<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>mpfoods</title><description>mpfoods</description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/blog</link><item><title>Faraar Punjabi Movie</title><description><![CDATA[Punjabi Movie Faraar screening in Hastings on 28th August 2015. For more Information call us on 06-8789190<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1fb29_1fe3a5dec0d542eea76b024d50b0cac6.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2015/08/24/Faraar-Punjabi-Movie</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2015/08/24/Faraar-Punjabi-Movie</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2015 00:20:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Punjabi Movie Faraar screening in Hastings on 28th August 2015. </div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1fb29_1fe3a5dec0d542eea76b024d50b0cac6.jpg"/><div>For more Information call us on 06-8789190</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bollywood Star Night with Kamal Khan</title><description><![CDATA[Kamal Khan is a Bollywood playback singer. He won the reality singing competition, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar in 2010.[1] Later he won the Zee Cine Awards "Fresh Singing Talent 2012", for the song Ishq Sufiyana (Male) from the film The Dirty Picture (2012).<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1fb29_ffdc0238335a4bd5b9bc992418ac1241.jpg"/>]]></description><dc:creator>Kamal khan</dc:creator><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2015/08/13/Bollywood-Star-Night-with-Kamal-Khan</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2015/08/13/Bollywood-Star-Night-with-Kamal-Khan</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2015 23:43:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Kamal Khan is a Bollywood playback singer. He won the reality singing competition, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar in 2010.[1] Later he won the Zee Cine Awards &quot;Fresh Singing Talent 2012&quot;, for the song Ishq Sufiyana (Male) from the film The Dirty Picture (2012).</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1fb29_ffdc0238335a4bd5b9bc992418ac1241.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sardar ji Movie</title><description><![CDATA[Sardar ji movie will play in Focal Point Cinema Hastings From 26 June to 30 june<img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_1dd389b2350741d8ab8ff08f63209eeb.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2015/06/19/Sardar-ji-Movie</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2015/06/19/Sardar-ji-Movie</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2015 00:19:33 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Sardar ji movie will play in Focal Point Cinema Hastings From 26 June to 30 june</div><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_1dd389b2350741d8ab8ff08f63209eeb.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Chaar Sahibjade Movie</title><description><![CDATA[Chaar sahibzaade original DVD ..only 13 DVD Available $30 ech ..all Money go to Sikh temple Hastings donated by MP FOODS Nagra family<img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_47270208b89141b3ba2ad7608cdf5df0.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2015/05/15/Chaar-Sahibjade-Movie</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2015/05/15/Chaar-Sahibjade-Movie</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2015 00:13:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Chaar sahibzaade original DVD ..only 13 DVD Available $30 ech ..all Money go to Sikh temple Hastings donated by MP FOODS Nagra family</div><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_47270208b89141b3ba2ad7608cdf5df0.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Guru Har Rai ji parkash divas ..............</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_cdb5818faad543038c6f996419101647.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2015/02/10/Guru-Har-Rai-ji-parkash-divas-</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2015/02/10/Guru-Har-Rai-ji-parkash-divas-</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:02:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_cdb5818faad543038c6f996419101647.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Action Jackson Movie</title><description><![CDATA[Bollywood Blockbuster 'ACTION JACKSON" Sreening at Hastings 5,6 and 7 Dec Friday,Saturday and Sunday 8.00pm More information call MP FOODS Hastings 068789190<img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/YubQzbzGHps/mqdefault.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/11/28/Action-Jackson-Movie</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/11/28/Action-Jackson-Movie</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2014 22:42:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>Bollywood Blockbuster 'ACTION JACKSON&quot; Sreening at Hastings 5,6 and 7 Dec Friday,Saturday and Sunday 8.00pm  More information call MP FOODS Hastings 068789190</div><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YubQzbzGHps"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Blossom Parade Hastings</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_530c234d46d649398cb93d7fd7b6925c.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/10/06/Blossom-Parade-Hastings</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/10/06/Blossom-Parade-Hastings</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:34:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_65ab1fc0a4cb42b9bc5ae8e7f25ccaf7.jpg"/><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_ea37bf0fd08f4383a11dac4f3ee0a235.jpg"/><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_2af4cf2cb94f4fbdb2e0c27915754779.jpg"/><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_530c234d46d649398cb93d7fd7b6925c.jpg"/><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_ec1c5099d9b0408681e2df71fc127a08.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Award Function Night</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_37208442d82140bfa13ec672034fb00c.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/10/05/Award-Function-Night</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/10/05/Award-Function-Night</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:31:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_37208442d82140bfa13ec672034fb00c.jpg"/><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_21ef4ad1283c4e02ab41f696705f19b1.jpg"/><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_d3fc0bde81b04f0290f11c30c14729b7.jpg"/><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_fd691c87cb404d3ab63104cb557ba9de.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Diwali Festival</title><description><![CDATA[We assure you that the evening will be as bright and spangling as our beautiful poster<img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_fb1aaf512e8a4d4f8202afa76ffa785d.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/10/01/Diwali-Festival</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/10/01/Diwali-Festival</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2014 09:43:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>We assure you that the evening will be as bright and spangling as our beautiful poster</div><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_fb1aaf512e8a4d4f8202afa76ffa785d.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>MP Foods Special</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_a8206d8ac6c24b2d8df0d35914205d0c.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/09/15/MP-Foods-Special</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/09/15/MP-Foods-Special</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:16:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_a8206d8ac6c24b2d8df0d35914205d0c.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Business voyage for winner
