The employees at BARPIMO were greeted with trays full of fresh fruit this Wednesday morning. This kicked off the 'BARPIMO, a Healthy Company' project, which has one clear objective: To improve the health and well-being of its employees. The first step was to establish WEDNESDAY as the official healthy lunch day. Fresh fruit (apples, oranges, bananas, etc.) was placed in the clock-in area, so that employees when entering could take a piece of fruit to the rest area for lunchtime.

Since its beginnings as a family-run business, BARPIMO has focused on providing preventive measures to ensure the safety of its team. Now BARMIPO is taking step further by transforming itself into a healthy company. The company collaborates with 'Empresalud' from PÉREZ Y SALCEDO physiotherapy clinic, who are advising and guiding the project as nutritional and health experts.

The General Manager, Luis Dueñas stated: 'The differential value of the companies is the people, for that reason we want people to feel good in BARPIMO'.

The project consists of three different components: Nutrition, Physical Activity and Emotional Skills. For the Nutrition component, the company will offer healthy lunches and training on food labelling in order to encourage good health and eating habits among the employees. Secondly, the physical activity component includes prevention of neck and lower back pain, prevention for employees in the packaging department, and functional exercise for the different departments. For the emotional skills section, actions will be taken to control stress and anxiety, and learn about time management.

Since 2016, BARPIMO has held OHSAS 18001 certification, a credential which certifies the implementation of an effective health and safety management system. Among the benefits of implementing these management systems is a safer workplace. In addition, the company offers a number of welfare and balance family life measures aimed at improving the quality of life of the workers. 'We want to keep working to improve the health conditions, peace of mind, and well-being of each person', says the Manager.