Back in the saddle: After seven plus years in public service Clement Corlette returns to the world of business

The Corlette family and part of the Supreme range of products

Years of absence from the family business appears not have dimmed the enthusiasm of Clement Corlette for enterprise and for searching for avenues through which growth and expansion can be realized.

Supreme Enterprises is one of a handful of companies that had made an earlier breakthrough on the agro-processing market, before the contemporary emergence of much larger numbers of similar efforts. At its factory situated in the East Ruimveldt Market complex, the entity manufactures tomato ketchup, barbecue sauce, Chinese seasoned sauce, cassava cassareep, preserved carambola, black pepper and packaged spices.

Supreme Enterprises was started back in December 1988. The initial $50,000 investment in the venture was raised by Corlette through a loan from the Clerical & Commercial Workers Union (CCWU). Apart from the equipment necessary to commence the manufacturing operation, a modest venture then