Caribbean Grocery Shopping: St. Kitts delivers

Tue, Aug 10th 2010, 12:00 AM

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Visitors to St. Kitts and Nevis can send their groceries ahead of them with an internet grocery store that delivers items to customers’ doorsteps.

Caribbean Grocery Shopping offers customers a choice of general categories – beauty/health, household goods, canned products – and choosing items is relatively simple. Once payment is made the groceries are delivered to the address you used during checkout.

The service is aimed at business and vacation visitors that want to meet fully-stocked accommodations as well as Caribbean nationals living abroad who want to purchase food/supplies for friends or family at home.

The company started in 2009 to provide relief for vacationers arriving at their Caribbean villa or condominium too late to do proper grocery shopping.

Groceries are delivered the same day (once you order before 5pm) and saves the hassle of driving, parking and waiting in line.

This innovative product is the brainchild of regional entrepreneur Natalie John, Founder and CEO of the internationally-awarded Dreamy Weddings. To her, online shopping is a step in the right direction for visitors to the island, busy adults or individuals who would simply prefer to shop in their own comfort and convenience.

“Traditional businesses are no longer the order of the day; the internet has just revolutionized everything! And so, in terms of people wanting to be able to have access to stuff now...people having more things to do and less time to do them, being able to shop for your groceries online, I believe, is something that on the local market would be a plus,” John told SKNVibes.

“Many of us go to the supermarket intending to buy one item, and when you reach you have a whole basket. What online shopping I think would do is to help persons create that sort of discipline; you’re not seeing everything right there in front of you as they are in the aisles...

“The convenience again is extremely important. If you’re a working mom and you wanted to go to get some items but you just didn’t have the time, you know you don’t have to rush; you can just go online and order the items that you want,” she said.

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