Wednesday, October 9, 2013

It Is Big Business Feeding U.S. Soldiers



Supreme Owner Made a Billionaire Feeding U.S. War Machine -- Bloomberg

Chemical warfare and car bombings are just a few of the hazards working in war-torn countries such as Iraq and Syria. For Supreme Group BV, it’s the cost of doing business.

Dubai-based Supreme delivers fuel and food -- 100,000 meals a day -- to troops stationed in some of the most inhospitable parts of the world, including Liberia, Mali and Sudan. The perilous business, where contractors dodge bullets fired by the Taliban and explosives set by insurgents, has made the company’s majority owner, Stephen Orenstein, a billionaire.

“Our mantra is to provide the same quality of service in Rwanda or Somalia as we do for restaurant chains in Germany,” Orenstein, 49, said in a phone interview from his office in Dubai. “We took a developed world standard and brought it to the developing world.”

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My Comment: I am not surprised to see that this company is based in Dubai .... the owner and shareholders clearly do not want to pay U.S. taxes while providing the necessities to U.S. service personnel.

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