Independence Agencies, LTD.
Anchor products are from Fonterra, a leading multinational dairy co-operative from New Zealand. www.anchorfoodprofessionals.com DAIRY PRODUCTS TO BOOST THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR FOOD BUSINESS tropical.com 1-473-440-8787 Ship all your packages and barrels home from Miami, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Canada, and Puerto Rico. We make shipping easy! Congratulations to INDEPENDENCE AGENCIES on its continuous progress in growing business in the Spice Isle! WEEKLY SAILINGS n FASTEST TRANSIT TIMES n ONLINE TOOLS n PACKAGE INSURANCE AGENT: GEORGE F HUGGINS & CO. (GRENADA) LTD. Raj Building, Carenage, St. George’s, Grenada grenadasales@tropical.com independence agencies, ltd. company purchased additional land and constructed yet another warehouse building which was used to store additional stock that no longer could fit in the head office location in St. George’s. In September 2004, that build- ing was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan and the entire operation had to be relocated to the cash-and-carry operation. A new head office was constructed two years later and was added onto the newest warehouse building. Today, the company has 78 employees who work out of both locations. Independence Agencies products range from frozen, to chilled, to dry foods, alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages, grocery items, cleaning products and supplies, au- tomotive and outboard oils, and health and beauty items. “Ev- erything that you would find in a supermarket other than the perishables,” says Sylvester. “Our customer base is islandwide because we service all the major supermarkets, wholesalers, retailers, mini-markets, hotels, and restaurants, and we also have sales vehicles that service the small retail outlets around Grena- da, so we cover the entire island.” IAL’s products come from all around the world - the U.S., Cana- da, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Thailand - as well as from the Caribbean region–Barbados, Trinidad, Guyana, and St. Lucia and Jamaica. The company also acts as a manufacturers’ representa- tive with exclusive rights to distribute many well-known brands. “For example, we are the current distributors for Con Agra Foods, recently changed to Walton & Post,” says Sylvester. “They supply, AT A GLANCE independence Agencies WHAT: An import distribution trading company WHERE: St. George’s, Grenada WEBSITE: www.independence agencies.com
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