Chefette and Coke seal multimillion-dollar deal

A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR DEAL between Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) and Chefette Restaurants could be the boon that helps to maintain jobs at the two local companies.
Chefette, the island’s largest private company providing jobs for almost 800 Barbadians, and BHL another 500, announced yesterday that they had struck a deal to sell Coca-Cola products at Chefette’s 14 fast-food outlets and its two Barbecue Barn restaurants from today.
While not disclosing the terms of the agreement, Chefette Restaurants’ managing director Ryan Haloute said it was a “multimillion-dollar” deal.
So important was the contract to BHL, following a six-year hiatus, that managing director Richard Cozier said it would more than fill the void left by the now closed Almond Beach Village.
 
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