September 28, 2020
Some Covid-19 response measures according to Derrick Cotterell, Chairman & Group Chief Executive Officer included:
- Split into three shifts for warehouse staff, so that staff does not co-mingle
- Supermarket- use of existing staff working on day on and day-offs
- No layoffs
2020 Deliverables:
- Made and sold sanitizers
- Ecommerce took a significant boost
Derrick Cotterell, Chairman & Group Chief Executive Officer, outlined the Company’s outlook as follows:
- Put all parts of the business on one platform
- During the next financial year, further expand and deepen island-wide footprints in the business of distribution and retail store management
- Implementation of first world technology, using automation to reduce overheads and drive profits and new IT software system by the end of the year
- Improve in- house talent through training, internship and mentorship for succession planning
- Future expansion locally and internationally
DTL wishes to diversify the business outside of the existing industry that the Company is in. Moreover, Mr. Cotterell noted that there is opportunity for “growth within the existing industries such as the food industry which has proven to be very resilient in covid-19. The food business, retail and support system to that business are what have made DTL covid-resistant.”
Derrick Cotterell stated, “we are looking to do expansion later this year in a bigger market than Jamaica, a market we can earn hard currency and withstand economic challenges that will come with covid-19”