Perishables Jamaica Ltd (PJL) commenced operations in October 1980. The company manufactures tisanes, commonly known as herbal teas using authentic Jamaican raw material. The tea bags are currently available in fifteen (15) herbal flavours under the TOPS brand; some of which includes ginger, ginger mint, ginger lemon grass, and sorrel with ginger.

PJL has a 20-acre farm that produces some of the dried materials used in its teas. The company sources raw materials from over 500 small and medium sized farmers and wild crafters across Jamaica. PJL primarily targets consumers of herbal teas within the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, the United States of America (USA), Jamaica and the wider Caribbean.

Site visit by Jamaica Business Fund team members at Perishables Jamaica Limited (PJL) in Kingston. (In the Picture: (left), Ronald Dubrisingh – Fund Manager (JBF), Kenneth Reid SME Specialist (JBF), and Norman Wright – Managing Director (PJL). Date November 29, 2016. Photo credit: Latoya Williams

Managing Director of Perishables Jamaica Limited (PJL) Norman Wright speaks to the group, after a tour of the (PJL) factory located in Kingston. (From left: Norman Wright (PJL), Ronald Dubrisingh – Fund Manager (JBF), Kenneth Reid SME Specialist (JBF), and Lenworth Collins – Special Project Officer (PJL). Date November 29, 2016. Photo credit: Latoya Williams

Signing of the Jamaica Business Fund (FCGP3A) Grant Agreement with Perishables Jamaica Limited. (In the Picture: (left) Norman Wright – Managing Director of Perishables Jamaica Limited and (right) Ronald Dubrisingh – Fund Manager of the Jamaica Business Fund. Date February 15, 2017. Photo credit: Latoya Williams

Signing of the Jamaica Business Fund (FCGP3A) Grant Agreement with Perishables Jamaica Limited. (In the Picture: (left) Norman Wright – Managing Director of Perishables Jamaica Limited; (middle) Latoya Williams – Project Specialist (JBF) and (right) Ronald Dubrisingh – Fund Manager of the Jamaica Business Fund. Date February 15, 2017. Photo credit: Kenneth A. Reid.

Ahh! The smell of ginger! Fund Manager of the Jamaica Business Fund – Ronald Dubrisingh inhales the aroma from a freshly ground package of Tops Ginger Tea, by Perishables Jamaica Limited at the signing of the Jamaica Business Fund (FCGP3A) Grant Agreement with Perishables Jamaica Limited. Date February 15, 2017. Photo credit: Latoya Williams

All smiles, after the singing of the Jamaica Business Fund (JBF) Grant Agreement with Perishables Jamaica Limited. (In the Picture: (left) Norman Wright – Managing Director of Perishables Jamaica Limited; Yvonne Brown – Finance & Administration Manager (JBF); Kenneth Reid – SME Specialist (JBF) and (right) Ronald Dubrisingh- Fund Manager (JBF). Date February 15, 2017. Photo credit: Latoya Williams