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44 45 GRACEKENNEDY BELIZE LIMITED GRACEKENNEDY Belize Limited SUPPLYING BELIZE GraceKennedy Belize Limited, established in January 1982, is one of Belize’s major food and beverage distributors, involved in the impor- tation and distribution of a wide range of food and non-food grocery items throughout the country. Gilroy Graham, the company’s current Executive Chairman, recounts its beginnings: “The establishment of the business was at the invitation from the then Prime Minister of Belize, the Right Honorable Mr. George Price, who invited the then CEO and Chairman of GraceKennedy Limited of Jamaica, Mr. Carlton Alexander, to come to Belize and set up a busi- ness,” he explains. “GraceKennedy, at the time, was exporting to the Caribbean, including Belize, and saw an