The future of Paradise Island is getting bigger and better — and tastier than ever — as the island’s first large grocery store nears completion.
Construction began in the summer of 2022 at Sawyer’s Fresh Market. This gourmet grocery store will be another exciting addition to the Paradise Landing community surrounding Hurricane Hole Superyacht Marina on Paradise Island.
Once it’s open to the public, shoppers can expect to find everything they need and so much more. That includes the expected things, like carefully selected gourmet groceries and organic and locally grown produce, as well as a full-service meat and seafood case with artisan sandwiches, rotisserie chicken, breakfast sandwiches, and a coffee bar.
It’s the latest development by Sterling Global Financial Limited, which has completely transformed Hurricane Hole Superyacht Marina and made it a top choice for the best marina in The Bahamas, in addition to building out the burgeoning Paradise Landing residential and retail community that now includes a pharmacy, wine and spirits store, and more.
Marina guests will be able to enjoy free dockside grocery delivery, and others on the island can order delivery from Sawyer’s website or mobile app, making it a convenient and fresh way to get the best food on Paradise Island when and where it’s needed.
Sawyer’s is known as a premium choice for groceries in The Bahamas, where it currently has two retail stores in Freeport, Grand Bahama. This new 8,000-square-foot store at Paradise Landing will no doubt be a tasty new option for marina visitors and anyone on the island as soon as it opens its doors and satisfies the growing need for a Paradise Island grocery store.
Paradise Island's development was historically anchored by large resort operators, particularly the Atlantis Resort complex, who provided food and beverage services internally for their guests through resort restaurants and in-room dining. The relatively small permanent residential population did not generate sufficient retail grocery demand to attract a standalone large-format supermarket investment. The growth of Paradise Landing as a mixed-use permanent residential and marina community, combined with the anchor presence of Hurricane Hole Superyacht Marina's provisioning-intensive guest population, created the demand base and developer commitment required to bring a full-service grocery store to the island.
Sawyer's Fresh Market is a premium Bahamian grocery chain previously operating two stores in Freeport, Grand Bahama. The Paradise Island location at Paradise Landing is an 8,000-square-foot store that represents the brand's largest and most comprehensive location. It was developed as a flagship store incorporating all the features of the Sawyer's brand alongside the Flint's Butchers Block premium meat counter as a new feature specific to the Paradise Island location. The store opened as a critical missing piece of the Paradise Landing community and immediately addressed the most consistently cited convenience gap on Paradise Island.
The opening of Sawyer's Fresh Market transformed the provisioning experience for vessels at Hurricane Hole from requiring a coordinated land trip to Nassau to a simple dockside delivery order. Captains can now order fresh produce, custom cuts from Flint's Butchers Block, deli items, prepared meals, and full grocery orders through the Sawyer's website or app, with free delivery to the berth. This eliminates the logistics overhead of land transport, reduces crew time spent on provisioning runs, and allows last-minute additions to provisions without significant disruption to the vessel's schedule. The combination of Sawyer's and 700 Wines and Spirits makes Hurricane Hole the most comprehensively provisioned marina in The Bahamas.
Sawyer's Fresh Market's dockside delivery service brings grocery orders directly to the vessel at its berth at Hurricane Hole Superyacht Marina. Orders are placed through the Sawyer's website or mobile app, with delivery scheduled to coordinate with the captain's provisioning timeline. Marina guests receive free delivery as part of the service model. The delivery service also extends to island-wide delivery for Paradise Island residents who prefer home delivery over in-store shopping. This delivery capability is a deliberate design feature of the Sawyer's Paradise Island store, developed in response to the provisioning needs of the marina and residential community it serves.
Sawyer's Fresh Market maintains a fresh seafood counter sourced through the Bahamian fishing and import network, including locally caught options such as snapper, grouper, mahi-mahi, tuna, and conch alongside the fresh seafood available through the Flint's Butchers Block counter. Fresh lobster is available during the open season from August through March. The quality of the seafood offering is positioned at the premium end of the Nassau market, appropriate for yacht galley operations and the discerning residential customer base of Paradise Landing. Advance requests for specific species or quantities can typically be accommodated with 24 to 48 hours notice.
Beyond the marina's guest population, Sawyer's Fresh Market serves the permanent and semi-permanent residents of Paradise Landing and Paradise Island who previously had no on-island grocery option. Residents can now access fresh produce, meat, seafood, dairy, and packaged goods without crossing to Nassau, dramatically improving the quality of daily life for those living or working on the island. The store's delivery service extends this convenience to residents throughout Paradise Island. The opening represents a transformation in Paradise Island's self-sufficiency as a residential address, complementing the health, dining, and retail services that have progressively developed at Paradise Landing.
Yes. Sawyer's Fresh Market explicitly emphasizes locally grown and organic produce as part of its brand positioning. The store sources seasonal Bahamian produce when available and supplements with imported organic options for year-round availability of popular organic categories. For yacht guests and charter clients with preferences for organic, sustainably sourced, or locally produced food, the ability to specify these requirements when placing a provisioning order through Sawyer's ensures the vessel's provisioning meets their standards. The premium positioning of the Sawyer's brand means the overall produce quality is materially higher than standard supermarket alternatives.
Before Sawyer's Fresh Market opened at Paradise Landing, Paradise Island had only small convenience stores and hotel mini-markets offering a very limited selection of grocery and convenience items at premium resort prices. These options were unsuitable for serious provisioning needs and required visiting Nassau for any substantial shopping. The absence of grocery infrastructure was a persistent quality-of-life and operational friction point for the island's residents and marina guests. Several years of development at Paradise Landing culminated with Sawyer's opening as the first true grocery store on the island, addressing what was the most widely cited gap in the island's services.
Yes. Sawyer's Fresh Market is a public-facing retail store open to all customers including tourists, Atlantis Resort guests, Nassau day visitors, and Paradise Island residents, not restricted to Hurricane Hole marina guests. The store's broad customer base from the full Paradise Island and Nassau community supplements the marina's provisioning demand to create a commercially sustainable grocery operation. Visitors arriving by land from Nassau via the bridge are welcome as regular customers. For marina guests, the dockside delivery service provides additional convenience that off-marina customers do not receive.
Sawyer's Fresh Market includes a coffee bar offering specialty coffee drinks alongside the store's broader prepared food section. Ready-to-eat options include deli sandwiches, wraps, salads, hot prepared items from the deli counter, rotisserie chicken and other hot proteins, and a selection of prepared meals suitable for on-vessel consumption or a quick on-shore meal. These grab-and-go options make Sawyer's a practical casual dining supplement for crew members who want a fresh, convenient meal without sitting at a restaurant, particularly during active provisioning or vessel preparation periods.
