How to Ship Groceries and Essentials from the USA to the Caribbean
Sending groceries, food, and household essentials to family in the Caribbean should be simple. With ShippoHippo it is: you shop our online supermarket, we pack your order into a barrel, and it sails to the port nearest your family. There is no forwarding address to arrange and no second website to order from.
Why send American groceries home?
Island shoppers routinely pay more for a narrower selection than the same goods cost in a US warehouse store. Buying here and shipping in bulk closes that gap, and it lets you send exactly what your family actually uses rather than whatever happens to be on the shelf that week.
How ShippoHippo works
1. Shop our online supermarket
Browse groceries, pantry staples, coffee, baby and toddler supplies, health and wellness items, household essentials, and office supplies — all on this site. You buy directly from ShippoHippo, so everything arrives in one order rather than as parcels from several retailers.
2. We pack your order into a barrel
Your goods are packed at our New Jersey facility into the blue jumbo barrels the Caribbean has trusted for decades. Barrels travel well: they are waterproof, sturdy, and built for an ocean crossing.
3. One shipping rate covers a full barrel
Shipping is priced per barrel, not per item. A barrel holds a great deal, so the more you fill it, the less each item costs to send. A small order and a nearly full barrel carry the same shipping charge — which is why most customers stock up rather than send a handful of items.
4. Collect at your port
Your barrel is shipped by Shore to Shore Shipping, our partner of more than 37 years in Caribbean freight, and is ready for collection at the port you choose at checkout.
What you can send
- Pantry staples — rice, canned goods, cooking oil, seasonings and spices
- Coffee, cereal, snacks and shelf-stable drinks
- Baby and toddler supplies, including formula and care items
- Health and wellness products, vitamins and supplements
- Household essentials — cleaning supplies, laundry, paper goods
- Office and school supplies
Perishable and chilled goods are not carried, since barrels travel by sea.
Where we ship
We deliver to eighteen Caribbean destinations, among them Jamaica (Kingston and Montego Bay), Trinidad, Guyana, Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent, Dominica, Antigua, St Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Suriname, Anguilla, Grand Cayman, Tortola, St Maarten, St Thomas and St Croix. You can see the full list, and the port serving each, on our countries we ship to page.
Ready to send a barrel?
Start filling your cart and your shipping cost appears at checkout once you choose your destination port. Nothing to arrange in advance, and no forwarding address to set up.
