MEDIUM-SIZED. PAN-AFRICA PLAYER.

About us

 

 

Forte Group Investments is a private operating company that is active at several levels of the food industry. The company’s head office is in Kalulushi in the Copperbelt Province. The group is active around Africa with its five divisions of Slaughtering, Meat Processing, Retail & Distribution, International Trade and Transport. The core business of the company, which was established in 2018, concerns the slaughter, butchering and processing of cattle and pigs.

Forte stands for healthy and enjoyable food. The group is guided by the highest quality requirements and the goal of always remaining an innovation leader. The result: high-quality and tasty products that are popular with customers and serve current trends. 

In this way, Forte offers food retailers, retail customers and consumers safe, high-quality, and individual products and services along the entire value creation chain.

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Food that Matters

  • Healthy and enjoyable food

  • From upgraded demand driven food chains

  • Providing a fair price for farmer and other chain partners

  • Produced with respect for animals and people

 “We live for healthy and enjoyable food!”

 

Our employees and our management team are driven by this motto. Our appreciation for high-quality, tasty food and our awareness of consumer requirements have carried the company to its current position. 

With efficiency, innovation, and committed employees and partners, we offer our customers high-quality products, the best service and an outstanding price-to-performance ratio.

Forte Group has held its ground in an industry that is characterised by major structural change.

The company has grown dynamically and is today one of the largest slaughter and processing companies for cattle and pigs in Zambia.

Our mission is to be the market leader for healthy and enjoyable food.

  • Fairness

    Our actions are fair and binding. For us, it is not short-term profits that are important, but rather medium and long-term, financially successful development based on fairness towards customers, employees and partners. Transparent and honest conduct characterises our actions.

  • Respect

    People from many different countries work in our company. Our customers and business partners are also spread around Africa. Respect is our benchmark and aspiration when interacting with each other. Our principle is respectful cooperation on an equal footing. This also applies with regard to animals and the environment.

  • Commitment

    We assume responsibility for our work and consider the effects of our decisions. We are fully committed to providing solutions and products of the highest quality. We continue developing for our joint success.

  • Entrepreneurship

    We act pragmatically, are result-oriented and use our opportunities. With a pioneering spirit, innovation and readiness to accept change, we create continuous growth.

 

 With customers and the future in mind

Forte is a player in the middle of the meat and meat products supply chain. We have long-term relationships with our farmers and customers, so we can deliver safe and healthy food to consumers all over Africa.

 

It is important for us that:

  • We are, and remain, a secure and future-proof employer for our employees.

  • We work with and support producers, suppliers and partners from the region wherever possible (selling producers’ products in our retail outlets and encouraging out-grower schemes – just a few examples) so that we strengthen the local economic power and become a stronger partner for them.

  • We maintain a good relationship with the residents in the area around our site so that we can openly discuss the role of our site and the expectation of residents.

 Our regional responsibility

  • Forte has consciously decided to manufacture all of its products in Zambia. The company is committed to the location of Zambia.

  • Locally it is our top priority to be a good citizen and to fulfill our responsibility as a regional company.

 

Our locations

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Main site of Kalulushi

Established in 2019, this is the main site for the group. The plant specializes in cattle and pigs slaughter and butchering. Cattle and pigs from around the region are processed here. The site is an important strategic element in the Forte Group as it opens up important sales markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently around 100 employees work here. The factory outlet opposite the administration building can also be found here.

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Factory outlet

The Forte factory outlet offers a varied range of beef, pork and sausages from our plant, along with a large selection of fish, poultry, fruits and vegetables, beverages including beers and wines, and so much more – at discounted prices. Forte employees, visitors to the company and local residents are very welcome here.