Nigeria starts local production of Stimorol gum
Today’s Punch, which is Nigeria’s most widely read newspaper, reported on Cadbury Nigeria Plc’s introduction of Stimorol chewing gum to its product line-up, the first chewing gum to locally produced in that country.
The company’s managing director, Wallace Garland, sees the local production of the gum as a significant step for his company, which faced a significant financial and management crisis two years ago:
“This is the start of a turning point. Cadbury, as we all know, has been through a couple of difficult years. What I can tell you is that in the background very quietly without making a lot of noise in the press we have been working hard putting our business together after the shock that we came to understand two years ago.“We are much stronger than we were, we have a much better knowledge of the business than we had two years ago and we are building our strength to come and jump back to where we thought we were two years ago and I can confidently tell you that we will be there. It might take us a while but I can tell you that we will be there”.