Tastee Ltd - Kingston

Tastee Ltd. has grown immensely since its inception in 1966. The company has shown a high level innovation and consistency that defies the odds of a manufacturer and a quick service restaurant. The company has not only increased the variety of patties (beef, curried chicken, jerk chicken and vegetable) it manufactures but has expanded its retail menu line to include three (3) types of fried chicken: spicy, original and barbeque. Tastee Ltd. also offers a Jamaican styled breakfast and lunch on its menu. Currently, the company has a large product line with over 100 items on its menu. Over the years, the business has grown to sell not just patties and coco breads but has now added chicken, sandwiches, Jamaican style cooked meals i.e. both breakfast and lunches, in addition to a line of  

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pastry.

Today, the company has also evolved from being a regular quick service restaurant and now has multiple locations island-wide. Through the expansion of its business lines, the company now operates as concessionaires in schools, franchise locations, distributors, owns and operates 18 Tastee branches and one cafe.

Tastee Ltd. has also added a catering arm to its line of businesses, where they cater for large scale and small scale events. Today, the company has a large customer base that purchases the Tastee products for resale throughout Jamaica.

“I remember it vividly, we kept on trying to make a patty that was really good. When we baked it and put it out to our customers to test it, their comments always boiled down to it being really tasty”, Mr. Chang said as he noted that was how the name Tastee came about. Between the years of 1966 to 1968 Union Square became a hit spot as Jamaicans would travel from far and wide to indulge in the experience of consuming a Tastee Patty as they could not get enough of it. Within two years, the demand for the product grew and eventually the business had to relocate to Cross Roads, where the company now operates its corporate headquarters.