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Belize has an excellent relationship with the farming community and the

fishing community in Belize and we’re looking at expanding our relation-

ships with local manufacturers

who currently manufacture oth-

er products that we distribute,

such as bleach, juice drinks, pa-

per products, pepper sauces, and

vinegar - looking at howwe can

work with some of these manu-

facturers to export their products

to the Caribbean and to neigh-

boring Central America.”

“In addition, we believe that

our success comes because of

our people. It’s not the technol-

ogy, it’s not the equipment - we

have to have the right people and so we invest in developing our people.

We’re continually assessing performance and putting in programs to improve

their skills to make sure they

can deliver on our objectives.

And as we continue to grow,

we have to make sure that we

have the right people with

the right skill sets to take the

business where we want it to

go. So, we continue to train and

we continue to recruit people

to meet the growing needs.”

Finally, Graham talks about

the company’s succession

plans: “We know that, at some

point in time, we will have to

move on, so we try and make

sure that we identify succes-

sors, particularly for key po-

sitions.We work with those

successors so, when the time

comes, they can step into those

positions and take over so that

the business can continue to

grow. This is our 35th anniver-

sary and we plan to be around

for another 35 years and more.”

GraceKennedy Belize Limited