Amalgamated Brands brings Zimbabwe’s familiar food products under one corporate group

HARARE, Zimbabwe — From Spuds snacks and Willards crisps to Sun Jam and Cashel Valley baked beans, some of Zimbabwe’s best-known consumer products share a corporate umbrella in Amalgamated Brands, a group integrating food manufacturing, logistics and merchandising.

The Zimbabwean group comprises Cairns Holdings Ltd, Cailogistics and Cailo Marketing Services (CMS), businesses operating across different stages of the consumer goods supply chain, from production to distribution and retail execution.

“Amalgamated Brands brings together businesses that Zimbabweans have known and interacted with for many years, even if they were not always familiar with the Group behind them,” chief executive officer Anele Zunga said.

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