THOUSANDS of JCB employees were gearing up for a right Royal celebration to mark the Coronation of HM King Charles III and HM Queen Camilla – with a company-wide ‘street party’.
JCB will be treating more than 5500 employees at all its UK factories to a two-course celebration lunch. The ‘Big Coronation Lunch’ is being staged at the company’s plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham, where work breaks are being extended to allow the historic occasion to be marked in style.
JCB chairman, Lord Bamford, said: “The Coronation really is a momentous event in our country’s history and an opportunity for all of us to come together and mark it as a team in traditional street party style.”
Factory restaurants are being decked out with red, white and blue bunting and balloons ready for classic British cuisine to be served on traditional street party trestle tables. Employees will tuck into fish and chips, sausage and mash, a special Coronation chicken pie, or enjoy a special afternoon tea. A regal fruit crumble and trifle will be offered as dessert.
Over the course of the four-day street party, the team will prepare and serve almost one tonne of potatoes, 172 kg of chicken, 293 kg of fish, and 125 kg of sausage.
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