Rayneau Wants To Sell Agricultural Produce To Sandals

Saint Lucia businessman Rayneau Gajadhar is discussing selling agricultural produce to the Sandals resort, which is due to open in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on March 27. Gajadhar has launched the agricultural exports company Rayneau Industries Limited. The company intends to become the aggregator for agricultural products in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. However, Gajadhar told St. Lucia Times there was yet to be a deal to supply Sandals, and no agreement was in place. “We are in negotiations,” he explained. “Like any other location we believe will purchase the product from us, we have approached them,” Gajadhar disclosed. Over a year ago, Rayneau Industries Limited started buying and redistributing all agricultural products in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Gajadhar explained that since Geest Industries, regional farmers had not had a good agricultural product aggregator, although the focus was on diversification away from bananas. Nevertheless,  he told St. Lucia Times Vincentian Agriculture Minister Saboto Caesar was ‘very aggressive’ in ensuring the best for farmers. “After discussions with him, we decided that I would purchase all agricultural products and redistribute them,” the Saint Lucia businessman explained. “The difference with our model is that we are buying all agricultural products. We...