Even then, she had the dream of owning and running a retail store but the landscape did not seem ready for it. Back in Nigeria, she also enjoyed visiting outlets like Kingsway and Leventis, and kept picturing a time when she would own a big retail outlet.Īfter her schooling, she got a job working at the library at the University of Ibadan. As a child, her father would take her on holidays to England and she saw retail outlets and wished to someday own something like that. Sun-Basorun was born and raised in Ibadan, present-day Oyo state and this was where she had most of her education.
Sola Sun-Basorun is the name behind the brand story, and how she grew this business from a little side-hustle in 1981 supporting her income as a University staff, to become a major retail brand is a story worth telling.
FoodCo will be remembered as one totally Nigerian brand that grew from being a little store for fresh fruits to become a one-stop-shop for consumer goods including a supermarket division, restaurant chain, entertainment center and manufacturing unit.
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