JTA Supermarkets

JTA Supermarkets
Industry Food retailing
Founded 1988
Headquarters Trinidad and Tobago
Key people
  • Christopher Mack (managing director)
  • Carl Mack (chairman)
  • Kenny Rampersad (company accountant)
Parent J.T. Allum & Co. Ltd.
Website jtasupermarkets.com

JTA Supermarkets Limited (JTA) is a chain of supermarkets in Trinidad and Tobago.

History

The firm grew out of a small grocery store at 100 High Street, San Fernando run by Carlton K. Mack for the Allum family. By the 1950s, Mack had taken control of the whole business which he ran as Allum’s Supermarket from 1967 to 1988. It became JTA Supermarkets in 1988 and is a subsidiary of J.T. Allum & Co. Limited.[1][2]

Operations

JTA has shops in Carlton Centre, Cross Crossing, Marabella, and Couva, each of 20,000-30,000 square feet.[1] The company is involved in a $500m project in the south of Trinidad to build a complex that will include another JTA branch and other facilities.[3][4][5]

People

JTA is family owned and run. Christopher Mack (grandson of Carlton K. Mack) is the managing director[6] and Carl Mack is the executive chairman.[7] The company accountant is Kenny Rampersad.[4]

2015 FIFA corruption case

JTA has become embroiled in the 2015 FIFA corruption case with the BBC claiming that $4,860,000 paid to Jack Warner by the South African Football Association to develop football in the Caribbean found its way to JTA.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 About Us. JTA Supermarkets. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. ↑ J.T.A. Supermarkets Ltd. Jamie Morgan, Food & Drink International, 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  3. ↑ JTA’s new vision New business coming to South. Richardson Dhalai, Trinidad & Tobago Newsday, 16 May 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 Scotia director Mack resigns ...after family business named in US probe. Trinidad Express, 4 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  5. ↑ MovieTowne planning $300m complex in Sando. Guardian, 10 March 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Board of Directors. Trinidad & Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Board of Directors. One Caribbean Media Limited. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  8. ↑ Fifa corruption: Documents show details of Jack Warner 'bribes'. Ed Thomas, BBC News, Trinidad, 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.


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