Since 1988, Burt and Vilma Denny has been demonstrating the kind of determination and resilience required to survive and grow in a local manufacturing sector that throws up its own fair share of challenges. From beginings that could hardly have beren humbler, Tandy’s Manufacturing Enterprise has inched its way to the very top of the agro-processinbg industry in Guyana. Its trade mark peanut butter and the assortment of jams, jellies and food seasonings added subsequently to its line of products have become familiar to Guyanese consumers, through supermarkets and other outlets that display the Tandy’s brand on their shelves.
Last year, with growth in mind, Tandy’s rerlocated its operations from the Mcdoom premises where it started to the Eccles Industrial Estate. The new facility allows for significantly enhanc-ed efficiency.
Tandika Denny, the youngest of the three children who are all part of one of the many family businesses in Guyana sat down recently with Stabroek Business to talk about the journey which