Famous Brands, which includes the Debonairs Pizza, Steers, Wimpy and Mugg & Bean chains, is building a R25 million distribution centre in the Coega IDZ. Group managing executive for logistics, Tony Stephens, said the 2 400sq/m cold storage and distribution centre is expected to be commissioned on June 1. “Our distribution centre will comprise state of the art multi-temperature facilities, offices for the regional management and staff and a staging area for the distribution fleet,” he added. On the decision to invest in the Coega IDZ, Stephens said: “The demographics suit our store footprint. The easy access to the highway enables us to get en route quickly to franchisees in the north, as far as Mthatha and East London, those in close proximity to Port Elizabeth and as far south as the Garden Route.”? Famous Brands is also involved in Coega Cheese, a joint venture with Coega Dairy, which will see the building of a cheese factory to supply product to Famous Brands franchise stores in the Eastern Cape.
Famous Brands building Coega logistics centre
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