Quick Mart, also Quickmart, is a Kenyan supermarket chain. As of June 2022, it was the second largest supermarket chain in the country, behind market leader, Naivas Limited, with 84 stores and over 8,000 employees.[1] At that time, according to its website, Quickmart had 53 retail outlets and employed in excess of 5,000 people.[2]
History
Quickmart was founded in 2006 in the then town of Nakuru, which is Nakuru City today. It was started by the late John Kinuthia, a businessman, who died in 2016. In its early years, it was run as a family-owned and family-operated business. As of November 2017, the retail chain maintained eight outlets.[3][4]
Quickmart merged with Tumaini Self Service Limited, another retail chain in 2019. At the time of the merger, Quickmart had 11 branches and Tumaini had 13 branches.