Choppies Enterprises, Own-Brand Manufacturing
Choppies Enterprises is Botswana's largest home-grown retail and food-processing group, operating…
Choppies Enterprises is Botswana's largest home-grown retail and food-processing group, operating supermarkets across Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mozambique while also running own-brand food production including fresh meat processing, baked goods, and private-label grocery items from its Gaborone distribution and processing centre. Listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange, Choppies' central-kitchen and bakery operations supply fresh bread, pastries, and portioned meat to its retail network daily. The company's food-processing arm focuses on affordable staple foods for southern African consumers.
- Type
- brand seeking distribution
- Location
- Gaborone, Botswana
- Founded
- 1986
- Website
- choppies.co.bw
- Categories
- Pantry & Dry Goods, Frozen & Chilled Food, Specialty & Gourmet Food
- Markets
- Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique
Verified facts
- corporate-mail-on-domain (green), checked 2026-08-05 Mail server of the company domain
- debarment-clear (green), checked 2026-08-05 OpenSanctions
- web-presence-since (green), checked 2026-08-05 Internet Archive (Wayback)
- sanctions-clear (green), checked 2026-08-05 OpenSanctions
Claimed certifications
- ISO 22000, Food Safety IAF CertSearch
- HACCP
Import rules for these goods
- EU imports of food of animal origin and many other food categories must be pre-notified in TRACES and enter through border control posts. European Commission (TRACES)
- US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA