SOUTH FLORIDA – !nnovate Guyana (IG) pronounces a strategic partnership with US-based on-line shopper packaged items (CPG) market Caribshopper.com, the premier e-commerce platform within the US and Canada for Caribbean-made shopper merchandise. The partnership has opened direct-to-consumer (DTC) export probabilities for native agro-processors. It introduces a handpicked collection of Guyanese CPG manufacturers to North American consumers.
Caribshopper is understood for selling goods from Jamaica and Trinidad. Now, they may also promote and ship Guyanese meals merchandise to the US and Canada. That is a part of an unique settlement.
Guyana Financial Improvement Accelerator (EDA) Program
!nnovate Guyana’s merchandise might be on Caribshopper underneath “Demerara Delights.” This part will characteristic manufacturers that completed the !nnovate Guyana Financial Improvement Accelerator (EDA) program. It’ll additionally embrace different manufacturers that meet this system’s requirements.
The primary few merchandise to be featured at the moment are accessible for North American customers on the Caribshopper web site.
The EDA program affords robust help to individuals. This consists of coaching, teaching, and technical assist. Contributors can even entry zero-interest, recoverable grants. These grants vary from US$5,000 to US$50,000 and are for working capital wants.
With this collaboration, EDA-awarded companies will now have the ability to reap the benefits of each the duty-free US Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) and Caribbean-Canada Free Trade Agreement (CARIBCAN) to export their agro-processed items to North American markets.
“Our partnership with Caribshopper.com marks an vital milestone for Guyana’s microbusiness agroprocessors and the burgeoning shopper packaged items trade,” says Oslene Carrington, founding father of !nnovate Guyana, ”This collaboration not solely gives native producers with entry to U.S. and Canadian markets, but additionally permits Guyanese residing overseas to reconnect with their culinary heritage. Moreover, it allows Caribshopper to diversify its product vary with Guyana’s distinctive choices. This synergy guarantees to drive development for taking part agro-processors, fulfill the diaspora’s cravings for a style of residence, and introduce Guyanese flavors to a broader viewers. We’re excited in regards to the potential this partnership holds for all of the events concerned.”
North America Markets
Kadion Preston, CEO of Caribshopper.com
Kadion Preston, CEO of Caribshopper.com mentioned, “We’re actually excited to be introducing the 40,000+ month-to-month Caribshopper.com customers in North America to the high-quality artisanal manufacturers of Guyana. This unique partnership with the EDA is particular to us, and we’re wanting ahead to seeing the taking part CPG manufacturers develop and thrive internationally on account of this collaboration.”
