RoopGroup to focus on pepper, chips, dips – until fruit processing can take off

By Nicosia Smith (Stabroek News, Friday, October 28th 2005) Stung by what it says was a dragged-out certification process RoopGroup’s much vaunted fruit processing plans will remain on hold and the company is now concentrating on a pepper sauce line and its chips. CEO, Peter Ramsaroop of RoopGroup/CariAir in an interview with Stabroek Business on [...]

RoopGroup launches exotic mixed chips – Palm Court and Le Meridien place orders

(Stabroek News, Friday, September 16th 2005) [RoopGroup sizzles at Land of Canaan] RoopGroup/CariAir is now selling bulk chips to a hotel and restaurant, and by December hopes to be retailing these in the local and export market.

RoopGroup export plant certified -after modifications

(Stabroek News, Friday, August 26th 2005) RoopGroup/CariAir is now certifed to pack and export fruits and vegetables from its US$600,000 facility at Land of Canaan. This comes after a month-long battle to gain certification from the Ministry of Fisheries, Crops and Livestock amid charges of political motivations and a media campaign launched by the company. [...]