The South American Coco Company may still be some distance away from the big leagues in what is now a rapidly expanding and, these days, is a global multi-million dollar industry—the manufacture and marketing of coconut byproducts—but Lois Rickford, proprietor of the two-year-old West Coast Berbice-based enterprise believes her business is headed in the right direction. Since the commencement of production, Lois’ Extra Virgin Coconut Oil has caught the attention of consumers and distributors both here in Guyana and in neighbouring Suriname. She is currently in the process of filling a sample order from an outlet in Jamaica. The order is valued at around half a million Guyana dollars, a miniscule sum in the broader context of the global industry.
Rickford believes, however, that it is “a critical breakthrough” for her company, its significance
