Premium Eats is a newly branded “hypermarket” at Leonora, West Coast Demerara offering grocery, household, electrical and clothing items under one roof.
A release yesterday from the Ministry of Public Works said that the shopping concept was developed by a business-oriented couple, Jia Hui Young and Serenity Kanhai.
As a supermarket which caters for everyone, Premium Eats provides discounts for servicemen and women, senior citizens and others, the release said.
Premium Eats is co-owned by a couple from very distinct cultural backgrounds.
Young, a 30-year-old trilingual businessman and certified aeronautical engineer was born to parents who emigrated from Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 33 years ago. At the age of 17, Young was appointed Manager of a mining company in Guyana. There, he gained extensive knowledge as a purchasing manager and negotiator. Young, the release said, also credits his hardworking parents as his first teachers and explained that working with them in his early years gave him the skills and motivation needed to open a business of his own.
Serenity Kanhai is the other half of the duo. She is a 24-year-old Business Consultant with a Bachelor’s in Law and Masters in Commercial Law. She was born in Georgetown, Guyana to hardworking parents who also modeled a family-owned company. Kanhai manages Kanhai’s Electrical & Variety Store, a supplier of residential, commercial, and industrial electrical components in Georgetown.
Young and Kanhai opened their first company four years ago called Young Leaders Trading Specialists and began importing and exporting products for businesses across Guyana such as medical supplies, stationery, hardware, electrical, fresh and frozen foods.
