J. Astaphan & Co Limited

Company Name: J.Astaphan & Co Ltd

Mission: To improve the quality of life of every Dominican by enabling them to afford the things that can raise their standard of living.

J.Astaphan & Co Ltd are importers of General merchandise, Automobile Dealers, Wholesalers and Retailers Distribution and currently operates from three (3) locations.

Our Head Office, Super centre and Departmental Store, occupy some 70,000 sq. fl. of prime space in the heart of the Capital.

Our fully palletized Home & Building Centre occupies 67,000 sq ft located five minutes from the capital and this is where the distribution of hardware, wholesale is done.

Our Distribution centre, Automobile Sales and Service Maintenance occupies over 70,000 sq. ft. of buildings on, an 8 acre site at the Canefield.

History

J.Astaphan & Co Ltd was established around 1933 by Mr. Joseph Astaphan as a small retail business. In 1941 the present chairman Mr. Waddy Astaphan joined the family business and very quickly expanded first into the exporting of dried vanilla beans, vegetables, cocoa and bay-oil to the other Caribbean Island, North America and Europe, then into the Hardware, Textile, Appliance, Furniture and Automobile Trade. Today it is the largest employer after the Government and the first in self service in the commonwealth of Dominica.