{"id":20,"date":"2026-07-30T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:57:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:57:05","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1166129216\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-715722723\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1256155442\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_409146678\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MrsG-Website-2026-16-1024x684.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MrsG-Website-2026-16-1024x684.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MrsG-Website-2026-16-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MrsG-Website-2026-16-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MrsG-Website-2026-16-1536x1026.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MrsG-Website-2026-16.webp 1947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_409146678 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1884556743\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MrsG-Website-2026-1024x385.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MrsG-Website-2026-1024x385.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MrsG-Website-2026-300x113.webp 300w, https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MrsG-Website-2026-768x289.webp 768w, https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MrsG-Website-2026-1536x578.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mrsgarlic.tozer.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MrsG-Website-2026-2048x770.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1884556743 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1008897632\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Handlee'; font-size: 40px; color: #293a66;\"><span data-text-color=\"primary\"><strong>The Mrs G Story<\/strong><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It all started in the Greek kitchen of <strong>Taki and Amanda Manolelis<\/strong> who moved from <strong>Greece to Zimbabwe<\/strong> and later <strong>Johannesburg in 1990.<\/strong> With a passion for food and growing their own fruit and vegetables Taki and Amanda struggled to get their garden thriving due to all the hail in the region. A friend suggested <strong>growing plants under the ground<\/strong> as these would not be affected by the hail.<\/p>\n<p>So, the couple tried growing garlic and <strong>with great success the crops flourished.<\/strong> They began selling to local restaurants who demanded the garlic to be chopped. Only being able to speak limited English the restaurant owners started calling Amanda Manolelis <strong>\u201cMrs Garlic\u201d<\/strong> and so the company that sold \u201cchopped\u201d garlic was born\u2026<\/p>\n<p>What began in Mrs Garlic&#8217;s kitchen has grown into a large <strong>FSSC22000 certified<\/strong> factory covering sauce &amp; spice manufacturing, distribution, and sales &#8211; all under the <strong>QMM Group<\/strong>. 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