Monday, 12 March 2012

ICE CREAM VAN HIRE IN BROMLEY

ICE CREAM VAN HIRE IN BROMLEY

Ice Cream Van Hire In Bromley Supply Single or Multiple Ice Cream vans and High quality Ice Cream for any Event. Our Professional and friendly staff will cater to your every need, making Hiring an Ice Cream Van easy and stress free.
Ice Cream Van Hire In Bromley hold £10 million public liability insurance along with full trading licences, CRB checks, hygiene certificates and any legal documentation you may require. All staff are trained in basic sign language, so no child is left out and can enjoy visiting our ice cream vans In Bromley equally.

Bromley is a large district of South East London which historically was a market town and prior to 1963 was in the county in Kent. The London Borough of Bromley is made up of many smaller towns and historical Villages such as Keston, Orpington, Farmbrough, Bickley, and Chislehurst. Well known Names from Bromley include Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United defender) and Cricketer Mathew Featherstone and Sir William Pitt (Former Prime Minister) Notable residence who have lived in Bromley Include David Bowie, Pixie Lott, Gary Rhodes and Billy Idol.

Whatever event you are planning, Public or Private Hire, Birthday Party or celebration, Our Ice Cream vans can meet your every need. Hire an Ice Cream Van for your event from the UK’s Number one ice cream van hire Company 2010 / 2011 for customer / client satisfaction. Ice Cream Van Hire Bromley offers the highest standards of Ice cream Van for any Event “Any Season, Any reason” and has many satisfied clients in and around Bromley and Beckenham. Ice cream Van Hire Bromley serve an extensive top quality Ice Cream Product range, including Fresh Soft Serve Whippy Ice cream along with many other flavours of Ice Cream and Sorbets.

ICE CREAM VAN HIRE IN MAIDSTONE

ICE CREAM VAN HIRE IN MAIDSTONE

Ice Cream Van Hire In Maidstone Supply Single or Multiple Ice Cream vans and High quality Ice Cream for any Event. Our Professional and friendly staff will cater to your every need, making Hiring an Ice Cream Van easy and stress free.
Ice Cream Van Hire in Maidstone hold £10 million public liability insurance along with full trading licences, CRB checks, hygiene certificates and any legal documentation you may require. All staff are trained in basic sign language, so no child is left out and can enjoy visiting our ice cream vans In Maidstone equally.

Ice cream Van Hire Maidstone provides quality Ice cream vans and has attended many weddings in Maidstone and surrounding areas. A Very popular Wedding Venue is Leeds Castle with its claim to being “The loveliest Castle in the world”. Another popular Venue is the beautiful 16^th century manor house Boughton Monchelsea Place which overlooks perhaps the best view in Kent.
Ice Cream Van Hire Maidstone provides the best quality Ice cream vans dressed in Wedding Ribbons, fully uniformed staff and of course the very best in service. With High quality Ice Cream products for all your guests, your dessert from an ice Cream Van is sure to go down a treat.

Maidstone is the county town of Kent, and has the river Medway which runs through the centre of town linking Maidstone to Rochester. There is evidence of a settlement in the area dating back to beyond the Stone Age. It lies in the borough of Maidstone which encompasses many rural parishes, for example: Leeds, Loose, Coxheath, Bearstead, Hollingbourne, Barming, Detling, Breadhurst, Boxley, and Aylesford. Many famous faces from Maidstone include Tony Heart (Artists and TV presenter) and carol McGiffin (A CO-Presenter on Lose Women on ITV – One of our many satisfied clients from the TV and Media Industry)

Our Ice cream vans serve fresh whippy ice cream made daily, along with high quality crisp cones, waffle cones and many other exciting products.
We are enhancing many School Events, Private parties, corporate Hire, Football Tournaments, children’s parties and many more with our quality Ice Cream Vans in Maidstone. Along with our many years experience our modern fleet of Ice Creams Vans can cater for 20 people to 20,000 people. Hiring an Ice Cream van in Maidstone has never been easier; speak to our booking team today to discuss your event

ICE CREAM VAN HIRE IN MEDWAY TOWNS

ICE CREAM VAN HIRE IN MEDWAY TOWNS

Ice Cream Van Hire Medway Towns Supplies Single or Multiple Ice Cream vans and High quality Ice Cream for any Event. Our Professional and friendly staff will cater to your every need, making Hiring an Ice Cream Van easy and stress free.
Ice Cream Van Hire Medway Towns holds £10 million public liability insurance along with full trading licences, CRB checks, hygiene certificates and any legal documentation you may require. All staff are trained in basic sign language, so no child is left out and can enjoy visiting our ice cream vans In Medway equally.

