The US$10M distribution centre commissioned on Wednesday by the rebranded Massy Group at Montrose has been hailed by its CEO Gervase Warner as the most sophisticated across the sprawling conglomerate and one that would create more jobs here as plans for the opening of two supermarkets here by 2016 proceed.
In an exclusive interview with Stabroek News on the day the 75,000 square-foot centre was inaugurated on the site of the former Starlite drive-in cinema, Warner exulted over the features of the facility.
Declaring that he was very impressed he said it was a “Custom-built warehouse, very high ceiling… forklifts that can rack from the floor to ceiling… sophisticated warehouse management system …different types of cold rooms for refrigerated, frozen and air-conditioned type of products.” He added that the “scale of it is enormous…when you visit the facility. …I think everybody will want their products distributed through our operation…”
In its 45th year of operations here, Warner said the facility would make Massy a lot more efficient considering that the group