Business View Caribbean | February 2020

37 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN FEBRUARY 2020 FONTANA PHARMACY 2013, an opportunity came up in Kingston and Fontana took over a former 15,000-sq.-ft. store at Barbican Square, and that November, it opened another store at Eight Rivers Shopping Center in Ocho Rios. “That gave us five Fontanas,” says Kevin. “And, this past year, we opened up our biggest flagship yet – 35,000 square feet in Waterloo Square. It’s a two-story with an elevator and escalator.” Today, Fontana is the best-known and most trusted retail pharmacy in Jamaica, with almost 500 employees and an unsurpassed reputation for selection and service. Whenever possible, the stores purchase most of their pharmaceuticals and beauty supplies from local companies. “We always promote Jamaican brands,” Kevin asserts. “One of the features in our new store is a Jamaican artisan section. It was my sister Anne’s idea and it’s worked brilliantly. It’s given Jamaican artisans an outlet to sell their products that they might not have had, otherwise.”