Growing. Building. Expanding. That is how Koala Park Butchery & Abattoir describes its latest chapter, as the Harare-based meat processor prepares to add poultry to a business long built around beef and pork.

Koala Park was established in 2002 with the opening of its first abattoir just outside Harare, on the Seke Road, and has since grown into one of the city’s most recognisable names in meat processing. The company describes its approach as taking care of the whole journey — breeding its own cattle, making its own feed, finishing animals in its feedlot, and processing at its abattoir, delivering what it calls prime Zimbabwean beef from farm to fork.

The business has expanded well beyond its Seke Road origins, and now operates three abattoirs across Zimbabwe, in Harare, Kadoma and Chiredzi. Its pork operation has grown substantially over the years too; by the end of 2014 the company had expanded its pork abattoir and secured a licence allowing it to slaughter up to 150 pigs a day, supported by cold-room space for seventy porkers and blast-freezer capacity for up to a hundred and twenty at any one time.

The company’s newest venture, a dedicated chicken abattoir, marks its move into a third major protein category alongside beef and pork. Koala Park has said the facility is almost ready, describing the milestone as an exciting new chapter and a natural next step in its ongoing growth. The addition of poultry processing capacity is expected to broaden the range of fresh meat products available to customers, positioning the company to meet growing demand for chicken alongside its established beef and pork lines.

Koala Park has built a loyal following in Harare over more than two decades, known among shoppers for competitively priced, quality meat sourced through its own supply chain. The company has long positioned itself around supplying all forms of quality, fresh meat to the public, spanning beef, pork, fish, chicken, polony and sausages, among other products.

With cattle, pork and now poultry processing under one roof, Koala Park’s expansion reflects a broader trend among Zimbabwean meat processors toward vertical integration, controlling more of the value chain from breeding through to retail. As the new chicken abattoir nears completion, the company says it remains committed to the same standards of quality and freshness that have defined its operations since 2002, while opening a new front in its growth story.