Medway is popular location for schools fetes and fairs, and Ice Cream Van Hire Medway Towns is there to cater for these School Fetes and PTA Events. Ice Cream van Hire Medway work closely with many schools and PTFA organisers, enhancing the many school Fundraising Events throughout the school calendar year. Ice Cream Van Hire Medway caters for such events as Valentine discos, Easter Egg Hunts, May day celebrations, Sports Days, Summer fetes and fairs, Halloween discos and fetes, not forgetting to remember, remember the 5^th of November and our ice Creams Vans helping the evening go off with a bang. The during December, Ice Cream Van Hire Medway Towns provide a father Christmas service with Santa arriving in an Ice Cream Van driven By his Elf Helper.

Our Ice cream vans serve fresh whippy ice cream made daily, along with high quality crisp cones, waffle cones and many other exciting products.
We are enhancing many School Events, Private parties, corporate Hire, Football Tournaments, children’s parties and many more with our quality Ice Cream Vans in Medway. Along with our many years experience our modern fleet of Ice Creams Vans can cater for 20 people to 20,000 people. Hiring an Ice Cream van in Medway has never been easier; speak to our booking team today to discuss your event

ICE CREAM VAN HIRE IN LONDON

ICE CREAM VAN HIRE IN LONDON

Ice Cream Van Hire in London Supply Single or Multiple Ice Cream vans and High quality Ice Cream for any Event. Our Professional and friendly staff will cater to your every need, making Hiring an Ice Cream Van easy and stress free.
Ice Cream Van Hire in London holds £10 million public liability insurance along with full trading licences, CRB checks, hygiene certificates and any legal documentation you may require. All staff are trained in basic sign language, so no child is left out and can enjoy visiting our ice cream vans In London equally.

Ice cream Van Hire in London has many satisfied clients In London having used our professional service for corporate promotional days and store openings. Events in London with our Ice Cream Vans also include team building / staff appreciation days. Our familiar yellow and purple Ice Cream Vans have been seen on many central London locations such as parliament square, Trafalgar square, and The Tower of London for Photo Shoots and Film Productions.

Our Ice cream vans serve fresh whippy ice cream made daily, along with high quality crisp cones, waffle cones and many other exciting products.
We are enhancing many School Events, Private parties, corporate Hire, Football Tournaments, children’s parties and many more with our quality Ice Cream Vans in London. Along with our many years experience our modern fleet of Ice Creams Vans can cater for 20 people to 20,000 people. Hiring an Ice Cream van in London has never been easier; speak to our booking team today to discuss your event.

ICE CREAM VAN HIRE IN CANTERBURY

ICE CREAM VAN HIRE IN CANTERBURY

Ice Cream Van Hire in Canterbury Supply Single or Multiple Ice Cream vans and High quality Ice Cream for any Event. Our Professional and friendly staff will cater to your every need, making Hiring an Ice Cream Van easy and stress free.
Ice Cream Van Hire in Canterbury holds £10 million public liability insurance along with full trading licences, CRB checks, hygiene certificates and any legal documentation you may require. All staff are trained in basic sign language, so no child is left out and can enjoy visiting our ice cream vans In Canterbury equally.

We provide Ice Cream vans for many weddings In Canterbury, what better place to get married than a historic city with its stunning cathedral and beautiful landscapes in the Garden of England. Canterbury is Home to many large companies many of which we Hired our Ice cream vans In Canterbury for their corporate promotion days.

