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Evicted Retailer to Fight Texaco 'Tooth and Nail'
Evicted Retailer to Fight Texaco 'Tooth and Nail'
A local gas retailer intends on fighting Texaco (Bahamas) "tooth and nail" after being evicted from his station with the pumps locked up. Dozens of motorists in need of gas at the Claridge Service Centre on Mackey and Madeira Street had to be turned away - in what could be the beginning of much larger, bitter dispute between dealers and wholesalers.
Irene's tail surprises Inagua
Irene's tail surprises Inagua
INAGUA residents had to take cover a second time as the island was surprised by the tail end of fearsome Hurricane Irene on Wednesday morning.
Based on weather reports, the residents say, they thought the storm had already passed when near midday, the wind suddenly intensified again.
Police Inspector Dennis Brown, who spoke to The Tribune at the time, said: "We are experiencing some very heavy w...
Retailer: 48 stake saleto help 'rise from ashes'
Retailer: 48 stake saleto help 'rise from ashes'
ROBIN HOOD'S principal has confirmed he is "waiting for the money" after a Bahamian investor group led by Hubert Pinder agreed to acquire a 48 per cent stake in the retailer, admitting that he "absolutely got knocked on my backside" over the past year.
Sandy Schaefer, also Robin Hood's president, moved to reassure that the retailer was getting back on its feet after the closure of its Prince Ch...
Retailer strives for higher standard in service
Retailer strives for higher standard in service
Freeport, Grand Bahama - Setting a higher standard in service and in products is the driving force behind a local retailer's changes in management and in focus.
Butlers Food World's newly appointed general manager, Ron Jones, says that the company knows that customers expect more from Butlers than "the same old thing" that they can find at any other food retailer.?The company is making every ef...
Retailer strives for higher standard in service
Retailer strives for higher standard in service
Setting a higher standard in service and in products is the driving force behind a local retailer?s changes in management and in focus.
Butlers Food World?s newly appointed general manager, Ron Jones, says that the company knows that customers expect more from Butlers than ?the same old thing? that they can find at any other food retailer. The company is making every effort to ensure that they ...
The tail no longer wagging the dog
The tail no longer wagging the dog
It was already all over bar the shouting. From the moment the Government signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the sale of a 51 per cent stake in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company to Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), it was a done deal. 'Much ado about nothing' was probably an apt way to describe the House of Assembly debate, from which many Bahamians will have learnt little a...
Food retailer in 5m capital offer
Food retailer in 5m capital offer
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
Phil's Food Services, the Gladstone Road-based food retailer and wholesaler, is seeking to raise $5 million from a private placement corporate bond offering, Tribune Business can reveal.
The retailer, which has made a big impact on the Nassau groceries scene despite being a relative newcomer, is offering to pay investors an 8.5 per cent interest rate on ...
Food retailer: 'No talks' on merger
Food retailer: 'No talks' on merger
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
The owner of Gladstone Road-based Phil's Food Services yesterday denied he was in talks with City Markets principal Mark Finlayson or any other rival in the food retailing business over a possible merger, emphasising the company's future as a standalone business.
Phil Lightbourne, responding to Mr Finlayson's comments yesterday that he had spoken to both...
Head or Tail
Head or Tail
Deut.28:
13.
And
the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be
above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the
commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to
observe and to do them:
One's
obedience to Yahweh's commandments puts him / her directly in the path
of being the head, and not the tail; above only, and n...
Bank's 1 fee hike worries gas retailer
Bank's 1 fee hike worries gas retailer
A banking fee introduction of 1 percent on cash deposits in excess of $10,000 made over-the-counter has at least one gas station retailer crying foul and calling for government intervention.
Effective January 1, 2011, RBC Royal Bank of Canada (Bahamas) Ltd. implemented the fee hike. Other fee hikes include a charge of 1 percent for the exchange of coins over $100 in value (for non-RBC customers),...