The Exim Group was founded in 1985 by Bryan, Bruce and Gary Neill. Paul Neill joined the company a few years later.
The Neill family are no strangers to the meat and food industries. Originally hailing from Zimbabwe, the Neill boys were all born and educated there. Bryan Neill built and ran a very successful business called F. Neill & Sons.
The head office, 372 Voortrekker Rd, Maitland, consists of:
- Administration office
- Western Cape Branch
- Casing Plant
- National Package warehouse
- National Distribution Node – including to Namibia
- Cash & Carry retail outlet
The ingredients factory is also in Maitland at No.5 Rusper Road. Exim Spices commissioned the first Steam Lab in Africa in late 2006, moving away from the irradiation of spice and in line with 1st world trends. Having all the above units in the same proximity provides us with complete control of all facets of the business at all times.
There is a distribution branch in City Deep in Jhb that supplies the Gauteng market, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambian market.
The KZN market is serviced by the Durban Branch based in New Germany.
The rest of the South African market is supplied via a network of independent distributors.
Exim operates its own delivery fleet to ensure timeous distribution and service excellence. |