40 Years and a Bicycle Shop

Stewart's Hardware, May Pen Location

Over 40 years ago, a young man stood in a bicycle shop. He didn’t know what the future would hold, but he had a dream and determination. Following in the footsteps of his business-minded mother, Baron Stewart formed the concept for his own hardware store in 1970.

By 1973, Stewart’s Hardware Ltd. was incorporated.

From the beginning, we’ve faced stiff competition from established hardware dealers such as Storks de Roux, Reid’s and Son, Baugh Brothers, and Shagoury’s. But Mr. Stewart was never intimidated.
When R. O. Terrier (Member of the House of Representatives (MHR) for Clarendon) subdivided a portion of land as a low-income housing estate, business selling hardware items took off for Stewart’s.

Mr. Stewart continued to build strong alliances, and by 1990, we were doing so well that we opened  a new branch in Lionel Town, Clarendon. By 1996, we opened a third location—this time in Mocho, which was later closed and moved to Old Harbour, St. Catherine.

Today, we have five active stores, located in May Pen, Mandeville, Lionel Town, Old Harbour and Longville Park. We owe much of our success to the great relationships we’ve built and maintained with our employees and customers.

We believe that Stewart’s Hardware should and will always be the place ‘where the price is right and the customer comes first’.