History & Evolution of the Group
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1987
- First Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) branded as Chicken Inn opened on Speke Avenue in Harare.
1993
- Acquired Astra Crocodile Ranching & Shearwater Adventures
- Opened Distribution Group Africa (DGA) and started securing international agencies.
1995
- Acquired and commissioned a mechanised bread plant in Harare.
1998
- Acquired Capri Corporation Limited and reverse-listed Innscor on the ZSE (market cap USD70mn)
- Opened QSR outlets namely Chicken Inn, Pizza Inn, Bakers Inn and Creamy Inn in Zambia, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique
- Secured Nando’s Franchise and opened the first Nando’s store in Avondale, Harare.
1999
- Acquired Spar Eastern Region and opened SPAR branded Corporate Stores in Harare.
- Secured Steers franchise and opened the first Steers outlet at Speke Avenue, Harare.
- Acquired a new biscuit line for the Iris Biscuit business
- New packaging machine purchased for the Snacks
2000
- Concluded an Innscor-Exxon Mobil deal to open Innscor branded QSR outlets in Exxon Mobil forecourts across Africa.
2002
- Opened QSR outlets in Nigeria and Senegal on Exxon Mobil forecourts
- Opened franchised QSR outlets in Malawi and Angola
- Opened the first SPAR Corporate store in Zambia.
2003
- Acquired shareholding in National Foods Holdings Limited (NTFD. zw), a leading supplier of Zimbabwean FMCGs (www.nationalfoods.co.zw)
2004
- Acquired shareholding in Colcom Holdings Limited (COLC.zw), a leading manufacturer of pork products in Zimbabwe (www.colcomfoods.com)
2005
- Commenced construction of a third crocodile farm in Kariba
- Expanded QSR footprint into 12 African countries, 7 company operated and 5 franchised.
2006
- Increased equity in Colcom Holdings Limited (COLC.zw) to 79.64% and started consolidating Colcom into Innscor results.
2007
- Major refurbishment of the Bakery line at Simon Mazorodze Road Site, Harare
- Opened 2 additional SPAR stores in Lusaka and Livingstone, with a total of 6 stores now in operation in Zambia
- Increased the number of franchised QSR outlets in the Nigerian market.
2008
- Invested into a new Timber processing plant for our Bakaya Hardwoods business
- A new SPAR branded corporate store opened in Chawama, Zambia
2009
- Acquired shareholding in Irvine’s Zimbabwe (Private) Limited, a leading Zimbabwean poultry producer (www.irvineschicken.co.zw)
2010
- Unbundled through a dividend in-specie, the crocodile ranching operation and listed this separately on the ZSE as Padenga Holdings Limited (PHL.zw) (www.padenga.com)
2011
- Acquired Shepperton Road property in Harare, with space to accommodate 5 breadlines and started consolidation of Bakery operations onto one site
- Secured Galito’s Franchise.
2013
- Franchised Chicken Inn, Pizza Inn, Creamy Inn and Galito’s branded QSR outlets in Swaziland and Lesotho
- Grew QSR network in the Zimbabwean, Kenyan & Zambian markets
- Opened QSR outlets in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
2015
- Unbundled QSR operations through a dividend in-specie and listed it separately on the ZSE as Simbisa Brands Limited (SIM.zw), (www.simbisabrands.com)
2015
- Acquired a non-controlling interest in a leading stockfeeds business, Profeeds (Private) Limited (www.profeeds.co.zw)
2016
- Acquired automotive retail business Transerv
- Started re-organisation of the Group into a light manufacturing business.
2016
- Disposed the Group’s interest in non-core SPAR Corporate Retail stores, Distribution operations and Tourism operations of Shearwater Adventures.
2016
- Acquired a non-controlling interest in an FMCG manufacturing and downpacking of basic commodities business, Probrands (Private) Limited, (www.probrands.co.zw)
2016
- Unbundled Speciality Retail businesses and listed it separately on the ZSE as Axia Corporation Limited (AXIA.zw)
2017
- The journey of the new Innscor Africa comprising of Light Manufacturing businesses begins
- Disposed SPAR Zambia Limited and The River Club.