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Banjul Breweries presents tricycles to suppliers

Jul 4, 2012, 2:02 PM | Article By: Isatou Senghore

In their quest to make transportation and delivery of drinks across the country simple, Banjul Breweries Ltd on 2 July 2012 presented 15 tricycles to its suppliers.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony held at the company’s head office in Kanifing, Borri Darbo, country sales manager of Banjul Breweries, said his company is one that can be chosen for better service and products

“We are second to known in the country,” he said, adding that they use the youki tricycles to supply their products all over the country.

For her part, Fatou Sinyan Mergan, Director of Finance at Banjul Breweries, described the day as a very wonderful day as they always cherish their distributors to reach the market.

She also said early this year they were able to engage three main distributors nothing that, a purchase of one big truck called Youki truck cost D3.1 million and was given to the greater Banjul area and two small trucks cost D800, 000 each.

She stated that they also got two additional trucks cost one and half million, which they use to pay the drivers, and the 15 new tricycles cost one million dalasi, adding that they give it out free to their valuable wholesale distributors.

The tricycles given are with one-year licence and maintenance for 10,000 kilometers.

Madam Sinyan emphasised that they are one of the big employers in the country with more than 150 active distributors thus creating more jobs.