More than three decades of service at the Grantley Adams International Airport is now no more.
Carmeta’s, the store run by the Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (BADMC) and which is named for the late culinary icon Carmeta Fraser, has closed its doors for the final time, and about six workers are facing the breadline.
These include two supervisors, two cashiers and two general workers.
There has been no official word from management, but sources tell the SUNDAY SUN that the store, which was opened at the old airport in 1980, has been consistently making small losses since 2012 and that it had been making small profits or breaking even up to the year prior.
It is understood that staff received notice of the pending closure via letter two weeks ago. The original plan was for the store to close on May 24, with the last working day being yesterday.
A change in plans saw the closure of the store and the last day of work coinciding. (YB)
