Capital Shoppers

Capital Shoppers Limited
Type	Private Family Owned
Industry	Retail trade
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Kampala, Uganda
Key people	Ponsiano Ngabirano ; Chairman & CEO ; Frank Ngamije; Human Resource Manager
Products	Supermarkets
Total assets	US$2 million (UGX:5 billion) (2014)
Number of employees	200+ (2021)
Subsidiaries	In Uganda

Last updated September 09, 2023

Capital Shoppers Limited, commonly known as Capital Shoppers, is a Ugandan supermarket chain.^[1]

Location

The Head Office of Capital Shoppers is located along Plot 2 Dastur Street, Kampala Central Division, in the city's central business district, adjacent to Nakasero Farmers' Market. The coordinates of Capital Shoppers Headquarters are:0°18'40.5"N, 32°34'45.0"E (Latitude:0.311250; Longitude:32.579167).^[2]

Overview

The supermarket chain owns and operates four supermarkets in Uganda; all located in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community. Capital Shoppers is the largest locally owned supermarket chain in the country. Founded in 1997, the family-owned store chain has a customer-royalty program that offers 4% rebate on purchases, the highest in the industry in Uganda.^[1]

Branches

As of August 2014^[update] the supermarket chain maintains branches at the following locations:^[1] (a) Central Kampala: Dastur Street, Nakasero Hill, Kampala ^[3] (b) Nakawa Branch: Port Bell Road, Nakawa, Kampala (c) Ntinda Branch: Capital Shoppers Mall, Ntinda Road, Ntinda, Kampala and (d) Garden City Branch: Garden City Mall, Kampala.^[4]

Ownership

Capital Shoppers is a wholly Ugandan, privately held company. As of November 2016^[update], Ugandan media reports indicated that the supermarket chain is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ngabirano.^[5]

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References

1 2 3 4 Rwothungeyo, Billy (28 June 2014). "Capital Shoppers' unstoppable growth". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
↑ Google (12 March 2018). "Location of the Headquarters of Capital Shoppers Limited" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
↑ Talemwa, Moses (18 June 2008). "Battle of The Supermarkets". The Observer (Uganda) . Retrieved 12 August 2014.
↑ Businge, Julius (13 July 2014). "Local Supermarkets Vie for Market Share". The Independent (Uganda) . Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
↑ Newz.ug (1 November 2016). "Mega standard, Capital shoppers in expansion drive as Nakumatt struggles on". Kampala: Newz.ug. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

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[One-1] 1 2 3 4 Rwothungeyo, Billy (28 June 2014). "Capital Shoppers' unstoppable growth". New Vision . Kampala. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

[2] Google (12 March 2018). "Location of the Headquarters of Capital Shoppers Limited" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

[3] Talemwa, Moses (18 June 2008). "Battle of The Supermarkets". The Observer (Uganda) . Retrieved 12 August 2014.

[4] Businge, Julius (13 July 2014). "Local Supermarkets Vie for Market Share". The Independent (Uganda) . Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

[Data-5] Newz.ug (1 November 2016). "Mega standard, Capital shoppers in expansion drive as Nakumatt struggles on". Kampala: Newz.ug. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

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