Contact Details:
Head Office
address
Chellarams
Website:
www.chellaramsgambia.com
P O Box 275
Banjul
Gambia, West Africa
Telephone: 4224677
4224689
Fax:
4392910
Email:
information@chellaramsplc.com
Managing Director
Nitin Chellaram
Tel: 4392911
Tel: 7797509
Email:
nchellaram@aol.com
Kanifing Industrial
Estate Branch:
Consumer goods distribution
Tel: 4392913
4392912
4392911
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Product Range:
Soft Drinks
Juices & Mineral water
Alcohol
Dry Food
Chilled & Frozen
Dairy
Confectionary
Tobacco
Personal Care
Household
Chemicals
Bicycles
Agents & Distributors For:
Brauerie Beck & Co. Ltd.
Coca Cola
J. Garcia Carrion
United
Distillers
Imperial Tobacco
Rayner Burgess Ltd.
Kopcke Trading
International
Golden Wonder
HRH International
Kelloggs
Henri Wintermans
Nestle
Tesco range of products
Johnson
& Johnson Baby Products
Don Simon Juices & Wines
Cadbury's Confectionery
Nestlé
Rowntree
Oman Insecticides (Tox) & Air
Fresheners Co.
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Company Profile:
Chellarams
and Sons Ltd.
established its business in the capital Banjul, The Gambia,
back in 1958. Its main business
activities are as distributors and agents for branded goods. In 1982
the Company shifts focus from retail to wholesale. It imports and
distributes Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) from the leading MNC's. Their customers include
hotels, bars, restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores as well as
the general trade. They have their own fleet of vehicles that make
deliveries. On a daily basis they are routed to the metropolitan areas
in Greater Banjul as well as to the remote interior of the country.
The firm is a full-service providers of dry, chilled and
frozen foods, beverages personal care and household goods.
Chellarams has
witnessed incredible developments in the Gambia's cultural and
political history and the company's long-term strategy for the country is grounded in
its breadth of local experience and understanding.
Legal Form:
Private Limited Company
Origins & History:
Kishinchand
Chellaram (hence the KC initials in our company logo), the late
Founder, started his business from a textile shop in Chennai (Madras)
in 1916. With an expansion plan in place and the first overseas office
set up in Yokohama in 1918, the next decade saw the Kishinchand
Chellaram Group become one of the leading trading companies in West
Africa with branches across four continents.
In 1923 a Management team appointed by
Shri Kishinchand Chellaram arrive and set up the group's first branch
in Nigeria, West Africa, commencing
with wholesale operations in textiles.
Over time, the company moved from retailing into wholesaling and
manufacturing. The opening of Chellarams in The Gambia in 1958 was an
important part of the Group’s international expansion. It adopted the
3 umbrellas because in Africa chiefs often walked round with an
umbrella.
Mr. Ram T. Chellaram, grandson of Kishinchand Chellaram who entered
the business in 1960, was the flag-bearer of the company's legacy in
The Gambia. It is now under the leadership of Mr. Nitin R.Chellaram,
Managing Director.
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