In response, corporate citizens like Jimmy’s Wines & Spirits have stepped in to help. For a second consecutive year, Tito’s Handmade Vodka - distributed by Jimmy’s Wines & Spirits has joined forces with two local restaurants to feed Bahamians, specifically those working in the hospitality industry, as part of its Food 4 Friends initiative.
“Tito’s Food 4 Friends is the non-profit arm of its parent company: 5th Generation,” explained Susan Warren, Jimmy’s Wines & Spirits Portfolio Specialist. “As part of its community outreach, the company graciously gives away free meals to hospitality staff working with their local distributors.”
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Statement from DNA Leader Arinthia S. Komolafe on Potter's Cay Dock fire
April 12, 2021
Our nation woke up to devastating news and scenes from the Potter's Cay dock caused by a fire outbreak last night.
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Caf Boulud The Bahamas where food and wine go hand-in-hand
April 09, 2021
An idea that Chef Daniel Boulud flirted with four years ago has materialized into a culinary experience known as Café Boulud The Bahamas at the Rosewood Baha Mar. It’s a restaurant concept that is elegant yet casual and fine dining but approachable – traditional French cuisine in a sophisticated Bahamian setting.
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Agriculture ministry finalizing arrangement with Atlantis resort for food production
March 11, 2021
The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources is in the final stages of an arrangement with Atlantis Paradise Island to provide the resort with Bahamian grown produce, with the company offering use of its own acreage for production, Agriculture Minister Michael Pintard said yesterday.
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Rotary Old Fort, Super Value & Bahamas Feeding Network Partner, Providing Support to Hands for Hunger
March 03, 2021
Through a partnership between Rotary Old Fort and Super Value along with a monetary donation from the Bahamas Feeding Network (BFN), Hands for Hunger received food vouchers for distribution to 100 families during a presentation at Super Value’s Head Office.
The funds were raised through an in-store Super Value stamp drive launched by the Rotary Club of Old Fort which encouraged patrons to donate their stamps at the end of a grocery store visit at the Super Value Mackey Street, Westridge and Winton locations and Quality Supermarkets Cable Beach. For each stamp donated, Super Value matched it doubling its dollar value.
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Limeade Bahamas new look, same great taste and many ways to pay!
February 25, 2021
It's a new year, we have a new look, many new ways to pay and more ways to save. Now all of our refreshing flavors are at the tip of your fingers with just the click of a button. Download the Kraven, Kanoo or the Sun Cash app today and order from the comforts of your home.
Not only do you now have many ways to pay, you have more ways to save. With our Green Card loyalty program, the more you purchase online to save more. Collect points to save as much as 15% off your next purchase.
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KFC Nassau Trims Prices to Ease The Burden For Bahamian Families
November 09, 2020
Around the world, families are faced with decreased income and rising food prices that make it more of a challenge than ever to put wholesome food on the table. Recognizing that Bahamians are also feeling the pinch...
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BAMSI Launches Roots and Tubers Distribution programme
September 23, 2020
THE MINISTRY of Agriculture and Marine Resources’ Food Substitution initiative received a ‘shot in the arm’ recently as farmers across the Bahamas, beginning in Abaco, Grand Bahama and Ragged Island...
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Statement from Cabinet Office
September 22, 2020
The Cabinet Office announces for general information that the Hon. Frankie Campbell, Minister of Social Services and Urban Development, was admitted to Doctor's Hospital East...
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Donation of Fertilizer to Bahamian Farmers
September 04, 2020
The Department of Agriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources received a donation of fertilizer from the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco, on behalf of the Bahamas Government...
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Prime Minister Minnis Tours BAIC
August 28, 2020
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis (second left) toured the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) today, August 28, 2020 accompanied by Parliamentary Secretary...
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Backyard Farming and Other Community Initiatives Take Root Again in GB
August 28, 2020
Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources, the Hon. Michael Pintard, launched Marco City’s backyard farming project on Wednesday, with the distribution of free farming starter kits to residents of the community...
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Reflections: The Farm at CTI embraced the challenges of Hurricane Dorian and COVID-19
August 21, 2020
Food security and farming became pressing issues in The Bahamas and for the first time, the country had faced a food crisis of a magnitude never experienced...
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One in four need food assistance
July 28, 2020
ONE in four people in The Bahamas are receiving food assistance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Food Distribution Task Force...
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Backyard Farming Kits Distributed To The Community
July 24, 2020
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE SUPPORTING BACKYARD FARMERS...The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources has distributed nearly 1,000 gardening kits as a part of the National Food Emergency Plan...
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Learning about food
July 23, 2020
PATRICIA Minnis, wife of Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, attended the second day of a four-day food processing training workshop for members of the Women and Girls Mentoring Coalition yesterday. The workshop is being held at the Food Safety and Tec
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Plan outlines 50 operational changes for restaurants and bars
June 04, 2020
Restaurants and bars will look very different in The Bahamas because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the tourism and hospitality sector’s response to it, with constant sanitizing, physical distancing considerations and the need to introduce new products to aid in virus spread mitigation...
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Bamsi Set to Host Free Virtual Education Series
May 13, 2020
AS BAHAMIANS begin to navigate their way forward under the gaze of COVID-19, facing what is certain to be a new normal, many are looking to take advantage of the ‘shelter-in-place’ protocols...
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Minister of Education updates on Virtual Learning Platform & School Lunch Programme Vouchers
April 27, 2020
In his COVID-19 Response Communication in the House of Assembly, April 27, 2020 Minister of Education the Hon. Jeffrey Lloyd announced that each student on the Ministry of Education's Virtual Learning Platform...
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BAMSI Donates Produce from Student Farm
April 23, 2020
HEALTHCARE officials and law enforcement officers throughout the Commonwealth of the Bahamas have been challenged with unprecedented workloads as they work to contain Covid-19 and minimize its effects on Bahamians...
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