i AN ASSESSMENT OF TOMATO PRICE VARIABILITY IN LUSAKA ...
i AN ASSESSMENT OF TOMATO PRICE VARIABILITY IN LUSAKA ...
i AN ASSESSMENT OF TOMATO PRICE VARIABILITY IN LUSAKA ...
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iii. Spar Supermarket<br />
Spar supermarket is the newest supermarket chain in Zambia with its origins in the<br />
Netherlands. The first Spar retail outlet was opened in 2004. It currently has six outlets<br />
countrywide; two in the Southern province towns of Livingstone and Choma, and four in<br />
Lusaka province: Downtown Spar, Soweto Spar, Arcades Spar and Chawama Spar which<br />
was just recently opened in mid 2008.<br />
Each of the Spar outlets is run as an independent operation by its own manager, and each<br />
with its own FFV procurement system and pricing policy. Downtown Spar markets a<br />
wide range of vegetables such as carrots, peppers, onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes,<br />
green beans, and others. Most of the vegetables and other fresh produce they sell come<br />
from three large farms: Buyabamba farm, Osuma farm and Birchwood farm. The large<br />
farms account for 60% of the vegetables they are supplied with while the remaining 40%<br />
is supplied by small farmers and independent traders who deliver the tomatoes to their<br />
premises.<br />
On a weekly basis, downtown Spar sells an average of 125kg of tomatoes. To ensure that<br />
they have a steady supply of tomatoes throughout the year, the store heavily relies on<br />
Buyabamba farm which consistently has tomatoes throughout the year.<br />
iv. Freshpikt<br />
Freshpikt is the dominant FFV processing firm in the country. At present, it produces its<br />
own tomatoes and supplies its processed products to the grocery mini-marts, large<br />
supermarket chains, the large independent supermarket retail outlets and exports 5%.<br />
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