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Game, a South African retail chain owned by Massmart, a subsidiary of the US supermarket giant, Walmart, has closed shop in Kenya after failing to get a buyer for its three stores. I have visited one of their outlets in Garden City, off the Thika superhighway.
Shoprite, another South African chain closed shop too after two years in Kenya.
Choppies, yet another supermarket with a home in southern Africa (Botswana) closed too, and so did Castle Breweries two decades ago.
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