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Ryan Peralto, General Manager of Caribbean Cream, which trades as Kremi.

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More than one year after acquiring a cone manufacturing company, Caribbean Cream Limited – trading as Kremi – expects the value-added approach to double its sales revenues from cones. The acquired company, Koni Kone, has been incorporated into the operations of Caribbean Cream Limited and is located at 2A-2C Suthermere Road, Kingston.

The cone company was purchased for $45 million, and since taking over that business in March 2021, Kremi has made $20 million in additional sales from those products. “COVID-19 has challenged the reliability of supply chains. Therefore, in looking to the future, we decided to add the production of cake and waffle cones to reduce our reliance on imports going forward. This acquisition will also allow us to increase our sales revenues by introducing the value-added products to the local market offerings,” said Ryan Peralto, General Manager of Caribbean Cream. He spoke of the acquisition at the Annual General Meeting of Caribbean Cream on Tuesday, October 25, held at the Courtleigh Hotel. The company is in the process of rolling out these products through Kremi depots, mid-level distributors, as well as third parties. “This acquisition will help us chart our own destiny, as cones are complimentary to ice cream, and this combination can only grow our inflows,” Peralto explained.

In reviewing Kremi’s performance for the first half of the year, Peralto said the company grew in every category, and that yielded $222.5 million in additional sales income. Sales from imported novelties grew by $9 million or 51 per cent, while ice cream sold by ‘fudgies’ rose five per cent or $65 million. According to the Kremi general manager, construction has started on new cold and blast rooms on land acquired in 2021 at 1 South Road, adjacent to the existing plant. An insulated concrete base is now being cast, and the building should start going up soon. “Our infrastructural developments, which include the upcoming CHP plant, will make us self-sufficient in energy, together with the new cold room, are keys to improved sales, our expansion and expense management objectives,” Peralto noted.

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Un médecin est soupçonné d’atteintes ou d’agressions sexuelles sur six femmes par une personne abusant de l’autorité que lui confère ses fonctions, à savoir médecin gynécologue. Les faits se seraient déroulés dans le cadre de ses fonctions en 2015 à la clinique Les Eaux Claires à Baie-Mahault. L’affaire jugée, jeudi,  au tribunal correctionnel, a été mise en délibéré, au 10 novembre prochain. 

Le docteur Ronald de H. est mis en cause par
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Le milieu de l’équipe de France Paul Pogba, blessé, a déclaré forfait pour le Mondial-2022 au Qatar, a annoncé son avocate et agente Rafaela Pimenta dans un…

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“Si les voeux pieux pouvaient changer les choses, Paul aurait joué demain. Mais ce qui change les choses, c’est le travail, la résilience et la discipline, qui sont actuellement les seules choses présentes dans son esprit dans ces moments difficiles”, poursuit Rafaela Pimenta dans son communiqué. 

“Paul va continuer à donner le meilleur de lui-même pour être de retour sur le terrain pour les fans et son équipe le plus tôt possible”, a-t-elle ajouté. 

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Trois fois sur le m?tier, Orianne Galvez-Soto a remis son ouvrage et a fini par d?crocher la couronne de Miss Aquitaine. Sacr?e une premi?re fois, Miss P?rigord 2017 ? l’?ge de 18 ans, elle ?tait repartie bredouille des r?gionales pour Miss Aquitaine 2017. Pers?v?rante comme un bambou, elle y avait fait son comeback trois ans plus tard pour se faire passer cette fois, l’?charpe de premi?re dauphine de Miss Aquitaine 2020. Si proche du but cette deuxi?me fois, elle n’avait toujours pas abandonn?. En f?vrier 2022, elle a entam? sa troisi?me et derni?re tentative – comme l’y autorise le r?glement de Miss France. Qui a cherch? a fini par trouver. Orianne a rafl? le titre de Miss Bordeaux 2022 avant de devenir, ? 23 ans, la <> de la Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Mais, le combat ne fait que commencer pour la Bordelaise. Le 17 d?cembre 2022, elle se mesurera ? pas moins de 29 autres candidates issues des autres r?gions fran?aises, dans l’espoir d’?tre titr?e Miss France 2023. Si elle gagne, cette petite fille venue d’Ha?ti, adopt?e ? l’?ge de 7 mois, marquera l’histoire comme celle qui ram?nera la couronne ? l’Aquitaine apr?s 27 ans. La r?gion ne l’a pas gagn?e depuis 1995. Depuis le sacre de M?lody Vilbert.

Orianne Galvez-Soto est jusqu’ici fi?re du chemin parcouru. Quelques jours apr?s son ?lection comme Miss Bordeaux 2022, la jeune femme de 1m75 avait partag? une photo d’elle arborant sa nouvelle ?charpe de Miss avec une l?gende ? la hauteur de toutes ses ann?es de pers?v?rance vers la qu?te d’un r?ve qu’elle n’a jamais cess? de caresser.

<>, avait-elle ?crit, le mercredi 7 septembre 2022, sur son compte Instagram.

Maquilleuse de m?tier, ancienne championne r?gionale de judo chez les minimes, les concours de beaut? ne sont pas l’unique dada de cette fille qui a grandi ? Lembras en Dordogne, pr?s de Bergerac, dans le Sud’Ouest de la France. Oriane Galves-Soto nourrit une passion d?bordante pour les voyages.

<>, a-t-elle confi?, ? ses milliers d’abonn?s sur Instagram. Une vir?e sur son compte vous prouvera que la nomade en elle a d?j? pos? sa valise au Mexique, en Jordanie, en Lituanie, au Guatemala, au Maroc, ou encore en Hongrie. Une liste qui serait susceptible de s’allonger si toutefois elle d?croche ? Ch?teauroux la couronne tant convoit?e pour du coup succ?der ? Diane Leyre, Miss France 2022, en d?cembre de cette m?me ann?e.

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