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ROADTOWNWHOLESALE
Roadtown
Wholesale
Trading Ltd.
SUPPLYING THE NECESSITIES
Before establishing Roadtown Wholesale
distribution in 1961, Peter Haycraft, formerly a
sailor from England, owned a modest mom-and–
pop store, providing groceries to the resident
population of Road Town, Tortola, the capital city
of the British Virgin Islands (BVI). In 1963, his
company purchased its first cargo vessel, the M.V.
Kilros, in order to get products to Virgin Gorda,
Tortola’s sister island–groceries were actually
sold right off the boat. “There wasn’t much de-
velopment, at all, on the islands,” says the com-
pany’s current Managing Director, Simon Potter.
“We started a very small grocery store and the
company continued to grow and grow.”
Indeed, over the last half-century, Haycraft’s
wholesale company, Roadtown Wholesale Trad-
ing Ltd. and its chain of retail outlets, Riteway
Food Markets (RTW), established in 1977, have
grown considerably. The company built its first
warehouse in 1970, and converted it to a Cash-
and-Carry outlet in 1985 to meet the demands
There wasn’t much de-
velopment, at all, on the
islands. We started a
very small grocery store
and the company contin-
ued to grow and grow.
SIMON POTTER
MANAGING DIRECTOR