Caribbean Producers Jamaica hosted its annual scholarship and book grant programme to assist its employees' children with their back-to-school expenses last Tuesday. The programme, founded in 2005, has issued over $1.5 million towards the advancement of the children's education. Read More -- The Gleaner
August 25, marks the last Friday in the month of August, and the end of summer for us on the island. The team at Knott Francis Eventures wants to end the summer on a high note with the sizzling summer edition of Rib, Roast, Rum & More at the Grillin Pit on the corner [...]
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ) on Tuesday awarded $1.5 million in scholarships to 49 students who are children of employees at the company. The recipients were selected on the basis of their attaining and maintaining an above 74 percent average during the last school year at the primary and secondary [...]
There's no barbeque like a Jack Daniel's Southern Style Back Yaad Bar-b-que, the original and still the best. On Sunday, August 20, the UWI Mona Visitors' Lodge will be transformed to host this premium all-you-can-eat event from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. "We recognized that they're hardly any high-quality, all-inclusive food events at affordable [...]
Crafton Holdings, which trades as Convenience Foods Liquid Eggs, is increasing production as it secures new contracts in the hotel and banking sectors. Since starting deliveries in December 2016, Convenience Foods said it has scored supply contracts from bakery company Tortuga, Jamaica Biscuit Company, the Sandals Resorts group of hotels and Hilton Rose Hall. [...]
A large trade of Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ) shares, valued at $333 million and amounting to one-tenth of the company, was executed this week, making it the second-largest trade ever recorded for the stock over two years. CPJ Chief Executive Officer Dr. David Lowe said Mayberry Investments Limited acted as the broker for the [...]
More than 50 employees of Caribbean Producers Jamaica (CPJ) received cash and prizes totaling over $3 million during the company's annual staff awards ceremony held recently at the Palmyra at Rose Hall in St James. Delivery driver David Johnson was the toast of the awardees, copping the Employee of the Year award as well [...]
Although nine-month earnings were down some four cents on the year before — moving from US$0.21 per share to US$0.17, directors of Caribbean Producers Jamaica Ltd (CPJ) indicate that the company is now reaping the results of a restructuring programme which began in the first quarter and will continue beyond the current fiscal year.In [...]
I was reminded during a recent trip to Italy of how patriotic people were in their wine selections. It's elementary, really: you live in Tuscany, you mainly drink wines from Tuscany. When a wine producer from Tuscany wants to host an Italian wine dinner in Jamaica the venue list must include multi-award-winning restaurant Italian [...]
You might recognize the name Francis Coppola as the famed five-time Oscar-winning film director, producer, and screenwriter behind blockbusters like Patton, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and Bram Stoker 's Dracula, plus a dozens more movies. But Coppola and his family have expanded to a wide range of other businesses, including becoming wine producers. Indeed, the initial [...]
