The Story of John Kinuthia: The Founder of QuickMart Supermarket
John Kinuthia was the founder of the QuickMart chain of supermarkets, Kenya’s second-largest retailer, with a store footprint of 60 outlets spread across 16 counties.
Quickmart was founded in 2006 in Nakuru by the late John Kinuthia, a businessman. Initially, it was a family-owned and operated business.
John Kinuthia, Founder of QuickMart
Quickmart was founded in 2006 in Nakuru by the late John Kinuthia, a businessman. Initially, it was a family-owned and operated business.
John passed away in 2016, leaving the management of the supermarket to his family. By 2017, under their leadership, the supermarket achieved a milestone, with its gross annual sales surpassing KSh 1 billion.
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His son, Duncan Kinuthia, took over the leadership role and served as the Managing Director of Quick Mart Ltd.
However, in 2019, the retailer merged with Tumaini Self-Service Limited to form the Quickmart brand.
Current Ownership of QuickMart
Currently, Quickmart is owned by Adenia Partners of Mauritius, through their owned Kenyan subsidiary company, Sokoni Retail Kenya.
The Adenia Partners found the supermarket already operating a chain of 11 supermarkets in Kenya, with nine stores that are located in Nairobi and another two stores in the town of Nakuru.
QuickMart and Tumaini currently have a combined to have 25 stores, making the merged entity the third largest retailer in Kenya by store network.
However, Adenia Partners is the majority owner of the combined company.
Together with the founders of Quick Mart, Adenia has appointed a board of management to lead the integration process between the two organizations by providing leadership and governance.
Additionally, Peter Kang’iri joined Quickmart in 2019 and is the CEO of Quickmart, and Duncan Kinuthia is still the managing director of the Supermarket.
About QuickMart
QuickMart Supermarket was established in 2006 with its first branch in Nakuru town. They have a list of 60 branches in 16 counties in Kenya.
The Supermarket mostly operates twenty-four hours (24 hours) with most of its branches in Nairobi.
Nairobi County hosts most of QuickMart’s branches located in Buru Buru, Chaka, Donholm, Eastern By-Pass (two branches), Embakasi, Fedha, Jipange near Thika Road, and Kahawa Sukari.
At the same time, Kahawa Sukari, Kahawa West, Kikuyu Road, Kilimani, Lavington near Gitanga Road, and Mfangano.