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503458&amp;objectid=11311202</title><description><![CDATA[A back injury was the reason this year's Asians in the Bay business award winner moved to Hawke's Bay. MP Foods' Mohindar Nagra "did the hard jobs" in Wanganui after emigrating from India in 1989, aged 22. He worked in kiwifruit orchards and as a taxi driver before starting a food business from a caravan in 1996. He opened his first Bollywood Indian Restaurant and looked around for more opportunity, opening Hastings' Bollywood in 2002. "Hastings is a nice place and there was only one Indian<img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_148c9a9d69c44e1cbddb49b43457ce9d.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/08/20/Business-voyage-for-winner-httpwwwnzheraldconzhawkesbaytodaybusinessnewsarticlecfmcid1503458objectid11311202</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/08/20/Business-voyage-for-winner-httpwwwnzheraldconzhawkesbaytodaybusinessnewsarticlecfmcid1503458objectid11311202</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:08:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_148c9a9d69c44e1cbddb49b43457ce9d.jpg"/><div>A back injury was the reason this year's Asians in the Bay business award winner moved to Hawke's Bay.</div><div>MP Foods' Mohindar Nagra &quot;did the hard jobs&quot; in Wanganui after emigrating from India in 1989, aged 22.</div><div>He worked in kiwifruit orchards and as a taxi driver before starting a food business from a caravan in 1996.</div><div>He opened his first Bollywood Indian Restaurant and looked around for more opportunity, opening Hastings' Bollywood in 2002.</div><div>&quot;Hastings is a nice place and there was only one Indian restaurant here at that time,&quot; he said.</div><div>In 2004 he opened his third Bollywood in Gisborne and in 2006 the fourth in Dannevirke.</div><div>Suffering a back injury, the three-hour drive from his Wanganui home proved prohibitive, forcing a move to Hastings. His Wanganui business was taken over by family members.</div><div>He sold the Dannevirke restaurant, &quot;but he didn't run it properly so it shut down&quot;.</div><div>In 2008 he started MP Foods.</div><div>&quot;We had to buy all our spices from Auckland and sometimes they weren't up to our standards, so we started importing from India.</div><div>&quot;We are from Punjab and there are some big exporters there. I knew a few from my town and sometimes we used an address from a previous importer.&quot;</div><div>Direct shipping to Napier gave him a price saving which he passed on to other food outlets throughout the lower North Island from 2010.</div><div>The range of imported goods has steadily increased to include other ethnic foods and tandoor clay ovens.</div><div>With wife Kuldip he also owns Hastings' HB Sports Bar, which they plan to renovate, and recently opened a retail food outlet beside their Gisborne restaurant.</div><div>They employ 10 people in Hawke's Bay and will soon appoint a marketing manager for MP Foods.</div><div>Exporting is &quot;too hard&quot; at this stage - he wants to continue expanding MP Foods and will soon replace his 8-tonne delivery truck with one nearly twice its size.</div><div>A Justice of the Peace, he spends lot of time helping the 700-strong Hawke's Bay Sikh community and is also active in the local temple.</div><div>They are usually busy seven days a week: &quot;We take some time off - we have good staff - but we can never take two days off in a row.&quot;</div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>MP FOODS win the best Asian business in Hawke's Bay award</title><description><![CDATA[The awards, in their third year, recognise the contribution of the Asian community to the economic development of Hawke's Bay. They also celebrate the efforts of organisations to promote their own culture. The Best Asian Business award went to MP Foods. The Hastings company is a retail and wholesale trader, distributing to several North Island cities from their Queen St West base in Hastings. Judges said the business had a broad base and the retail outlet a consistently Indian theme. "There<img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_7e19d07e690940d6919296fce5818600.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/08/12/MP-FOODS-win-the-best-Asian-business-in-Hawkes-Bay-award</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/08/12/MP-FOODS-win-the-best-Asian-business-in-Hawkes-Bay-award</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:09:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>The awards, in their third year, recognise the contribution of the Asian community to the economic development of Hawke's Bay. They also celebrate the efforts of organisations to promote their own culture.</div><div>The Best Asian Business award went to MP Foods. The Hastings company is a retail and wholesale trader, distributing to several North Island cities from their Queen St West base in Hastings.</div><div>Judges said the business had a broad base and the retail outlet a consistently Indian theme.</div><div>&quot;There seemed to be a pride of their ethnicity in their shop,&quot; the judges said.</div><div>&quot;Their range of goods is very extensive and well laid out. Customer service was friendly and helpful. Although it is a basically a bulk-food store, they have a lot of associated items for sale, related to their ethnicity, that are colourful and eye catching.</div><img src="http://static.nigiri.wixstaging.com/media/f1fb29_7e19d07e690940d6919296fce5818600.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>MP FOODS  going to organize Punjabi Fusion event at Pettisgrew Arena</title><description><![CDATA[MP FOODSwill organize the punjabi fusion event at prttisgrew arena where many famous punjabi singers will do live performance .So dont miss out<img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1fb29_e0718d1b272344afbaa9855b9fda54f7.jpg"/>]]></description><link>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/07/01/MP-FOODS-going-to-organize-Punjabi-Fusion-event-at-Pettisgrew-Arena</link><guid>https://www.mpfoods.co.nz/single-post/2014/07/01/MP-FOODS-going-to-organize-Punjabi-Fusion-event-at-Pettisgrew-Arena</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2014 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div>MP FOODSwill organize the punjabi fusion event at prttisgrew arena where many famous punjabi singers will do live performance .So dont miss out</div><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1fb29_e0718d1b272344afbaa9855b9fda54f7.jpg"/></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>