Choppies' Nakuru outlet [Photo/Business Daily]

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Choppies will soon be available to the residents of Embakassi after reports that it would be opening a new branch before the end of the year.

The Botswana retailer will be the anchor tenant at Embakasi's South Field Mall.

This comes after the recent opening of another Choppies outlet in Kiambu eariler this year.

According to Vijay Kumar, Choppies East Africa’s executive director, the company intends to open five other outlets at Diamond Plaza (Parklands), Signature Mall (Molo), Spur Mall (Ruiru) and another one in Diani (Mombasa) by the end of this year and three more by mid-2018.

"Our intention is to have hyper and express signature stores that stock local as well as offer international brands that are currently unavailable in the market,” Kumar said

“Each of the new stores will cost us approximately Sh200 million to fit out and fully stock. We will also refurbish all the Ukwala stores to fit this new model and look.”

The company currently has 10 outlets in Kenya after taking over from Ukwala earlier this year.