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the East Africa Fine Coffees Association and has in-
creased production year after year to service mainly
niche European markets. Zambia produces Arabica
coffee beans nation-wide, with a harvest season
from October-March and uses the ports of Durban
and Dar-es-Salaam for transcontinental transport.
FRESHPIKT
Midge Drakes
Managing Director
Stand No 8118, Mungwi Rd.
PO Box CA 42, Lusaka
Tel: +260-211-240107 / 8
Fax: +260-211-240 098
md@freshpikt.co.zm
www.freshpikt.co.zm
Freshpikt is a market driven, manufacturer of high
quality canned fruit and vegetables, which are pri-
marily grown in Zambia and processed in accord-
ance with international standards for Food Safety
and Quality Management. The company was formed
in 2005 to purchase, rehabilitate and operate an
existing, but derelict and non-operational Food pro-
cessing facility situated in Lusaka, formerly known
as Zamhort.
The facility was built in the late 1980s, commis-
sioned in 1992 and was built to a very high standard.
Refurbishment of the building began in 2005 and in
December some small trial runs were conducted. By
mid 2006 some products were launched onto the lo-
cal market and within one year Freshpikt became the
biggest selling brand in the local retail market. Their
products are available in Spar, Shoprite, wholesal-
ers and smaller supermarkets throughout Zambia.
Both their range and their market share have grown
steadily since. In 2008 they began exporting into
South Africa, Zimbabwe and the DRC.
Their vision is to grow the company through a com-
mitment to excellence and improve both their range
of products and quality. At the same time, they are
providing a market for farmers in Zambia, which is
stable, transparent and in line with the national de-
velopment goals of Zambia.
Freshpikt is becoming the leading manufacturer of
high quality canned goods in Zambia and within sur-
rounding countries as well. Their products are safe,
wholesome and sold at an affordable price.
They strive to become a Certified Manufacturer ac-
cording to the British Retail Consortium – Global
Standards for Food Safety, which will allow them to
export into the EU market and most countries inter-
nationally.
Freshpikt factory
NATIONAL MILLING CORPORATION
Peter Cottan
Managing Director
Cairo Rd.
PO Box 31980, Lusaka
Tel: +260-211-222451 / 225977
Fax: +260-211-237073 / 226467
peterc@nmc.co.zm
National Milling Corporation (NMC) is a subsidiary
of the American based company Seaboard Corpo-
ration. Seaboard is a diversified international agri-
business and transportation company engaged in a
wide range of activities, including meat processing,
cargo shipping, commodity merchandising, sugar
production, citrus fruit production and electric power
generation.
In Africa, South America and the Caribbean, Sea-
board maintains 13 flour, maize and feed milling op-
erations with a combined productive capacity of over
one and half a million metric tonnes of finished prod-
uct annually. The African mills are located through-
out the continent: Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Republic
of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola,
Lesotho, Mozambique, Zambia, Kenya and Uganda.
Seaboard Corporation bought the Zambia based
National Milling Corporation in 1999 following the
privatization of the parastatal company.
The company operates four maize mills, one wheat
mill and one stock feed mill in 4 locations around the
country and has a production capacity of 23 tonnes
per hour for maize, 10 tonnes per hour for flour, and
10 tonnes per hour for stock feed. National Milling