VISION
To be the distributor of choice for fast moving consumer goods in St. Lucia
MISSION
Peter and Company Distribution aims to provide the best value and exceptional choice to our customers, in the fast moving consumer goods market by inspiring our team to deliver service excellence.
MOTTO
Value, Choice, Delivered
ABOUT US
Peter and Company was founded in 1891 by William Peter, a man whom it was said could ‘mix with crowds and keep his virtue, or walk with kings and not lose his common touch.’ The company was engaged in the business of coaling, providing mineral coal for merchant ships plying the Caribbean and South American waters. The venture flourished under his dynamic direction. By the turn of the century, Peter & Company was the “leading coal merchant in the West Indies”. William Peter, died in 1933, leaving the Company to his two sons Gregor and Allan. With the replacement of coal with oil as fuel for the shipping industry, the Company was inevitably sailing into the doldrums and William Peter’s great granddaughter Lilia together with her husband William Eaton struggled to maintain the business. Fortunately, Lilia’s friendship with Jeanette Goddard, a niece of the then Managing Director of the well known Barbados firm, would provide for the survival of Peter & Co. Ltd., when in 1961, J. N Goddard & Sons of Barbados acquired majority shares in the Company.
Over the years, the company grew to incorporate food & beverage, building materials and Nissan automotive dealership businesses. In January 2015, Peter & Company purchased ANSA McAl’s one third (1/3) shareholding stake in Bryden & Partners (St. Lucia) Ltd., a sister food & beverage company under the Minvielle and Chastanet (M&C) Group of Companies banner, which is also owned by Goddard Enterprises Ltd. (GEL). The remaining shares in Brydens were purchased by Peter & Company Ltd. (PCL) in June 2015 from M&C Ltd. The Company then divested its interests in all its “non-food & beverage” operations and properties to focus on its fast moving consumer goods division.
In July 2015, Caribbean Distribution Partners Ltd., a joint venture between Agostini Ltd. and GEL, purchased 100% of the shares of Peter & Company Ltd. In 2015, the company merged its Brydens and PCL food & beverage operations into a single legal entity trading as Peter & Company Distribution (PCD).
Peter & Company focuses on distribution and marketing of a diverse range of products. The food and beverage division of Peter & Company covers a variety of dry, frozen, household goods, and liquor servicing both retail and institutional customers. The company owns retail stores including Wet & Cold Storage and House of Wines. Peter & Company represents a number of regional and international brands which includes Kellogg, Nabisco, Mars, Pillsbury, Philip Morris, Anchor, United Distributors and Vintners.
