On
October 13, 1921 when Joseph Nathaniel Goddard, in partnership with his son, Victor,
decided to open his meat and grocery store on a side street in Bridgetown, he
probably would never have envisaged that his small business would be in
existence in the twenty first century or that it would have become the
successful multi-national conglomerate that it is today. He certainly
would not recognise the business today. The Goddard companies
now span over 23 countries in the Caribbean, Central, North and South America
and while they continue to be involved in the more traditional areas of
retailing and wholesaling, they also operate in the relatively new areas of
airline catering, export manufacturing and financial services.
