Business View Caribbean | February 2020

40 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN FEBRUARY 2020 Today, we only have six branches in five parishes, so that’s a big goal, and that would be what we would like to aspire to.” Meanwhile, Kevin remains confident that the company will continue to thrive, based on his parents’ original operating principles. “The founding mantra of my parents was: Service, Respect, Family, and Community,” he states. “Service: the customer comes first - we’re here to please customers. Our competitive advantage is that we stay close to our customers; we listen to our customers and whatever they tell us to do, we do; and happy employees equal happy customers. Respect: you treat everybody the same. Family: we’re a family operation still, even though we had an IPO. We treat our employees like family and we treat customers like family. Community: we believe in giving back. We’re not here to exploit people. Wherever we are, we give back to the community. We’re very proud of being Jamaican, and we put Jamaica in everything we do.” PREFERRED VENDORS n Facey Commodity Ltd. www.faceycommodity.com n Amalgamated (Dists.) Limited adl@cwjamaica.com 876-937-0251 876-564-8148 n E.W. Abrahams & Sons Ltd. e.w.abrahams@gmail.com