Choppies Enterprises Limited
JJSE:CHP89.00
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- CEO
- Ramachandran Ottapathu
- Full Time Employees
- 11,209
- Sector
- Retail trade
- Industry
- Food retail
- Address
- Gaborone International Commercial Park Gaborone SE Botswana
- IPO Date
- May 27, 2015
- Website
- choppiesgroup.com
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- Choppies Enterprises Limited operates as a leading supermarket retailer in Southern Africa, offering a comprehensive range of fast-moving consumer goods through hyper stores, superstores, value stores, On The Go convenience outlets, wholesalers, Liquorama liquor outlets, and Builders Mart hardware stores; its product portfolio includes fresh fruit and vegetables, groceries, bakery items, takeaways, butchery, Choppies Fried Chicken, private label and confined brands such as Lumo body care, Legane pasta, Lefofa eco-friendly toilet paper, and over 380 house brand SKUs encompassing fresh, frozen, canned, dry foods, snacks, ethnic specialties, health and beauty care, household, laundry, and toiletry products, supplemented by value-added financial services via Monyglob including mobile money, airtime, utilities payments, and Payzana e-wallet, as well as non-retail operations through subsidiaries like Peacock Blue for maize milling, RBV and Ilo Industries for tissue and paper manufacturing, Honey Guide for animal feeds, and Real Plastic for bottled water. The company, founded in 1986 and headquartered at Gaborone International Commercial Park in Gaborone, Botswana, maintains a significant presence with 287 stores (174 grocery retail, 85 liquor, 28 hardware), seven distribution centers, and approximately 11,393 employees across Botswana (111 grocery stores, FY2025 revenue BWP5,744 million), Namibia (63 stores, BWP2,338 million), and Zambia (113 Kamoso retail stores plus manufacturing, BWP1,474 million), supported by a fleet of over 650 vehicles and local sourcing from more than 5,600 farmers. Listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange since 2012 (CHOPPIES) and Johannesburg Stock Exchange since 2015 (CHP.JO), Choppies recently divested its Zimbabwe operations in December 2024 to focus on core markets, acquired a 76% stake in Kamoso Africa in 2024 for expanded grain packaging and retail, launched 17 new house brands and 49 confined brands including Legane pasta and Lefofa toilet paper, opened 30 new stores (8 grocery in Botswana, 11 in Namibia/Rest of Africa, 9 in Zambia), introduced its first Cash & Carry wholesaler in Lobatse, commenced a new ERP system rollout for FY2027 completion, expanded solar projects and water recovery systems for sustainability, and saw CEO Ramachandran Ottapathu acquire nearly 19.5 million shares in October 2025 while appointing a new Chief Operating Officer effective October 7, 2025.