A choppies supermarket store.[Photo/plive]
Botswana retailer Choppies is in talks with owners of Nanyuki Mall to take over space left by Nakumatt Supermarkets.
This is after Nakumatt was evicted for non-payment of rent.
Choppies, which entered the Kenyan market in March 2016, says it hopes to conclude negotiations by the end of this month to pave way for its entry by May.
“We are currently negotiating with the owners of the mall but nothing is signed yet. We hope to have a positive conclusion to the talks by the end of January,” Parin Patel, a Choppies director is quoted by Business Daily.
“After that, we would need around two to three months to settle in and open our doors.”
The Botswana retailer has 11 stores across the country and is planning to open a new outlet at South Field Mall in Embakasi.