East Bank Demerara : Massy Stores last evening opened its first supermarket in Guyana. The supermarket which is located at New Providence just behind the National Stadium, is the 46th of the company’s retail locations in the Caribbean and it now boasts of being Guyana’s largest supermarket.
At the opening ceremony Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin praised the opening of the supermarket and Massy’s continued investment and support for Guyana through its many businesses here.
Noting that the Massy Company has a workforce of 1300 persons in Guyana, Gaskin said the company already contributes handsomely to the local economy. “This investment demonstrates that Guyana is the place to make investments,” Gaskin said.
The Business minister noted that Guyana’s retail sector is becoming more and more competitive and shoppers have more options both in terms of stores and products.
“Our economy has responded well to these new developments which have demonstrated that Guyana not just has the physical space but the economic space to accommodate an expanding retail sector” Gaskin said.
According to the minister, the Government will continue to ensure that a level playing field exists for all companies and persons who do business in Guyana and play their role in strengthening the local economy.
According to the company, the 16,000 square feet of retail space located in Amazonia Mall offers the convenience of one-stop shopping and will include features such as high quality fresh produce, chilled and frozen meat, prepared foods and a wide variety of local and foreign foods and general merchandise items. Additionally, the Massy Stores Supermarket will offer a number of convenient, value-added services including a deli, a bakery, butcher, fresh fish counters, an in-store pharmacy, ATM Machines, MoneyGram and SurePay points of service.
“The Store’s international design, which incorporates wide aisles to comfortably accommodate shoppers and automated in-store price checkers, is also complemented by extensive parking facilities to enhance the overall shopping experience”, the company said in a statement.
Massy Stores Guyana Supermarket will be open from 8:00am to 8:00pm on Monday to Thursday and on Friday and Saturday from 8:00am to 9:00pm. On Sundays, the doors will be open from 9:00am to 3:00pm. The new supermarket has already employed over 100 persons and is expected to hire more for another supermarket, which will be located at the East Coast Movie Towne Complex.
The company has already started construction of this supermarket which is scheduled to open its doors in 2017.
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