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fee solution which is then spray-dried into the soluble
form. Peak-time laborers are also needed for myriad
warehousing duties, including packers and operators
of heavy equipment, including forklifts and container
transports.
Production cycles arrive three times per year and total
about 140 days annually, depending on demand. The
plant is running at approximately 60 percent of poten-
tial capacity, and the company has also produced 100
percent Jamaican-grown soluble ginger for the last
three years after backward integrating its operations
into the farming of ginger in both open fields and in
shade houses.
A Salada Foods subsidiary – Mountain Peak Food Pro-
cessors Limited – was created after the purchase of
Roberts Products Company in 2012 and specializes
in the canning of juices, vegetables and condiments.
That operation is separate from the coffee production
facility, which includes a 70,000-square-foot plant and
Keshia Nelson
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RESORTS FOOD AND BEVERAGE
