ACADO opens $ multimillion Rome distribution hub

(Kaieteur News) – ACADO Guyana Inc.- formerly, DeSinco Trading on Friday commissioned its multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art distribution centre at Rome along the Heroes Highway.

The 85,000-square-foot facility is being positioned as a major consumer goods distribution and marketing entity that supplies an array of trusted international and regional brands across food and beverage, home care, beauty, personal care, and pharmaceuticals.

The enterprise was originally established in 1992 as DeSinco Trading by Frank DeAbreu and his wife, Deomattie. DeAbreu then a life insurance salesman, pooled his limited resources to pursue small-scale “suitcase trading”-importing items like cricket balls, Jamaican Ambi, and Lander products. Speaking at the ceremony, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Alicia DeAbreu recalled how her parents started the business in a small garage under their home, which quickly expanded directly into their family’s living space. “My parents started the business with the intention of becoming a leading distributor in Guyana,” Alicia shared. “They started very small and humble, with very little financials… They made up for it in integrity and honesty, and these values were their biggest collateral, worth more than any land or building.”