December 2016 | Business View Caribbean

130 131 Goose, Finlandia, Jack Daniels, Mount Gay Rum, and Gallo Wines. Roadtown Wholesale has approximate- ly 485 employees making it the largest, private employer in the BVI.The company invests heavily in continuous employee training, including offering online courses to all of its personnel in areas such as Cus- tomer Service, CategoryManagement, and SupervisoryTraining. Some employees have even received full scholarships for their con- tinuing education. In addition to a pension program, according to Potter, the company also allows its workers to become company owners.“Employees who work over ten years have the option of purchasing shares in the company,”he says. Potter reveals that company founder, Haycraft, is now 84 years old and looking forward to retiring. “So he would love to sell his shares, which is a possibility that might happen,” he says. In fact, this past May, Haycraft issued the following press release: “I have devoted over fifty years of my life to RTW, starting from nothing and building the company into what you see ROADTOWNWHOLESALE