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Big-Store Buying Power. Built for Independent Retailers.

Get exactly what your store needs—dry, chilled, and frozen—delivered every week without the full-container commitment.

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A Better Way to Stock Your Store

Flexible Weekly Grocery Supply for Retailers Across St. Thomas and St. John

Your customers expect the products they want to be on the shelf every week—not just immediately after a container arrives.

Windward Logistics gives independent grocers, neighborhood markets, convenience stores, specialty retailers, hotels, and resort markets access to an extensive portfolio of grocery, frozen, refrigerated, specialty, natural, and gourmet products—without requiring them to purchase and receive full container loads.

Through our established supplier network, your store can receive exactly what it needs in manageable weekly quantities.

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Full Containers Create Full-Size Problems

Traditional grocery procurement was designed for large retailers with loading docks, warehouse teams, and significant refrigerated storage. That model can create serious challenges for smaller Virgin Islands retailers.

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The Full-Container Cycle

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When stores purchase full containers, they often face:

  • More inventory than the store can efficiently receive or store

  • Demurrage and additional port-related expenses when containers cannot be unloaded promptly

  • Products left behind when the full order does not make the intended sailing

  • Additional LCL freight costs for products shipped separately

  • Limited refrigerated and frozen storage capacity

  • Frozen and refrigerated products that cannot safely travel at the same temperature

  • Large deliveries arriving only once every two to four weeks

  • Short-dated products that must be sold quickly

  • Valuable shelf and storage space tied up by slower-moving inventory

The store may be fully stocked immediately after delivery—but the fastest-selling “A” products are often gone within the first week. The retailer is then forced to wait for the next container while customers encounter empty shelves and missed selections.

There is a better way.

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The Windward Retail Supply Program

Order What You Need—Every Week

 

Windward Logistics consolidates products from leading retail-focused suppliers and moves them through our weekly supply chain into the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Instead of committing to an entire container, participating retailers can order based on their actual needs.

This allows your store to:

  • Replenish its fastest-selling products every week

  • Purchase smaller, more manageable quantities

  • Carry a broader product selection

  • Reduce excess and slow-moving inventory

  • Improve product freshness and remaining shelf life

  • Protect valuable cash flow

  • Reduce stockouts and lost sales

  • Avoid full-container unloading pressure

  • Eliminate demurrage associated with receiving our consolidated containers

  • Use Windward’s contracted freight rates and shipping volume

  • Receive frozen, refrigerated, and dry products through the appropriate temperature-controlled channels

You get the buying power and product access of a larger operation—with an inventory program designed around the size and needs of your store.

Keep Your Best Products on the Shelf

 

More “A” Products. Less Overstock.

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The products your customers buy most frequently should never be the products you run out of first.

Weekly replenishment allows you to prioritize your fastest-moving and most profitable items without purchasing weeks of slower-moving inventory at the same time.

Rather than filling your store and storage areas with a month’s worth of goods, Windward helps you maintain a more balanced inventory:

  • Order high-demand products more frequently

  • Adjust purchasing based on current sales

  • Respond faster to seasonal demand

  • Introduce new products in smaller quantities

  • Reduce exposure to expiration and spoilage

  • Preserve space for products that are actively generating revenue

The result is a cleaner, more efficient store with better product availability and less capital sitting on the shelf.

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How the Program Works

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1. Review Your Current Purchasing

We sit with your team to understand what you currently buy, how frequently you order, and where you experience stockouts, excess inventory, freight problems, or limited product access.

2. Build Your Product Portfolio

Windward helps identify products across UNFI, Gourmet Foods International, and our broader supplier network.

3. Create Your Weekly Order Guide

Your most important products are organized into a customized order guide that makes ongoing purchasing easier.

4. Submit Your Weekly Order

Order the products and quantities your store needs- across dry, refrigerated, and frozen categories.

5. Windward Consolidates and Ships

We coordinate supplier receiving, consolidation, freight, customs processing, cold-chain handling, and transportation into the U.S. Virgin Islands.

6. Receive Your Delivery

Your order is separated and delivered to your business in manageable quantities—without receiving or unloading a full container.

Built for Independent Virgin Islands Retailers

 

 

 

Our program is designed for businesses that need dependable product access but do not have the space, staffing, or purchasing volume to manage full containers.

We can support:

  • Independent grocery stores

  • Neighborhood markets

  • Convenience stores

  • Gourmet and specialty markets

  • Hotel and resort markets

  • Marina and yacht provisioning markets

  • Pharmacies with grocery and convenience sections

  • Gas station markets

  • Cafés and grab-and-go retailers

  • Multi-location retail operators

Whether you need one pallet or several pallets per week, we can build a program around your sales, storage capacity, and customer base.

The Windward Advantage

 

Weekly Availability

Replace the traditional two-to-four-week purchasing cycle with consistent weekly replenishment.

Flexible Quantities

Purchase manageable quantities rather than committing to full containers of inventory.

Competitive Freight

Benefit from Windward’s contracted Tropical Shipping rates and the volume generated through our established weekly shipping program.

Less Operational Disruption

Avoid the staffing, storage, unloading, and demurrage challenges associated with receiving full containers.

Better Inventory Control

Keep high-demand items available while reducing excess inventory, spoilage, and short-dated products.

Local Infrastructure

Orders move through Windward Logistics’ expanded Bovoni facility, with dedicated dry, refrigerated, and frozen capacity.

Local Delivery

We receive, handle, sort, and deliver products directly to participating retailers throughout St. Thomas and St. John.

Your Purchasing Information Stays Confidential

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Windward Logistics understands the competitive nature of the retail grocery business. The products you purchase, the suppliers you work with, your pricing, order quantities, sales patterns, and purchasing strategy are confidential business information.

We treat that information accordingly.

Windward Logistics can be trusted to protect your account information and will not share your product selections, supplier relationships, pricing, purchasing volumes, or other proprietary information with competitors or unrelated third parties.

Your order guide is built specifically for your business. Your purchasing history remains private. Your competitive advantage stays yours.

Confidential procurement. Trusted local handling. Complete discretion.

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