Stories by Tameka Gordon

Despite assurances from the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) that there would be adequate supply for the Christmas and New Year season, shoppers have been hit with a scarcity and dramatic increases in the prices of sorrel and Gungo peas...

Health-conscious individuals now have another choice of sweetener with the introduction to the market of Green Hills Distributors Limited's evaporated cane juice.The fledgling health food company has come out with a line of about 20 products as it...

Mother's Enterprises Limited is planning to invest some $57 million annually on local pork to produce its newest product, the pork patty.The home-bred patty house came out with the new offer just over under a month ago and has already recorded an...

Candy company Sweetie Confectionery has expanded its reach to the United States through distributors Eve Sales.The candy maker also added a new product in August, Paradise Plum, which hasmore than "doubled revenues", said CEOPatria-Kaye Aarons....

Sagicor Property Services Limited has got approval for two real-estate projects on Seymour Avenue, within the so-called Golden Triangle in Kingston, at least one of which is expected to get off the ground by early 2016.Sagicor holds two parcels of...

Local realtors are suggesting that National Housing Trust (NHT) take a new look at its policy for land, saying a solid increase in the loan amount would put the state agency's contributors in a position to buy property on the market as another route...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) says it will consider a lease arrangement for the failed Outameni attraction in Trelawny as its latest effort to rid itself of the cost of upkeep for...

Several Digicel customers can attest to receiving a plethora of texts messages on their mobile phones advertising countless products and services. But while the marketing tool may be valuable to promoters, some customers seem annoyed by what is...

Chairman and CEO of Dolphin Cove Stafford Burrowes says the company can now move full steam ahead with its expansion plans through the backing of the new owners of...

National Commercial Bank Jamaica (NCB) has reported a slight dip in net profit by $25 million to close the year at $12.3 billion.However, the nation's largest commercial bank, led by managing director Patrick Hylton, cemented its pole position with...

Jamaica Producers Group Limited is to commission a new production plant for its Tortuga International Holdings in Kingston by 2016.The company made the disclosure in its third-quarter...

Despite an increase in sorrel production locally, processors are still unable to source the quantities they need year-round.The much-loved sorrel drink has long been a favourite of Jamaicans during the Christmas period, with cultivation...