true
to the Core
an interview with Pierre Mattocks, Chief Executive Officer of AppleCore Foods
AppleCore Foods Ltd operates in the local food and beverage market dealing with the importation
warehousing and distribution of such products. Amid the highly competitive environment, AppleCore
Foods differentiates itself by selecting and distributing high quality products and delivering a premium
service to its clients. Hospitality Malta caught up with AppleCore Foods’ Chief Executive Officer Pierre
Mattocks, who brings thirty-two years of experience in the field and explains why AppleCore has
become one of Malta’s leading players in the field.
P
Mattocks does not
mince his words.
ierre
His response to my
question as to why
he left a job he held for twenty seven years to set up his
own shop was very direct. He resigned from a compa-
ny that he had created and managed because circum-
stances were untenable at the time. Any regrets? I was
met with an emphatic no, and a thorough conviction
that it was one of the best decisions he has ever taken. AppleCore operates from a custom built state-of-the-
art facility in Naxxar. With an area of over 1,500m 2 ,
the temperature-controlled warehousing space in-
cludes dry, ambient, frozen and temperature-con-
trolled storage facilities. Furthermore, the company
has a number of vehicles for dry food transportation,
for refrigerated and also for frozen foods transporta-
tion. This ensures that while products are transported
from AppleCore’s warehousing facilities to resellers,
there is no compromise on their quality and freshness.
AppleCore was born seven years ago. The rationale
behind the name is simple. One which did not take
long to come up with – Apple - synonymous word in
itself and starts with the first letter of the alphabet.
Core – most of the team that Pierre worked with in
his previous company followed him to build the core
of what the company is today, plus, Pierre smiles, the
core of the apple is what makes the fruit good! One of the very first decisions Pierre took at
AppleCore was to become ISO 9001 Certified. In
fact, Pierre proudly states that AppleCore is one of the
three companies operating in the industry that main-
tain such a certification. Pierre feels that this certifi-
cation adds value to not only the operation itself but
moreover to the ways in which the company interacts
with clients and partners.
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Issue 06
HOSPITALITY MALTA