Choppies was launched in 1986 in a Botswana Town called Lobatse The initial store was Wayside supermarket 1993 saw the opening of a second store still in Lobatse From 1993 Choppies embarked on a great development drive with new stores being opened in the greater Gaborone periphery The expansion also moved to highly populated geographical areas of Botswana In 2008 Choppies introduced its footprint into South Africa opening a store in Zeerust North West Our main point of operation in South Africa is North West As part of our expansion drive 2013 saw Choppies move into Zimbabwe where most of the Choppies stores were acquisitions of the existing Spar network The first distribution centre in South Africa was opened in 2014 and situated in Rustenburg It was found to be an ideal spot as we intend to supply to all stores within a 500km radius<br/>