Type Private ownership Founder Bhagwan Khubchandani | Traded as MCG Area served Ashantiland Founded 1989 | |
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Headquarters KumasiAccraSekondi-TakoradiSunyaniKoforiduaCape CoastAshanti region Number of locations 34 stores (as of January 2017) | ||
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Melcom is a supermarket chain consisting of 33 shops spread all over Ghana It was started in 1989 by Indian magnate Bhagwan Khubchandani. His late father, Ramchand Khubchandani, had arrived in the then Gold Coast in 1929 as a 14-year-old to work as a store boy.
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- Melcom shopping spree interview bright and thelma
- Melcom shopping spree interview bright
- Disasters in 2012
- References
Melcom consists of four companies under the Melcom brand name.
Melcom shopping spree interview bright
Disasters in 2012
In 2012 Melcom suffered two major accidents. On 7 November 2012, Ghana suffered a major accident when Melcom's five story shopping mall at Achimota near Accra, Ghana collapsed, trapping many people inside. The NADMO organized a rescue mission. 82 people in all, including 14 dead, were pulled out of the rubble.
Melcom had been operating in the building, which it said it had rented, only since January 2012. The NADMO promised an investigation to find out the cause of the collapse. Reports suggested that the building had structural defects owing to lack of adherence to building codes and use of improper materials.
On December 22, 2012, Melcom suffered another major accident when its mall in Agona Swedru in the Central Region of Ghana was totally burnt down by fire and attended to by the GNFRS. Because the fire occurred after close of work, there were no casualties. However, adjoining warehouses stocked with items for Christmas were also burnt down.