please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message gracekennedy limited type public company traded as jse gk ttse gkc industry insurance financial banking remittances manufacturing retail distribution founded jamaica headquarters kingston jamaica products financial services drinks foods website http www.gracekennedy.com gracekennedy limited is one of the caribbean s largest conglomerates with several diversified companies in the caribbean europe and north america . contents 1 group members 2 history 3 external links 4 references group members edit the group includes banking and financial services first global bank limited first global financial services limited fg funds management cayman limited first global trinidad & tobago limited formerly one1 financial limited signia financial group incorporated remittances gracekennedy remittance services limited gracekennedy remittance services united states incorporated gracekennedy remittance services trinidad & tobago limited gracekennedy remittance services guyana limited insurance life and general allied insurance brokers limited ec global insurance company limited first global insurance brokers limited jamaica international insurance company limited trident insurance company limited manufacturing retail and distribution dairy industries jamaica limited grace foods and services company gracekennedy belize limited grace food processors limited grace food processors canning limited gracekennedy united states incorporated grace foods international limited national processors division world brands services limited hi lo food stores jamaica limited gk foods united kingdom limited gracekennedy ontario incorporated hardware & lumber limited history edit one of the company s founders dr. john j. grace had worked for grace ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of new york s w. r. grace and company . when in 1922 w.r.grace decided to divest the jamaican subsidiary dr. grace bought the company and along with fred kennedy a jamaican co founded grace kennedy and company limited . the company which first operated as a small trading establishment soon acquired wharfing facilities in order to facilitate its imports . 1 it has expanded and diversified over the years 2 changing from a privately owned enterprise to a public company listed on the stock exchanges of jamaica trinidad barbados and the eastern caribbean . today the gracekennedy group comprises a varied network of some 60 subsidiaries and associated companies located across the caribbean and in north and central america 2 and the united kingdom . their operations span the food distribution financial insurance remittance hardware retailing and food processing industries . 3 in 1995 gracekennedy developed its 2020 vision the objective being to transform from a jamaican trading company to a global consumer group by the year 2020 . at the end of 2006 its market value stood at j 21 billion up from 1.29 billion in 1995 an increase of 1500 % . 4 external links edit official website grace kennedy group official website grace foods the gracekennedy foundation at a glance grace caribbean traditions web site . references edit grace kennedy & company limited a story of jamaican enterprise douglas hall a b four firms awarded for job creation . the jamaica observer . 30 july 2004 . retrieved 2009 08 11 . dead link our companies . grace kennedy and company limited . 2005 . archived from the original on june 15 2009 . retrieved 2009 08 27 . gracekennedy annual report 2005 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gracekennedy & oldid 738689448 categories companies of jamaicajamaican brandshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010articles needing additional references from august 2009all articles needing additional referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 13 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view