Ahead of the upcoming opening of what he calls Giftland Mall’s “new generation supermarket,” company president Roy Beepat is confident that it would mark an evolution in shopping for Guyanese.
“It would make the other local supermarkets seem as if they belong in the last century,” Beepat told Stabroek News, while noting that the Foodmaxx supermarket, which would be located on the ground floor, is about 50,000 sq ft and would offer the best prices in the country.
When the mall was opened at Plantation Pattensen, Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, two years ago, the investment was said to be some US$30 million. Since then, he said, the “investment has been rising steadily” and has now climbed to approximately