Our Ice cream vans serve fresh whippy ice cream made daily, along with high quality crisp cones, waffle cones and many other exciting products.
We are enhancing many School Events, Private parties, corporate Hire, Football Tournaments, children’s parties and many more with our quality Ice Cream Vans in Canterbury. Along with our many years experience our modern fleet of Ice Creams Vans can cater for 20 people to 20,000 people. Hiring an Ice Cream van in Canterbury has never been easier; speak to our booking team today to discuss your event!

Thursday, 1 March 2012

Ice Cream Promotions Market Research

Organisations are often on the lookout for that something a little different, something that will gain people's attention and capture their imagination. A Markes Ices Ice Cream Van is the perfect iconic solution for many corporate ventures and campaigns.

Here at Markes Ice Cream Vans we have the facility to transform a standard Ice Cream Van into the bold captivating marketing tool you have been looking for. From the products to the vehicle livery, we can recreate that desired appearance.

With proven successful campaigns the feel good factor of bringing ice cream to your market research or data collection has that winning formula.

Time and again corporate promotional days with our Ice cream vans complete 2000% greater return for data collection than many other forms on the same campaign.

Markes Ices can supply single or multiple ice cream units all year round, tailoring our products and service to our client’s requirements has been key to many successful advertising campaigns and media promotions.

Speak to us today to discuss your specific needs from:

Multi site TV / Film work,

Client advertising campaigns,

Branded ice cream vans / product’s,

Target existing or potential clients / Product give aways.

Mobile advertising / company profile or message.

Uniformed driver/operatives / or choose to supply uniform of choice.

Constant high demand and continued repeat business has lead to further expansion of our fleet size along with existing fleet updated and refined to remain market leaders and company of choice.

The 99 Ice Cream and Facts About The Flake

Facts About Flakes

My first point about the "99 Flake" is simple, it is nothing to do with them costing 99p. Some traders in the
past may have sold them for 99p to go with the name but Cadburys did not invent a RRP and thus traders
can sell them for a price they seem worthy depending on amount of ice cream. In modern society
with prices of Milk and sugar rising selling a "99 Cone" for 99p is nearly impossible, especially if the
traders want to earn a living.

A 99 Flake ice cream, or more commonly a 99, is an ice cream cone, usually made with
Soft Serve ice cream rather than scooped ice cream, into which a Flake bar has been inserted,
typically at an acute angle to the cone. The ice cream is usually vanilla flavoured.
They are traditionally sold by Ice Cream Vans and Parlours. Variations include a 99 with two flakes - often
referred to as a double 99 or "bunny's ears" - and a 99 with Strawberry or Raspberry topping sauce,
sometimes known as Monkey's Blood.

HISTORY

The Flake chocolate bar itself was developed in 1920. An employee of Cadburys noted that when the
excess from the moulds used to create other chocolate bars was drained off, it fell off in a stream
and created folded chocolate with flaking properties In 1930, Cadbury started producing a smaller
version of the standard Flake bar especially for Ice Cream cones. These were marketed under
the name 99 Flake and sold loose in boxes rather than individually wrapped like the traditional Flake.

The origins of the name are uncertain. One claim is that the '99' was coined in Portobello, Scotland, in 1922
, by the Arcari family, Rudi Arcari's father Stephen came up with the idea not long after opening the
shop in 1922. He would break a large 'Flake" in half and stick it in an ice cream.
A cadbury's rep asked Stephen if he could take this idea to his bosses at Cadbury's to which Stephen
had no problem because in those days copyright was not something anyone ever considered.
The rep asked Stephen what he called it and he gave it the name simply because the shop
was sited at 99 Portobello High Street. The idea spread locally, then further afield.

There are other theories as to where the name came from but nothing is yet certain as many tried to
claim the invention of the name. But even with that little mystery we can be sure that an Ice Cream is
just not the same without a flake.

Of course companies can't help but try to beat others by inventing the same product for cheaper.
The same has been done by a company I am choosing to keep anonymous.
Selling their version of "Flakes" to Ice Cream Traders via a blue or pink box. But, although cheaper
than the real thing, they are nowhere near as good.
A simple fact remains... You cant fake a flake!

