Jamaican company CARI-MED building $6-billion distribution centre in St Catherine
Cari-Med Group Limited is
investing more than $6 billion in the development of a distribution centre in
St. Catherine.
The 258,000-square-foot
facility, which is being built on land along Salt Pond Road in Bernard Lodge, will
house the warehouses and administrative offices of the entity’s Consumer Goods
Division.
The first phase of the
project, for which ground was broken on Wednesday (October 16), is slated for
completion in December 2020.
Cari-Med, which was established
in 1986 by noted businessman, Dr. Glen Christian, distributes a wide range of
household, personal care, and pharmaceutical products, and foods.
The operations have grown
over the years to now comprise Cari-Med Distributors, Kirk Distributors and its
export arm, Cari-Med International.
Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, who participated in the breaking of ground for the multibillion-dollar project, hailed Cari-Med as “the sort of success story that we must replicate right across Jamaica”.
“We need more entrepreneurs like Glen
Christian, who takes business, not just as business… but as his passion. We
need more Jamaicans like [him, who are willing] to take a risk on Jamaica to
create more employment for Jamaicans, and to expand the Jamaican economy,” Mr.
Holness said.
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Dr. Christian, who is Cari-Med’s
Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman, said that simultaneous with
the entity’s expansion over the years, has been the growth in employment.
