Newaco-owned frozen food store Sakidila opens its 14th supermarket - Trendtype Africa and Middle East
Sakidila, a supermarket chain targeting Luanda’s residential areas, has grown to 14 stores since its launch in 2024, opening its latest store in Luanda in July 2026. The chain is owned by Newaco Grupo, one of Angola's largest food distribution and retail groups.
Sakidila, a supermarket chain targeting Luanda’s residential areas, has grown to 14 stores since its launch in 2024, opening its latest store in Luanda in July 2026. The chain is owned by Newaco Grupo, one of Angola’s largest food distribution and retail groups. Its stores are concentrated in Luanda’s suburbs and government-built housing estates, including Zango Zero, Camama, and Sequele. It has also a store outside the capital in both Cabinda and Benguela. Sakidila has grown without attracting much attention. Its consumer following exists almost entirely on TikTok and Instagram, where Angolan shoppers post about prices, directions and store openings. By mid-2025, Sakidila opened its sixth store, in Zango Zero. In December 2025, it launched the Sakidila Mini format at Zango 8 Mil. By July 2026 it had opened 14 stores. Sakidila operates two formats: standard supermarkets and smaller “Sakidila Mini” outlets for dense residential areas. The stores vary in size from around 150sqm to 500sqm. We estimate the smaller mini stores stock around 750 SKUs and the larger stores stock around 1,500 to 2,000 SKUs. The standard stores are warehouse-style with staffed meat counters, rows of chest freezers and multiple checkouts. The meat counters primarily stock imported Brazilian frozen chicken, beef and pork from Seara and Sadia, both owned by JBS. Sakidila also sells fresh fruit and vegetables rice, cooking oil and household goods. The stores also stock a wide range of products under the private label brand SanoDia, which Newaco owns and manufactures locally. SanoDia started as a processed meats business in 2020 and invested $70m in a sausage and mortadella factory in Luanda’s Viana Economic Zone, now operational. It has since expanded into rice, oat flakes, spaghetti, soy oil and French fries. Newaco Grupo is an Indian-owned distribution company controlled by Salim Kamani, who also partners with fellow Indian investors Charania and Sajid Dhrolia within the SNS Group, which operates the leading supermarket operator Biso Na Biso (Kin Marché) in DRC. Newaco also operates Fresmart, a separate supermarket chain in Angola, which has 59 outlets. Newaco’s core business is importing and distributing frozen meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables and fruit from Brazil, Portugal, the US, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. It is the sole national distributor for Sadia products in Angola. Sadia, along with Seara, is owned by Brazilian meat giant JBS. Angola’s supermarket sector has expanded rapidly since 2021 with significant foreign investment into largely domestic chains. Noble Group’s AngoMart has grown from 20 stores in 2023 to 49 supermarkets across 15 provinces. Kibabo, run by Portuguese entrepreneur Pedro Mateus, opened 12 stores in 2021 alone and currently has 43 stores. Alimenta Angola, a joint venture between Brazilian group Tenda Atacado and Indian group Sanzi, operates cash-and-carry stores in Luanda. Kero, originally founded by figures close to former president Dos Santos, was privatised to Eritrean-owned Anseba in late 2021 and operates 13 hypermarkets. South Africa’s Shoprite also operates 25 stores. Hard discount chain Arreiou, owned by Nuvi Group, has expanded to 111 stores.