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Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Ice Cream Van Hire In Kent – Markes Ices Give The Facts About Hygiene – HACCP and Hygiene Certificates

5 STAR HYGIENE AWARD SCHEME (Scores on the doors). The Facts.

When adding to Markes Ices ice cream van fleet with the purchase of a new ice cream van the first port of call is to telephone the Council Food standards department responsible for environmental health to invite an inspection.Once inspected the company then can apply to add this vehicle to their trading licence.During the inspection all areas of food preparation are examined along with company practices and storage. Markes Ices once again receive the Very Best possible review a catering company can get which is an excellent reputation with their local authority and be given the maximum time between scheduled Hygiene inspections which is two years, this does not mean no inspections in between as these can be done at any time, any place without notification and HERE’S THE POINT ABOUT SCORES ON THE DOORS. Markes Ices agree with their Local Authority there is very little point to an scheme where a set time for inspection is carried out by appointment and a one off visit and that is that, really anyone can be at their best on a given day, this does not reflect the company’s on going policy to health and hygiene or good practices,far better to know inspections are on going can be at any time or place which make for a companies health and hygiene practices to be on going and a constant.

HACCP

What is HACCP?

As part of routine inspections, the enforcement officer will check that the business has an appropriate HACCP-based food safety management system in place.

HACCP stands for ‘Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point’. It is an internationally recognised and recommended system of food safety management. It focuses on identifying the ‘critical points’ in a process where food safety problems (or ‘hazards’) could arise and putting steps in place to prevent things going wrong. This is sometimes referred to as ‘controlling hazards’. Keeping records is also an important part of HACCP systems. Markes Ices HACCP documentation can always be inspected by their customers and clients.

HYGIENE CERTIFICATES.

During the inspection of Markes Ices New Ice cream Van addition the company was very pleased to be asked to show their hygiene certificates for all staff,and for the place of registration to be noted, this is very good practice as the certificate registration will have to be a valid training point which will eliminate the online certificates gained by some companies.The Hygiene certificates also have to be renewed every three years so a date check is always worth a look by customers.

Allergy Alerts

Sometimes foods have to be withdrawn or recalled if there is a risk to consumers because the allergy labelling is missing or incorrect or if there is any other food allergy risk.

Food allergen labelling

People with some food allergies, particularly peanut allergy, have to be extremely careful what they eat. Food labelling is very important to these people because the consequences of eating the food they are allergic to could be very serious.

Food intolerance and allergy research

Agency research work that investigates food intolerance and allergy.

Guidance for food businesses on allergy and intolerance

This guidance is designed to help food businesses provide information to customers who need to avoid certain ingredients because of an allergy. It includes general advice and information on allergy and intolerance and specific voluntary best practice guidance on pre-packed foods, loose foods and the food labelling rules.

Peanuts during pregnancy, breastfeeding and early childhood

In August 2009, the Government revised its advice to consumers about eating peanuts during pregnancy, breastfeeding and the first few years of life, in relation to the risk of developing peanut allergy in childhood.

As an Allergy aware company Markes Ices joined the Government scheme where the company is notified immediately when an allergy warning has been put in place on products from any source,any company or supplier.Markes Ices spokesperson Mark said

“The information is so immediate we probably know about these allergy awareness warnings long before this information drip feeds to local supermarkets shelves.”

So Hire Your Ice Cream Van For Your Event With Confidence From the UK’s Number One Ice Cream Van hire Company 2010 /2011 as voted for by their customers.

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Thursday, 9 February 2012

Markes Ices Announce New 2012 Season Ice Cream Product Range

Markes Ices are very happy to announce their ice cream product range for the 2012 season.
After Many requests have decided for 2012 to see a return for children's favourites, The Bubble Bomb,Jelly Bomb,and the Dolly Bomb.
2012 also see's the addition to our ice cream flavour selection of Coconut flavour ice cream,new sherbet flavours and the Mint knickerbocker Glory.
Markes Ices through the winter months taste tested five other fresh ice cream mixes and have decided to stay with the fresh mix as used through 2011.Company spokesman Robert said "We will always taste test and try to see if any improvements can be made throughout our product range and we were very confident to be using once again The Very Best flavour fresh vanilla mix on the market for our customers."