It is more cost-effective for fast-moving consumer goods businesses to operate from cities such as Dubai than in Africa itself. Chilly Willy is an importer, exporter and manufacturer of food products.
Updated: June 17, 2015, 12:00 AM
Chilly Willy factory in Dubai – in pictures
Workers oversee the manufacturing of tomato paste packets at the Chilly Willy manufacturing facility in Dubai.
Iain Cusik, technical director, is photographed in a warehouse at the Chilly Willy manufacturing facility.
Workers load a palette with boxes of food at the Chilly Willy manufacturing facility.
Plastic bottles are filled with white vinegar and labelled by a machine at the Chilly Willy manufacturing facility.
Om Swaroop, director of operations and business development, is photographed at the Chilly Willy manufacturing facility in Dubai, June 3, 2015.
A worker collects completed bottles of white vinegar from an assembly line at the Chilly Willy manufacturing facility in Dubai, June 3, 2015.
A worker oversees the manufacturing of tomato paste packets at the Chilly Willy manufacturing facility in Dubai, June 3, 2015.
Workers oversee the tomato ketchup assembly line at the Chilly Willy manufacturing facility in Dubai, June 3, 2015.
A worker prepares empty plastic bottles to be filled with white vinegar at the Chilly Willy manufacturing facility in Dubai, June 3, 2015.
A worker loads a machine with empty plastic bottles to be filled with white vinegar at the Chilly Willy manufacturing facility in Dubai, June 3, 2015.
Boxes of tomato paste packets at the Chilly Willy manufacturing facility in Dubai, June 3, 2015.
A Chilly Willy distribution van in Dubai.
Workers prepare shipments of tomato paste packets at the Chilly Willy manufacturing facility in Dubai, June 3, 2015.
Exterior photograph of the Chilly Willy manufacturing plant in Dubai, June 3, 2015. All photos by Sarah Dea / The National