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Zambian Breweries

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Type
  
Listed

Industry
  
Alcoholic beverages

Owner
  
SABMiller

Headquarters
  
Lusaka, Zambia

Locations
  
Lusaka, Ndola

Traded as
  
LuSE: ZAMBREW

Number of locations
  
Lusaka, Ndola

Number of employees
  
1,060 (2012)

Founded
  
1963

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Predecessor
  
Zambian Breweries, Zambia Bottlers, Copperbelt Bottling, Northern Breweries

Key people
  
Valentine Chitalu (chairman)

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Zambian Breweries Plc is a Zambian brewing and beverage company listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange. Its brews mainly pale lagers and a clear sorghum lager. It is also a major bottler of Coca-Cola. It has two breweries and three bottling plants.

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History

  • 1963 – Started as Northern Breweries Limited, a private company formed by South African Breweries (SAB-80%) and Labatt Breweries of Canada (20%). Started brewing from plants in Ndola and Lusaka.
  • 1968 – Nationalised by the government and split into Zambian Breweries (Lusaka) and Northern Breweries (Ndola). Renamed Zambian Breweries Limited.
  • 1994 – Privatisation began.
  • 1997 – Listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange
  • 1999 – Acquires Northern Breweries (Ndola) and the brand Rhino Lager.
  • 2002 – Acquires the Coca-Cola franchise for Zambia, with bottling plants in Kitwe and Lusaka.

    • Brands

    Castle Lager,

  • Mosi Lager,
  • Mosi Gold,
  • Eagle Lager,
  • Redd's,
  • Castle Lite,
  • Carling Black Label,
  • Ohlsson's Lager

    • The company has a virtual monopoly on clear brew products in Zambia.

    References

    Zambian Breweries Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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