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Great Pan Amnesty Press Release

THE GREAT PAN AMNESTY comes to The Professional Cookware Company^®

In collaboration with healthcare charity, Sue Ryder Care

Fed up cooking with tired, jaded and worn out saucepans?  Well, thanks to quality cookware specialists, The Professional Cookware Company^® you can trade your old pans in for new and at the same time help raise money for healthcare charity, Sue Ryder Care.  

The Professional Cookware Company’s^® ‘Great Pan Amnesty’ is urging the nation to exchange its old saucepans for an exclusive 10% discount of the company’s ProCook^® collection of sparkling pan sets and separates.  Running from 31 March to 18 May, the ‘Great Pan Amnesty’ also hopes to raise vital funds for Sue Ryder Care through the sale of donated unwanted saucepans via the charity’s shops.                         

Daniel O’Neill said, “The Great Pan Amnesty encourages people to pop into their local Professional Cookware Company^® store with anything from one of granny’s old aluminium pans or auntie’s old fryer, to a whole set of worn out 1970’s saucepans and exchange it for any of our ProCook^® ranges of Gourmet, T304 Stainless Steel, T304 Anodised, Elite Tri Ply Stainless Steel, Elite Anodised or the incredible Titanium cookware, all guaranteed for 25 years*.”

Daniel added, “By bringing us your old saucepans, people are also helping to support the invaluable work of Sue Ryder Care as all the old pans that we receive will be passed on to the charity’s shops for resale or recycling.”

Money raised from the sale of unwanted saucepans at Sue Ryder Care shops will help the charity care for more people living with conditions including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, cancer and stroke.

Kay Barnes, Recycling Business Development Manager at Sue Ryder Care, is hoping that the campaign will raise awareness about the issues surrounding reuse.  Kay said, “The Great Pan Amnesty is a great way to encourage people not to throw items that can be re-used in the bin, but instead donate to our shops.  We will endeavour to sell as many of the donated saucepans through our shops, and the pans that we can’t sell, we will recycle. 

“All unwanted saucepans received can be converted into vital funds to enable us to continue to provide care that liberates lives.”

The Professional Cookware Company^® has a wide range of quality cookware to choose from including the new ProCook^® three and five piece black Gourmet sets.  Constructed from alluring enamelled aluminium and all with Teflon coated, non-stick interiors and stay-cool silicone handles, they will add a touch of affordable drama to your kitchen.  Or choose from the company’s T304 Stainless Steel and Anodised cookware ranges which have been firm favourites with keen cooks and professionals alike for over a decade - and with separates starting at only £26.95 they make an excellent choice if you prefer self basting glass lids and hollow stainless heat resistant handles. 

People can drop their old saucepans to any of The Professional Cookware Company’s^® 38 stores across the country. 

*Excludes Black Gourmet range & Titanium Peking Wok with Lid – guaranteed for 10 years

Editor’s Notes:

1.         About Sue Ryder Care

Sue Ryder Care is a leading provider of specialist palliative and neurological care as well as community-based services across the UK.  The charity care’s for people living with complex conditions, including multiple sclerosis, cancer, Huntington’s disease, stroke and acquired brain injury – and is dedicated to helping people get the best from life whatever their condition. 

Funds raised through all of Sue Ryder Care’s 370 shops help the charity deliver quality care at 14 care centres across the UK.  Sue Ryder Care needs to raise in the region of £13million in voluntary income each year to continue to provide care that liberates lives.  For more information on Sue Ryder Care visit www.suerydercare.org.

2.         About The Professional Cookware Company^®

The Professional Cookware Company^® is the UK’s leading specialist cookware retailer supplying a huge range of premium quality cookware from stainless steel pans and knife sets to utensils and culinary accessories for the complete kitchen solution. ProCook^®, the new face of The Professional Cookware Company^®, is a registered trademark. For more information and to receive a catalogue, call 08700 70 71 72, click on www.cookware.co.uk or why not visit one of 38 stores nationwide where a warm welcome and a free freshly brewed coffee await you?