Choppies came to life in 1986 in Lobatse, Botswana with its first store, a Wayside supermarket. Since then it has added numerous fresh lines to its offering and a great many more locations from which to serve its public in Botswana. “Our ambition is to be the best service provider of FMCG in sub-Saharan Africa,” reads Choppies’s mission statement, and while bold, it is one it is achieving through a commitment to the core principles of freshness, variety and the highest levels of service.