Zambeef Products
Encyclopedia
According to its website, Zambeef is the largest beef
producer in Zambia
. The company also provides feedlot
services, and manufactures milk
, chicken
, eggs
, leather
and shoes. The company operates a fast food
restaurant chain and a trucking company, including a fleet of refrigerated trucks
. Zambeef grows crops, including wheat
, maize
, lucerne
and soybeans, grows feed
, and operates feed processing plants. Its subsidiaries include Master Meats Production Company, of Nigeria
. The company's export business is active, especially throughout southern Africa
.
Zambeef has a good Corporate Social Responsibility programme, since 2007 it has supported the African football social enterprise Alive & Kicking
, giving it space on its Zamleather site as well as start up contributions.
Zambeef is listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange
with a market capitalisation of over US$70 million.
Zambeef:
Brands
Zambeef brands include:
Beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle. Beef can be harvested from cows, bulls, heifers or steers. It is one of the principal meats used in the cuisine of the Middle East , Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Europe and the United States, and is also important in...
producer in Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
. The company also provides feedlot
Feedlot
A feedlot or feedyard is a type of animal feeding operation which is used in factory farming for finishing livestock, notably beef cattle, but also swine, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens or ducks, prior to slaughter. Large beef feedlots are called Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations . They...
services, and manufactures milk
Milk
Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...
, chicken
Chicken
The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...
, eggs
Egg (food)
Eggs are laid by females of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have probably been eaten by mankind for millennia. Bird and reptile eggs consist of a protective eggshell, albumen , and vitellus , contained within various thin membranes...
, leather
Leather
Leather is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different manufacturing processes, ranging from cottage industry to heavy industry.-Forms:...
and shoes. The company operates a fast food
Fast food
Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a...
restaurant chain and a trucking company, including a fleet of refrigerated trucks
Refrigerator truck
A refrigerator truck is a van or truck designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. Like refrigerator cars, refrigerated trucks differ from simple insulated and ventilated vans , neither of which are fitted with cooling apparatus...
. Zambeef grows crops, including wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
, maize
Maize
Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
, lucerne
Lucerne
Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
and soybeans, grows feed
Feed
Feed may refer to:In animal foodstuffs:* Compound feed, feedstuffs that are blended from various raw materials and additives* Fodder , any foodstuff that is used specifically to feed domesticated livestockIn computing:...
, and operates feed processing plants. Its subsidiaries include Master Meats Production Company, of Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
. The company's export business is active, especially throughout southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...
.
Zambeef has a good Corporate Social Responsibility programme, since 2007 it has supported the African football social enterprise Alive & Kicking
Alive & Kicking (social enterprise)
Alive & Kicking is an African social enterprise that manufactures sports balls to provide balls for children, create jobs for adults and promote health education through sport. In 2009, it was featured in Bloomberg BusinessWeek as one of the top 3 products that 'might change the world'...
, giving it space on its Zamleather site as well as start up contributions.
Zambeef is listed on the Lusaka Stock Exchange
Lusaka Stock Exchange
The Lusaka Stock Exchange is the principal stock exchange of Zambia. Founded in 1993, it is located in Lusaka. The LuSE is a member of the African Stock Exchanges Association.Background...
with a market capitalisation of over US$70 million.
Operations
DataZambeef:
- Slaughters 60,000 cattle per year
- Produces 8 million liters of milk per year
- Processes 3.5 million chickens per year
- Produces 20 million eggs per year
- Produces 120 million tons of feed per
- Processes 90,000 hides per year
- Operates over 80 retail butcheries
- Operates the in-store meat departments of the Shoprite supermarket chain
Brands
Zambeef brands include:
- Zambeef
- Zamchick
- Zamchick Egg
- Zamchick Inns
- Zam Milk
- Zamsip
- Zamleather Limited
- Zamshu