New Massy Supermarket challenges local suppliers to up their game

Fresh vegetables in new supermarket Inset: General Manager Jaipersaud Guyapersad

On Saturday, people travelled from as far away as Linden to be part of the experience shopping—in some instances simply browsing—inside the new Massy Stores Supermarket on its first trading Saturday.

The supermarket’s General Manager Jaipersad Gayapersad, the only non-Guyanese on a staff of 120, describes the advent of what is almost certainly the country’s largest supermarket as a “first world” shopping experience. As it turns out it is much more.

By accident rather than design more than ninety per cent of the staff is below the age of 25. With the General Manger,